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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- James Neumeyer (1955 – 2024) was a Mormon church member in Centerville, Davis County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; died in 2024; a source familiar with the case said Neumeyer died by suicide after a police investigation was initiated regarding accusations against him; never criminally charged
Positions: Missionary, Primary teacher, Scout leader, 
Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation, Suicide, 
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Rand Newby (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Washington, Oregon and San Francisco, California; had a career as a schoolteacher; charged in Oregon in 1986 with sexual abuse of two children; convicted of two counts, one class C felony and one class A misdemeanor; sentenced in 1987 to 5 years probation
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Paul Newman (1957 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Highland, Utah; charged in 2020 with one second-degree felony count of attempted sex abuse of a child; the alleged abuse took place in 2013, while Newman was a bishop; in 2022, pleaded no contest to a reduced third-degree count; a prison term of up to five years was suspended; was fined $1,003 and placed on 48 months of probation; registered sex offender
- Convicted:
2022,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Larry Newton (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1992 in Utah
- Convicted:
1992,
- Positions: Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Hugh Nibley (1910 – 2005) was a prominent LDS scholar in Utah; in 2005, was publicly accused by his daughter of childhood sexual abuse against her; died in 2005 in Provo, Utah; was never charged with a sex crime
- Positions: BYU, Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Brett Nichols (1967 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona; convicted in 2007 of child sexual abuse; sentenced to 10 years in prison; baptized again after excommunication; ward members reportedly were not told of his criminal past when he returned after his prison time
- Convicted:
2007,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Gregg Nielsen (1947 – ) was an LDS church member and dentist in South Ogden, Utah; pleaded guilty in the 1990s to five felonies for molesting three girls, ages 11, 12 and 15, for six years in his home, office and on family outings; was sentenced to one year in jail, with releases to go to work and therapy
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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Nielsen told one victim he had known her in a previous life, a reference to the Mormon belief in a pre-life existence, according to a civil lawsuit she filed against him in 1995-
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- Jeffery Niemi (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member in Duluth, Minnesota; convicted in 2016 and again in 2025 of felonies related to child sexual exploitation; sentenced in 2025 to 30 years in prison
- Convicted:
2016, 2025,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- Jeena Nilson was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Johnathon Nixon was a Mormon church member in Indiana and Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2005 in Davis County, Utah; convicted again in 2018 and sentenced to prison
- Convicted:
2005, 2018,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Brent Noorda (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member and chiropractor in St. George, Utah; arrested in 2019 and accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison,
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- Bryce Norton (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing four young karate students
- Convicted:
2011,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- David Novak (1951 – ) was an LDS Social Services counselor in Utah who worked for 12 years with child sexual abuse victims; convicted in 1999 of sexually abusing a girl; released from jail after serving about 40 days
- Positions: Church employee,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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"I will make sure that I will never, ever harm anyone again."-
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- Zander Nunley (1998 – ) was a police officer and former Mormon missionary in Salt Lake City, Utah; went on an LDS mission to Nicaragua in 2018 to 2019; accused in December 2024 of sexual assault of a woman who said he met her via an online dating app; she said he invited her to his home to watch a Christmas devotional broadcast by worldwide Mormon leaders; she said he removed his LDS temple garments to assault her
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Christopher Nuttall (1981 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; arrested in an FBI sting operation; convicted in 2019 of LURE MINOR FOR SEX EXPLOIT and ATTEMPT TO COMMIT - SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH MINOR
- Convicted:
2019,
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Lonnie Nyman was a Mormon church member and funeral director in Utah; accused of sex crimes; pleaded guilty; sentenced in August 2019
- Convicted:
2019,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- David O'Connor (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and high school wrestling coach in Tacoma, Washington; convicted of sexual abuse in 1977; once reportedly confessed his sexual abuse in an LDS sacrament meeting; in 2021, a victim sued the Mormon church
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Bruce O'Dell (1970 – ) was a Mormon bishop and dermatologist in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona; in 1999, was charged with 48 counts of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Arvid Oakley (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexually abusing several girls who were between 4 and 6 years old; one alleged instance of abuse took place during his LDS mission to Uruguay in 1963; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1998; as of April 2026, is in prison in Utah
- Convicted:
1998,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"He has abused so many children that he can't keep his victims straight."Investigators said Oakley inspected some naked children in a room in his house that he called "the tick room" as he operated a daycare-
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- Wade Oborn (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member and school teacher in Mesa, Arizona; 2002 admitted to sexually abusing a student in his classroom at a charter school; convicted in 2004, sentenced in 2004; is a registered sex offender living in Gilbert, AZ
- Convicted:
2004,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Christopher Odom (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Roseville, California; accused in 2016 of sexual abuse
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Darin Ogden was a Mormon church member in Idaho; faced eight charges, including four counts of lewd conduct with a child younger than 16; in 2020, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
