4,237 reports of sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by Latter-day Saints (statistics »). Sources include court documents, public records, news reports, academic journals, and survivors or witnesses of alleged abuse.
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- Dennis Loveless was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1977 and 1984; sentenced to prison both times; died in 2016
Positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - View report »
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- Andrew Loveless was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2023 of third-degree felony attempted forcible sexual abuse; as of 2025, registered sex offender living in Santaquin, Utah
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- W Loveless (1979 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Douglas Lovell (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a woman he murdered, Joyce Yost; Lovell claimed the LDS church meddled in his 2015 trial by discouraging a former prison bishop from testifying in his defense
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Mark Lowder was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Stephen Lowe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Chet Ludlow was a Mormon church member in Utah; went on a Mormon mission to Louisiana; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Douglas Lund (1950 – ) was a former Mormon bishopric counselor in Pahrump, Nevada; arrested in 2011 and accused of repeated sexual abuse of two young girls; the alleged abuse occurred over a period of several years; convicted in 2012 of lewdness with a child under 14; as of January 2026, lives in Nevada as a registered sex offender
Convicted:
2012, - Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Hali Lunt (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in Layton, Utah; in January 2026, Lunt was charged with unlawful kissing of a minor, a class A misdemeanor; at the time of the alleged crime, Lunt was the Primary president in the Weaver Lane Ward, Layton Utah Shoreline Stake
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Released from church position,
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- Seth Lyon (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; arrested in 2006 in a police sting operation and charged with enticement of a child over the internet
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
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- Duane Lyon (1951 – ) was a Mormon church member; in August 2015 charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; September 9 2015 protective order filed against Lyon for 4 minor children/granted September 21, 2015; accepted plea deal, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse; sentenced Jan. 2017 to 3 years to life; lives in Cedar City, Utah; is a registered sex offender
- Convicted:
2016,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- Devin MacCabe (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Idaho; pleaded guilty to Video Voyeurism by Installing or Permitting the Use of Imaging Device Without Mutual Consent in January 2017; placed a camera in the bathroom of two girls that he knew
- Convicted:
2017,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Church members wrote letters of support,
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- Melvin MacNeil (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Martin MacNeill was a former Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2014; convicted of murdering his wife
- Convicted:
2014,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Major Madon was an LDS church member in Mapleton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse; as of 2024, serving time in prison in Central Utah Correctional Facility
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Stake high council, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Nathan Madsen was a Mormon church member and University of Tampa, Florida music professor; pleaded guilty in 2017 to charges of enticing a child to produce child pornography and possessing child pornography; sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release
- Convicted:
2017,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation,
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- David Magarrell was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Stephen Maggio was a Mormon church member in Gurnee, Illinois; charged with two counts of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in December 2025
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Richard Mallard (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; charged in July 2025 with 41 felony counts related to child sexual exploitation; in August 2025, was released on bond, despite initially being held without bail; several LDS church members sent the court letters of support on Mallard's behalf prior to his detention hearing
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Jorge Mañan Moreno was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Kelly Mangrum (1952 – ) was an LDS church member and dentist in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual misconduct, prescribing medications for a drug addict for sex
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Jan Manley was a Mormon church member in Virginia; arrested in 2018 on suspicion of various offenses related to child sexual abuse; accused of abusing multiple children; acquitted by a jury in 2023
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Jury trial, Not convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Brandon Manning (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2001, 2020, Unknown,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
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- Benjamin Manning (1991 – ) was a Mormon church member in Massachusetts and Utah; in 2014, molested a child while living with her family in Salt Lake City, Utah; charged with child sexual abuse in 2019; was a Sunday school teacher at some point between 2014 and 2024; found guilty by a jury in February 2024; sentenced in April 2024 to 120 years in prison
- Convicted:
2024,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
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- Isaac Mardis (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; charged with Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in April 2024; was also accused in 2022 by the same victim
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Dennis Marriott (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Mikel Marshall was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Jayson Martineau (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Idaho and Tremonton, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in December 2023 in Utah and was sent on a one-year rider program
- Convicted:
2023,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Nicholas Mason (1989 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; p.c. affidavit states found multiple videos of CSAM on his iPhone, CD evidence and icloud storage with CSAM
- Convicted:
2015,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"I then asked MASON about the files on the iPhone. MASON explained that he knew the files were in fact on his iPhone but had not told me because he was hoping the files would not be located. He stated he wanted to "chance it" and then stated there should be three files of child pornography. ""MASON made several statements regarding the child pornography being an error and that he had not meant to download the files [...] He told me files were located in his video files and that he accessed them as recently as three to four days prior. MASON said he accessed the files on average two times a week."-
