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- James Adams (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison in 1994 for sexually abusing multiple children; in 1996, a $750 million lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church alleging coverup; the suit was settled out of court in 2000
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: West Virginia,
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Paul Adams (1982 – 2017) was an LDS church member in Arizona; sexually abused two children for several years after confessing to his bishop; arrested and charged; died by suicide in 2017 while in custody awaiting trial; as of October 2025, a lawsuit against the church is ongoing
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Arizona,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Leizza Adams was the wife of sexual abuser Paul Douglas Adams; sentenced in 2018 in Arizona to 2.5 years in prison after pleading no contest to two felony counts of child abuse (not sexual abuse)
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Convicted: 2018,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Terry Allen (1943 – ) was an LDS church member in California; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison; was assigned to multiple trusted church positions, including Sunday school president, despite the Mormon church being aware that he had raped a teenager; LDS leaders were accused of hiding his abuse from local church members; as of 2024, lives in Grapevine, Texas
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California, Connecticut,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Arlo Atkin (1956 – ) was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, spent 132 days in jail
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Arizona,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Timothy Ballard (1976 – ) was a Mormon anti-sex trafficking activist; claimed to be friends with LDS apostle Russell Ballard (no relation); accused in 2023 of sexual misconduct by at least eight women and a couple; in June 2024, one civil case was dismissed; in July 2024, a lawsuit said his DNA was found on a victim’s skirt
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
- Alan Bassett (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member and air traffic controller in Fruit Heights, Utah; accused in a 2019 civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse (dismissed without prejudice); charged in June 2024 with child sexual abuse; over 80 victims came forward; admitted to molesting many neighbor girls; tried to get his case dismissed due to an unsigned 1989 agreement with a deputy Davis County attorney
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime county: UT - Davis,
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Other leader, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed without prejudice,
- Alleged failure to report
- Arthur Bishop (1952 – 1988) was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Gordon Bodily (1949 – ) was a Mormon bishop and physical education teacher in Hyrum, Cache Valley, Utah; accused in 2000 of luring a 17-year-old North Carolina girl to Utah for sex while serving as an LDS bishop; sentenced in 2001 to 21 months in federal prison
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2001,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Raphael Caccioppoli (1971 – ) was a Mormon Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality)
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: New Zealand,
- Convicted: 2008,
- LDS positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Cannata (1965 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Tucson, Arizona in 2005 when he sexually abused a child who was 5 or 6 years old; was a stake high council member sometime in the 2010s; was confronted by the victim and turned himself into the police; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison; was excommunicated from the Mormon church because of the abuse
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Max Cheatham (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Francis Cochran (1921 – 2005) was a Mormon high priest in the Seattle 6th Ward in Seattle, Washington in the 1980s; convicted twice in the 1980s of crimes related to sexual abuse of multiple children; allegedly assaulted multiple young girls on LDS property, including during church meetings; a 2025 lawsuit (Floodlit broke the story) said stake president Paul Diehl & multiple ward bishops covered up allegations against Cochran
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime city: WA - Seattle,
- Crime county: WA - King,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 1987, 1988,
- LDS positions: High priest,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Martyn Conway was a Mormon church member in England; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; twin brother of John Patrick Conway, who also perpetrated child sexual abuse against the same victim
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Benjamin Covey (1792 – 1868) was a Mormon church member in the 1840s and 1850s; in 1848, was excommunicated for having sexual intercourse with two girls "less than Twelve years of age" who were his foster daughters; was rebaptized and soon thereafter was made bishop of the Salt Lake City Twelfth Ward from 22 February 1849 until 1856
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- Crime: 1840s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Nebraska,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Gordon Crawford was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Franklyn Curtis (1903 – 1995) was a Mormon church member in Pennsylvania and Oregon; excommunicated in 1983 in Pennsylvania for sex abuse; rebaptized in 1984; molested five boys in Oregon; local LDS bishop knew but didn't report to police; convicted in 1995 in Oregon of sexual abuse; died in 1995
