4,217 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 Sirles (1924 – 2018) was a Mormon church member in Chesterfield, Virginia; convicted of possession of child pornography and production and distribution of child pornography
Crime: 2000s, 
Crime state:
Virginia,
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- Convicted:
2005,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, - View report »
Crime state:
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- James Skipper was a Mormon church member in Terre Haute, Indiana; arrested June 14, 2026 for alleged sexual abuse of a child; due in court June 18, 2026; previously convicted in 1992 in Missouri of sexual assault and sentenced to 6 years in prison; reportedly joined Mormon church in about 2024; is a registered sex offender living in Terre Haute, Indiana
LDS positions: History specialist, - Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
- View report »
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- Philander Smartt was a Mormon mission president in Puerto Rico; accused of sexually manipulating some of his sister missionaries; in 2014, the LDS church sent him home and called his behavior "immoral and sinful," but no criminal charges or civil lawsuits resulted
- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Alleged crime country:
Puerto Rico,
Alleged crime country:
LDS positions: Mission president, Other leader, Stake president, 
Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Joseph Smith (1805 – 1844) was the founder of the LDS church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon church); was publicly accused during his life (1805-1844) of sexual misconduct, including adultery and illegal polygamy; in May 1844, a Hancock County, Illinois grand jury indicted Smith for perjury, fornication and polygamy; died in June 1844
- Alleged crime: 1830s, 1840s,
- Alleged crime state:
Illinois, Missouri, Ohio,
LDS positions: Apostle, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report
Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report, -
- Jason Smith (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Indiana; in 2019, confessed to sexually abusing a child; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2021 to 728 days of probation for battery against a child under 14 years old
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Indiana,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Probation, Alleged church actions: No church discipline, -
- Robert Smith (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Tooele, Utah; worked for the FBI; accused in 2022 of sexual abuse of several girls; as of April 2023, case is still underway in the Utah court system; in November 2023, charged with more sex crimes; Preliminary hearing date has been moved to June 30 2025 at 10 AM in third District Court, Tooele Utah
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result, -
- UNKNOWN Smith was a Mormon bishop in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with two Melchizedek priesthood holders in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old
- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- UNKNOWN Smith was a Mormon church member and high priest in the Azusa 1st Ward in Azusa, California (Glendora California Stake); accused of sexual abuse in a 2024 civil lawsuit along with his ward's former bishop, Timothy Monzello
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- Douglas Smith Jr. (1943 – ) was not a Mormon church member; worked as a BSA national executive; notified in letters, to at least one LDS man in the Floodlit database, to boy scout leaders that their registration was denied and or suspended active boy scout leaders registration once sexual abuse allegation were made or confirmed; was later convicted possessing CSAM
- Crime: 2000s,
- Convicted:
2005,
- LDS positions: not LDS,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- View report »
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- Charles Snider was an LDS church member in Georgia; accused of sexual abuse
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Georgia,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, -
- Carlton Snyder was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Peter Sorensen was a Mormon church member in Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- Wendi Sorenson (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Visalia, California; convicted in 2017 of multiple types of sex crimes involving alleged abuse of a minor
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
California,
Convicted:
2017, Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Sidney Spencer was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in 1984 of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop approved his application to be a scout leader despite his prior sex crime conviction
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Paul Spencer (1970 – ) was a Mormon church temple prep instructor and mission leader in Riverton, Salt Lake County, Utah; charged in December 2024 with multiple felonies related to arranging to meet a police detective posing as a 13-year-old girl for sexual assault in Lehi, Utah
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Other leader, Ward mission leader, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Bradley Spencer (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member and Middleton city councilman in Idaho; convicted in 2015 of sexual battery of a minor; sentenced to eight years in prison; registered sex offender
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2015, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Timothy Spencer was a Mormon church member in Indiana; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- George Squire (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- View report »
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- Kent Staheli (1958 – ) was an LDS church member in California and Utah; served as first counselor in a Mormon bishopric; convicted in federal court in 2010 of charges related to child sex trafficking
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2010, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, -
- Robert Stahn (1958 – ) was an LDS church member and therapist in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused in April 2023 of sexual abuse; once served as clinical director of Operation Shield, counseling child sexual trauma survivors; pleaded guilty in October 2023 to felony sexual abuse or exploitation of a vulnerable adult
- Convicted:
2023,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Allen Stailey was an LDS church member in Colorado and Utah; convicted in 1999 in Colorado of sexual assault on a child
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Colorado,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, -
- Thomas Stanger (1978 – ) was an LDS church member in Helena, Montana; arrested four times for indecent exposure; accused of watching pornographic material while masturbating looking at women nearby
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Montana,
Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result, -
- Jason Stark (1985 – ) was a former full-time Mormon missionary in Kentucky; accused of sexually abusing three people in 2005 while on his mission; a lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church; in 2025, sentenced to 30 years in prison in Idaho
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Kentucky,
LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Alleged failure to report-
- James Stark was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
