4,287 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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- Bradley Roylance (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member and attorney in Utah; convicted in 2010 of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor; sentenced to 180 days in jail
Convicted:
2010, 
Positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, 
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Nefi Rubalcava was a Mormon bishop in Norwalk/Cerritos in southern California; accused of child sexual abuse in two lawsuits filed against the Mormon church in 2025; he was the foster father of one of his alleged victims and the bishop of both of them; he allegedly participated in a sex trafficking ring involving at least one other bishop and a stake president
Alleged failure to report- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Lance Rushton (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; accused of photo shopping faces of family members, ward church members of adults and children on to pornographic material and distributing them; convicted in 2007 and sentenced to three months in jail and three years of probation
- Convicted:
2007,
- Positions: Music leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Tim Ryan was allegedly an LDS church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2008 to a felony charge of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 16; detectives said the victim's family reported the abuse in 1999, but that it was dropped when they wouldn't cooperate with investigators
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2008,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Jean-Jacques S was an LDS church member in France; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Gerald Salcido (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and police officer in Mesa, Arizona and in Provo, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse of at least five children; Mormon officials knew in 1995 of alleged abuse, and excommunicated Salcido in 2006, but allegedly never reported abuse to police; convicted in 2020, sentenced to at least six years of probation
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2020,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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"I am angry. I feel like [church leaders] cover up a lot of things, and I honestly feel like that’s what happened. He went to his bishop. He was excommunicated. So why were the police never called?" -
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- Eldon Saling (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member in California and Utah; convicted in 1987 in California and in 1993 in Utah of charges related to sexual abuse; as of 2024, lives in Burley, Idaho as a registered sex offender
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Keith Salmon (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Tennessee; found guilty of distributing CSAM
- Convicted:
2013,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
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- James Salsgiver was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Philip Salt (1989 – ) was an LDS church member in Perth, Western Australia; accused in April 2023 of 16 charges of sexual abuse against two teenage male victims he met as their LDS youth leader
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Douglas Saltsman was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexual abuse; sentenced to jail and probation
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
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- Richard Sampson (1945 – ) was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; was director of medical affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; allegedly sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2014,
- Positions: Bishop, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
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- James Samuels (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Thornton, Idaho; found guilty of LEWD COND WITH A MINOR CHILD U/16 Date : 03-18-1980
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty,
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- Jonathan Sanders (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member and dentist in Mesa, Arizona; accused in 2025 of crimes related to child sexual abuse
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Stephen Sanders (1950 – 2010) was a Mormon church member and Elko High School music teacher in Elko, Nevada; charged with 2 felony counts of committing homosexual acts, 1 count of soliciting a minor to engage in infamous crimes against nature, 1 count of abuse of a minor resulting in substantial mental harm; convicted in 1991 of 1 count of abuse or neglect of a child causing substantial mental harm for abusing his student
- Convicted:
1991,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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"Stephen Paul Sanders denied he was a homosexual and said he had a “father-son” relationship with a student who is accusing him of sexual misconduct." -
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- Vernon Sanford Jr (1951 – ) was an LDS church member in San Diego, California; died in 2000; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his father, Vernon Sanford Sr; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged abuse occurred between 1961 and 1970; the Sanfords were the plaintiff's LDS home teachers
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Vernon Sanford Sr was an LDS church member in San Diego, California; died in 2000; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his son, Vernon Sanford Jr; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged abuse occurred between 1961 and 1970; the Sanfords were the plaintiff's LDS home teachers
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Kyle Saucier was a Mormon missionary in Utah; charged in 2007 with aggravated sexual abuse of a child, but the charges were dropped after prosecutors said they could not proceed due to "witness problems"
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Not convicted,
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- Richard Saunders (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Newtown, Connecticut; convicted in 2018 of crimes related to child sexual abuse; his sex offender registry listing says he "engaged in inappropriate touching of 4 minor female victims ages 13 - 5 and also exposed himself to the 4 minor victims"
- Convicted:
2018,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Alex Saunders (2004 – ) was a Mormon church member in Payson, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Bryan Scadden was a Mormon church member in Wyoming; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Kent Schank (1986 – ) was a Mormon church member in Henderson, Nevada; pleaded guilty to POSSESSION OF VISUAL PRESENTATION DEPICTING SEXUAL CONDUCT OF A CHILD in 2023; is a registered sex offender living in Henderson, Nevada
- Convicted:
2023,
- Positions: Young Mens Leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Shawn Scherick (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted three times of sex crimes between 2004 and 2012
- Convicted:
2010,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender,
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- George Schliesser (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member, scout leader and Primary teacher in Utah; charged in 1990 with two counts of sodomy on a child and two counts of sex abuse on a child; in September 2021, was arrested after a third alleged attempt at voyeurism, the first two in 2020
- Positions: Primary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Unknown result,
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- James Schmidt (1944 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader, with multiple charges of child sexual abuse over six years; convicted in Idaho; convicted in the late 1990s in Maryland; as of 2024, registered as a sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Jack Schofield (1923 – 2015) was an LDS church member, school administrator and state senator in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual harassment; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT he sold her repeatedly to sex trafficking clients at a motel in Las Vegas