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Oregon, Pennsylvania,
- LDS positions: High priest, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Prescott De Jean (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender
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- Convicted: 2013,
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Vernon, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Dave Doe was a Mormon bishop in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; excommunicated, but never prosecuted
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged failure to report
- Lionel Drage (1925 – 2022) was an LDS bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah (Yale Second Ward, Bonneville Stake) in 1965; accused of child sexual abuse; was allegedly excommunicated from the LDS church for sexually abusing one or more children; died in 2022
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Michael Driggs (1950 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Brazil in the early 1970s; allegedly sent to a different mission in the United States after being found having inappropriate relationships with young boys; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1985 in Arizona; convicted again of child sexual abuse in 2013 in Utah; he met his victim in the Utah case at church, according to court documents
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- Crime: 1980s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa, UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Arizona, Utah,
- Convicted: 2013,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Rowan Ellsworth (1948 – ) was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Arizona; allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl at an LDS girls camp in mid-1990; the abuse was reported to a bishop Burgess, who allegedly failed to report to police, but instead encouraged the victim to forgive; sentenced to prison in 1999 for two counts of child sexual abuse; released in 2007
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Carlos Escalante was an LDS branch president in San Nicolas, Argentina; sexually abused his stepdaughter for 5 years, including while branch president; the victim asked local LDS leaders for support, but allegedly received none; she was punished by the church for "refusing to forgive" and for "failing to comply with worthiness standards;" Escalante was sentenced in 2018 to 14 years in prison
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- Convicted: 2018,
- LDS positions: Branch president,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alfred Forrester (1936 – 2013) was a Mormon church member in California; excommunicated in the 1950s after conviction for child molestation; moved to Iowa, reoffended, incarcerated; returned to California, convicted once or twice more, then assigned to be a Mormon church scoutmaster; abused again, caught, sentenced to prison in 1979; a 2024 lawsuit against the LDS church alleged that a bishop failed to protect kids
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- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California, Iowa,
- Convicted: 1956, 1960, 1966, 1979,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- William Gillespie (1936 – ) was an LDS church member in Montgomery, Alabama; accused of reaching inside the swimsuits of two girls and fondling them in his backyard pool in 1987; convicted in 1988 of three charges of first-degree sexual abuse and sentenced to one year in prison, plus four years of probation; conviction was reversed on appeal, then upheld; was allegedly excommunicated from the Mormon church
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Alabama,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Scott Gollaher was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Kenneth Good (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of molesting 4 underage girls; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1991 to 8 years in prison; released on parole in December 1993; as of 2023, lives in Taylorsville Utah
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Georgia,
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- John Goodrich (1959 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment,
- Civil case(s): Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jay Grant (1902 – 1988) was a Mormon bishop of the Adams Ward in Los Angeles, California; charged in 1981, at age 79, with five counts of forcible sexual abuse; sexually assaulted three young girls; convicted of all five counts; died in 1988 in Orem, Utah; ran "Grandpa Grant's Memory Club," a neighborhood study group for up to 175 LDS children; Grant sometimes had "students" spend the night at his apartment
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- LDS positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Gene Guinn (1932 – 2008) was an LDS church member in the Dallas Seventh Ward, Texas; in 2000, found guilty by a jury of indecency with a child and sentenced to 68 years in prison; the victim was 10 years old at the time of the crime; Mormon officials allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Texas,
- Convicted: 2000,
- LDS positions: High priest,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Steven Hammock (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1983 to two counts of forcible sex abuse of a child and served six months in an inpatient treatment facility; the LDS church excommunicated him, but during a civil suit filed in 1989 by the victim, it refused to divulge information that Hammock gave to church officials; in 1997, a federal judge awarded $150,000 in damages to the victim
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- LDS positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- Alleged failure to report