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- Herbert Mataele (1967 – ) was an LDS church member in Bluffdale, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing a disabled girl he was caring for; sentenced in October 2023 to between three years and life in prison, but that prison sentence was suspended; the judge ordered him to serve three years in jail, with credit for the almost year and a half he had already served, followed by six years of probation
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
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- Craig Mathias (1960 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Santa Clarita, California; was in the Northridge 1st Ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting five boy scouts at his home; the alleged abuse involved up to 11 scouts; reportedly urged one victim on a recorded phone call not to tell police about the abuse; sentenced to six years in prison; released in 1990; registered sex offender (2025)
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1987,
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, Ward official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of saying victim was responsible,
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- Franklin Mathias (1934 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in La Grande, Oregon; had a career as a schoolteacher; accused in 1987 of sexual abuse; sentenced in 1988 to four years in prison for molesting a child; he said that he had 242 victims over a 30-year period; convicted in 1997 of failure to register as a sex offender and was placed on probation for 24 months
- Convicted:
1988,
- Positions: High priest, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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Mathias reportedly admitted that he had 242 victims over a 30-year period-
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- James Matlock was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- David Matlock (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member; arrested and convicted in 2022 of open and gross lewdness
- Convicted:
2022,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Robert Matthews was a Mormon church member and singer in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; arrested in 2006, after police received evidence that he swam naked with four young boys during a trip in July 2006; he allegedly took pictures of the nude swim and later processed the images on his computer; charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and lewdness involving a child; convicted
- Convicted:
2007,
- Positions: Tabernacle Choir,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Daphney Matthews (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; accused of sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2012,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Norman Maxfield (1944 – ) was an LDS church member and high school drama teacher in Utah; convicted in 1988 of sexually abusing boys
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Raymond Maxson (1951 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lincoln, Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- Positions: Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Paul Mayer (1975 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Sandy, Utah; accused of recording a 16-year-old in a bedroom and bathroom on a GoPro; charged with 19 counts related to sexual abuse of a minor; pled guilty to aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and voyeurism; sentenced in 2025 to 1-15 years in prison and 0-364 days in jail
- Convicted:
2025,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- Edward McAffee was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake County, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2003 to two felony counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child (second-degree, amended from first-degree); sentenced to one year in jail and probation
- Convicted:
2003,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Bruce McAskill (1928 – ) was a Mormon church ward clerk in Jackson, Michigan; before becoming ward clerk, was convicted of rape; after becoming ward clerk, in 1994, was found guilty by a judge of kissing and fondling an 8-year-old boy whom he was babysitting; McAskill had met the boy's mother at church; a police officer said McAskill told him 'he didn't see any problem' with an adult sleeping naked with a child
- Positions: Other leader, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
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- Michael McClellan (1957 – ) was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; arrested; convicted of attempted lewdness with a minor; sentenced to prison; as of 2024, lives in Cottonwood, Arizona
- Convicted:
2004,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Timothy McCleve (1956 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Harrisville, Utah when he was charged with sexually abusing three children; some of the abuse took place while he was bishop; sentenced in 2008 to up to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 2024, charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2008,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Richard McClung (1943 – 2026) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Rockford, Illinois in 2006; convicted in 2007 and 2014 of charges related to child sexual abuse; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl on church property in 2006 despite facing criminal charges at the time and remaining in the bishopric; died in plane crash Feb. 14, 2026 in Poplar Grove, Illinois
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2007, 2014,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse, Excommunicated, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- Charles McCombs (1938 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- David McConkie (1978 – ) was a Mormon bishop (approximately 2013-16), stake president (2016-21) and deputy district attorney in Colorado; paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; allegedly confessed child sexual assault to a Mormon church leader in 2008; in July 2025, sentenced to five years probation
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Jacob McConkie (1980 – ) was raised as a Mormon church member in Utah; charged in 2025 with nine sexual exploitation of a minor charges for possessing CSAM
- Positions: LDS status unknown,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Steven McDill (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in Tippecanoe County, Indiana; found guilty of child molestation; sentenced to 9 year/5 suspended in July 1996
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Spencer McDougal (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Maynard McFarland (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in California and Minnesota; sentenced in 2005 to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for many years; released from prison in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2005,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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"I allowed Satan to be my lord."According to a 2022 lawsuit, a bishop knew McFarland was abusing his daughter, but didn't report the abuse to police, and continued to let McFarland participate actively in church ceremonies and meetings, including baptizing his daughter-
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