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- Patrick Oliphant (1992 – ) was a Mormon missionary from Carlsbad, New Mexico who was serving a mission in Michigan in 2013; reportedly turned himself in for sexual abuse of a child he was babysitting; charged with six counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and three counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor; convicted in 2015 of nine felony charges
- Convicted:
2015,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Eric Olsen (1977 – ) was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Bakersfield, California; admitted to Ontario, California police that he had sexually abused between 200 to 300 girls, with as many as 30 victims in Kern County; convicted in 2007 in California of 6 felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced to five years in prison; lifetime registered sex offender; as of 2023, lives in Brigham City, Utah
- Convicted:
2007,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- DeRon Olsen (1944 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor in Spokane, Washington; in 2024, pleaded guilty to one felony count of child molestation and one felony count of child rape; sentenced to prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2024,
- Positions: Bishop, Nursery, Primary, Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Jeffrey Olson (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted of first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child and was sentenced in 2020 to four consecutive terms of three years to life in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- David Olson (1980 – ) was an LDS church member in Bozeman, Montana; convicted of of sexually abusing a teenage boy; sentenced to eight years in prison and 12 years probation
- Positions: Missionary, Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
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- Thomas Opfar (1937 – 1998) was a Mormon church member in Pennsylvania and Utah; pleaded guilty in Utah to charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to five to 15 years in prison
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Greg Orton (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in La Grande, Oregon; accused and arrested for alleged sexual abuse with a minor who was under 14 at the time of the alleged abuse
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Bradley Ott was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Michael Otten (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Murrieta, California; took his computer to a tech repair shop and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was found; police searched his home and found more CSAM
- Positions: Ward mission leader,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
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- Michael Otten was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Dan Overholt was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Scott Owen (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in Nov. 2023; sentenced in 2025 to prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2025,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- David Owens was an LDS elders quorum president in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2018 to 20 or more years in prison for sexually assaulting three young men in his Mormon ward
- Convicted:
2018,
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Jonathan Owens was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Jonathan Owens (1953 – ) was a Mormon church member in Roy, Utah; accused of downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM), sending sexual messages to minors, and traveling across states to sexually assault a minor; convicted; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- B P was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: High priest, Ministering/home teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Alan Pace (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; sentenced in 2015 to 30 days in prison and 36 months of probation for felony child sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2015,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Grant Packer (1925 – 2008) was an LDS church member in Idaho; served a full-time mission to Canada in 1946-48 and two senior missions to Atlanta, Georgia and San Bernardino, California; charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation; died in 2008
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Eddie Padilla was a Mormon bishop in Taos, New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Robert Paisola (1967 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2008 and sentenced to 90 days in jail
- Convicted:
2008,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea deal, Registered sex offender,
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- Spencer Palmer (1927 – 2000) was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; lived in Utah; posthumously accused of child sexual abuse by his grandson
- Positions: Bishop, BYU, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Temple president,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Jevin Parady (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Santaquin, Utah; convicted of 10 counts of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR - 2nd Degree Felony in 2024; is a registered sex offender living in Asheboro, North Carolina
- Convicted:
2024,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Kenny Parcell was an LDS church member and president of the National Association of Realtors; former Mormon ward young men's leader in Utah and bishopric counselor at BYU-Provo; accused in 2023 of sexual harassment by three women; resigned
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Steven Paris (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in Anaheim, California; accused in 1986 of sexual abuse of seven boys; pleaded guilty to abusing six of them; was scheduled to receive a 30-year sentence
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result,
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- Terry Parker (1953 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and school teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington; in 1996, two former students filed a civil lawsuit against the school district, Parker and the school's former principal, saying Parker sexually abused them; they said they reported to the school district, which then allegedly did nothing to protect them; the suit was dismissed with prejudice in Feb. 1998
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Raymond Parkin (1950 – ) was an LDS church member in Mansfield, England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced in 2009 to prison for 18 years for serious sexual offenses against two young girls
- Convicted:
2009,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- John Parkinson (1931 – ) was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
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- Jeffery Parks was a Mormon church member in Tennessee; in 2003, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, two counts of incest, and two counts of statutory rape; sentenced to prison
- Convicted:
2003,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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