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- Derrick Starley (1991 – ) was a full-time LDS missionary in Chubbuck, Idaho; from Utah; was charged in 2013 with sexual battery of a child 16 or 17 year old; per Idaho State Journal, the alleged crime occurred during his mission in October 2012; pled guilty in 2013 to felony injury to a child; sentenced to 10 days in jail; was given a withheld judgment; in 2016, guilty plea was set aside and case was dismissed
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2013, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment, Alleged church actions: unknown, -
- Jason Steadman was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Keaton Steck (2001 – ) was a former Mormon missionary who lived in Maricopa County, Arizona; went on a Mormon mission to Washington in approximately 2019-21; worked as a plumber after his LDS mission; charged in 2025 with second-degree felony child sex trafficking of a minor between the ages of 15 and 17; convicted; registered sex offender living in Mesa, Arizona as of January 2026
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
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- Mark Stevens (1956 – ) was a Mormon bishop in West Jordan, Utah in 2006; charged in 2025 with sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl that allegedly took place in his office at church
- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Robert Stevenson was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Alleged crime state:
Nevada,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Roselle Stevenson (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused in August 2023 of child sexual abuse; ex-wife of ritualistic abuse suspect David Hamblin; charge dismissed with prejudice in May 2025
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, -
- Richard Stewart was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- View report »
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- Terry Stidd (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Kearns, Utah; in 1998, pleaded guilty to rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree and was sentenced to 10 years in prison; as of 2024, is out on parole and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released, -
- Michael Stillman (1939 – 2020) was a Mormon Tabernacle Choir member and professional scouter with the Boy Scouts of America in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah; accused in 1989 of having sexually abused a boy between the ages of 13 and 15 in the mid-1970s; decided to resign as district scout executive as long as it did not imply guilt; was never reported to police or charged with a crime
- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Robert Stillwell (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987; convicted in 1993 and 1998 in separate cases of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop reportedly became aware of the abuse, but did not take any church disciplinary action or report to police
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Corey Stock (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member and former bishop in Eagle Mountain, Utah; charged with 9 counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor on March 13, 2026
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View report »
" I showed the youngest I could find," "Keep them coming," and "I'm a perv." -probable cause affidavit, from his Kik messenger conversations"
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- Douglas Stoddard (1949 – ) was an LDS bishop in Hurst, Texas; convicted in 1992 of a felony child sexual abuse charge of indecency with a child by contact; sentenced to 8 years of probation; a lifetime registered sex offender in Texas; named publicly in August 2023 by a victim who said Stoddard molested him and three other boys in his Mormon ward while serving as bishop
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Texas,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender, Alleged failure to report-
- Phillip Stokes (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; composed music for multiple videos posted to official LDS church websites and social media accounts; in 2022, sentenced in Utah to two terms of 25 years to life in prison for rape of a child and sodomy on a child, first-degree felonies
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2022, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Stephen Stokes (1948 – 2016) was a Mormon church member and Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) professor; accused of sexual assault by a former student; died in 2016; in 2022, civil lawsuit against BYU-I was dismissed with prejudice
- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Alleged crime state:
Idaho,
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, BYU, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, -
- James Stokes (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; Was a drama teacher at a high school in Utah found guilty of forcible sexual abuse of a 14 year old drama student
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2011, LDS positions: Sunday school, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, -
- Edward Stone was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Larry Story was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Arthur Stout was a Mormon church member in Littlerock, California; in 2024, a civil lawsuit said he sexually assaulted a girl "on a weekly basis" from 1991 to 1997, starting when she was 5 years old; some of the alleged abuse took place in an LDS church building
- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Other leader, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Bradley Stowell (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2005, 2008, LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Larry Strain was a Mormon church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Alleged crime state:
Missouri,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Unknown result, -
- Thomas Strickland was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Andrew Stringer (2005 – ) was a Mormon church member in Pflugerville, Texas; assigned by the Mormon church to a mission in Argentina, then to a service mission in Texas; arrested in 2023 and charged with possession of child pornography
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Texas,
LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, -
- James Stringham (1928 – 2017) was a Mormon church member and pediatric physician in Salt Lake City, Utah; in 1980, he made a video recording of a sexual nature involving a child patient; in 1982, pleaded no contest to a second-degree felony charge of sexual exploitation of a minor; sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $7,500 restitution; his medical license was suspended for 90 days
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Probation, -
- Jason Strong was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; a victim sued the Mormon church after a bishop and stake president allegedly failed to report the abuse to police; the claims against the church were dismissed by a trial court, and the Utah Supreme Court upheld the dismissal in 2001, citing the First Amendment
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Unknown result, Civil case(s): Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Alleged failure to report-
- Murray Stubbs (1965 – ) was a Mormon church member in Canberra ACT Australia; accused of grooming a child using the internet because of sexually explicit texts; was found guilty in 2010 of using the internet in an offensive way
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime country:
Australia,
Convicted:
2010, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Hung jury, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report, -
- Dennis Stutz (1942 – 2024) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
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