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Thomas Schofield (1955 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a 16-year-old child in 2004-05 while he was a Mormon Bishop; some of the alleged abuse took place in the Salt Lake City and Oakland LDS temples and the bishop's office at church
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Rick Schofield was a Mormon church member in Rigby, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- William Schubeck was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church,
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- Dennis Schult (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1991,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Gysbertus Schuurman (1931 – 2015) was a Mormon church member in Sandy, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1994 to one second-degree felony count of sex abuse of a child; accused of sexual touching of a 10- or 11-year-old girl; the alleged abuse took place in 1992; sentenced to one year in jail with time out for counseling and group therapy once a week; completed probation in 1997; registered sex offender as of 2007; died in 2015
- Convicted:
1994,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Wade Schvaneveldt (1971 – ) was an LDS church member and high school girl's basketball coach in or near Grace, Idaho; accused of raping a child numerous times over a period of several years, including at his home while his family was attending LDS church meetings; in April 2023, accepted a plea deal to two felony counts of rape; in June 2023, was sentenced to 8 to 18 years in prison
- Convicted:
2023,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Brad Scoffield (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member; convicted of sex abuse of a child under 16 years in 2007; served 80 days in jail; is a registered sex offender that lives in Pocatello, Idaho
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2007,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Stake official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- Jeffery Scofield (1974 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; found guilty in 2004 of two counts of sexual abuse of a child (a 6-year-old girl); spent six years in prison and underwent therapy; in 2017, was arrested and charged with rape of a 73-year-old woman; the case was dismissed because the victim could not be located to testify in court
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Darran Scott (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member and filmmaker in Archies Creek, Victoria, Australia; pleaded guilty in 2017 to 16 charges related to the sexual abuse of 11 boys over a 25-year period; sentenced in 2017 to 10 years in prison
- Convicted:
2017,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Travis Scott (1981 – ) was an LDS church member in Centennial, Colorado; found guilty of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION/CHILD-INDUCE/ENTICE
- Positions: Seminary teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Gary Scritchfield was a male Mormon church member in Little Rock, Arkansas in the Pinnacle Mountain Ward; convicted in 1993 of felony sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree; allegedly abused a victim from 1981 to 1993 (from age 4 to 15); in January 2026, the victim filed a lawsuit against the LDS church naming G.S. as the perpetrator and accusing church officials of multiple failures
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1993,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- 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 warn ward members, Unknown church action, Ward official accused of saying victim was responsible,
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"[Church officials] gave a convicted child rapist a position of authority in the Church [...] and allowed him to interact regularly with the children of the Pinnacle Mountain Ward."the alleged abuse lasted for nearly 12 years, beginning when the victim was 4 years old -
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- Myron Seamons (1918 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; reportedly excommunicated while bishop in the 1960s and 1977; was convicted for child sex abuse and placed on California sex offender list, last two listings had him listed in 2008 & 2009; reportedly was also an officiator at the Oakland temple sometime after his excommunication for child sexual abuse
- Positions: Bishop, Temple worker,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Orin Searle (1926 – 2014) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2013 but was deemed incompetent to stand trial; a victim said that Searle's predatory behavior began as early as the late 1950s, and that several family members, and multiple members of the LDS 44th Ward (Mount Ogden Stake), knew that Searle was a child molester but did nothing to stop him; died in 2014
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Case dismissed due to incompetence, Not convicted,
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- Frank Selas (1939 – 2021) was an former childrens TV host/entertainer in California who joined the LDS church in the 1990s; pleaded guilty to one count of indecent behavior with a child; the crime took place in the 1970s
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Wayne Sells was a Mormon church member in South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Eric Senior was an LDS church member in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse in the 1990s; convicted; sentenced to prison; lost an appeal with the California Supreme Court; as of March 2024, lives in Provo, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Carl Sepos (1945 – ) was an LDS temple worker and high priest in Payson, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexually abusing an adult woman with Down syndrome and autism at a hotel swimming pool; he blamed his sex crime in part on an addiction to pornography; sentenced to 150 days in jail, 36 months of probation and 100 hours of community service
- Convicted:
2015,
- Positions: High priest, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Glen Sexton was a Mormon church member in Texas; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Joseph Shanks was an LDS senior missionary and temple worker in Chorley, Lancashire, England; convicted of ten charges related to sex crimes after he was caught in a police sting operation trying to meet three young children for sex; called from a landline registered to the Mormon Church's missionary training center
- Convicted:
2017,
- Positions: Missionary, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- Michael Shean (1947 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor and temple worker, and deputy district attorney in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys; sentenced to prison; the Mormon church allegedly made at least one settlement payment to a victim who said a stake president covered up the abuse for years
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Convicted:
1995,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Released from church position,
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- Evan Shelline (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Teton, Idaho; charged with two counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Child in Oct. 2024; criminal case is ongoing as of Feb. 7, 2026
- Positions: LDS status unknown, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Matthew Shepard (1974 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; In October of 2019 chatted with online 13year old persona to try and meet for sex; found guilty to 3 counts of entice a minor by internet or text; currently in jail in Duchesne, Utah
- Convicted:
2021,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- Mark Sherry (1964 – ) was an LDS ward mission leader and church building supervisor in Kansas City, Missouri; found guilty in 2000 of Sexual Misconduct - 2nd Degree; sentenced to two years of supervised probation
- Convicted:
2000,
- Positions: ever-church-building-supervisor, Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Ward mission leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Probation,
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- Ryan Sherry (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; tried to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex after online contact; arrested in a police sting operation; convicted in 2015 of forcible sexual abuse and attempted lewdness involving a child
- Convicted:
2015,
- Positions: Young Mens Leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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