- William Harding (1940 – ) was a Mormon branch president, elders quorum president and ward clerk in Tasmania and Queensland, Australia; charged in or before 2023 with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor in two states in Australia; allegedly had as many as 40 victims; in 2024, pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced to 9 months in jail in Brisbane; in 2025, faced new charges in Tasmania
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: Australia,
- LDS positions: Branch president, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Herget (1943 – 2005) was a Mormon high priest in Washington; convicted of child rape and child molestation in 1993; sentenced to 180 days in jail and was a registered sex offender; arrested in 2005, died by suicide in jail the next day; detectives identified at least seven victims; one child estimated that Herget abused him 1,400 times; in a 2025 lawsuit against the church, four plaintiffs said officials failed them
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: WA - King,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 1993,
- LDS positions: High priest, Seminary teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Died awaiting trial, Jail, Prison, Registered sex offender, Suicide,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Clayton Hildreth (1952 – ) was a Mormon stake president in Butte, Montana; from Dillon, Montana; arrested in June 2004 by Boise, Idaho police for soliciting sex from a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl online; was stake president at the time of his arrest; pleaded guilty in October to a charge of interstate travel with intent to have sex with a minor; sentenced in 2005 to three years and five months in prison
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2005,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- James Hogan (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; released in 1994; in 2011, a victim filed a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, seeking $5.2 million; the Mormon church settled with two victims for $800,000 and $75,000
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Oregon,
- LDS positions: Church employee, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Civil case(s): Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Caleb Horner was an LDS church member in Melbourne, Australia; arrested in November 2021 and accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy he met in 2020; found guilty in 2024 of two counts of sexual assault by touch of a child under 16; sentenced in October 2024 to three years "community corrections," avoiding additional jail time
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Ongoing,
- Roy Hunt (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; former city manager in Snowflake and Holbrook and a public finance banker at the National Bank of Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse in 2004; pleaded guilty in 2005 to a reduced charge; sentenced to prison in Arizona in 2005
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Convicted: 2005,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Richard James (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Potomac, Maryland; accused of sexually abusing a boy from 1995 to 1999 at billionaire Bill Marriott's home, an LDS church and other locations; pleaded guilty to reduced child abuse charges; sentenced to 10 years in prison (nine suspended); was a registered sex offender; the victim sued the church, Marriott and six others in 2024
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- Convicted: 2002,
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kenneth Jenks (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); was a ward executive secretary and ward librarian; charged with sexual abuse; convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about Jenks's abuse but allowed him to work with children
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Christopher Jensen (1991 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah and West Virginia; sentenced to 35 to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing two children; local LDS church coverup alleged; LDS church settled civil lawsuit mid-trial in 2018 for $32 million, also spending over $27 million on legal fees; FLOODLIT.org discovered the settlement details in 2025 and made them public for the first time
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah, West Virginia,
- Convicted: 2013,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Melvin Johnson (1936 – ) was a Mormon seminary teacher and Brigham Young University (BYU) religion professor; accused by multiple victims of sexually abusing them when they were children; excommunicated and rebaptized; reportedly confessed to sexual abuse, but was not criminally charged; two victims filed lawsuits against him; one named the Mormon church as a defendant; it settled out of court
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime city: UT - Provo,
- Alleged crime county: UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state: California, Utah,
- LDS positions: BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kenneth Johnson was a Mormon church member and home teacher in Beaverton, Oregon; a victim filed a $55.7 million lawsuit against the Mormon church saying Johnson had sexually molested him when Johnson was his home teacher; the alleged sexual abuse took place as often as twice a week for two years between 1987 and 1989
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Oregon,
- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Eric Knight (1968 – ) was an LDS church member; former physician; pleaded guilty in 2021 in New Hampshire to two felony counts of second-degree assault in a plea deal that would allow him to get his medical license back and avoid the sex offender registry
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: New Hampshire,
- Convicted: 2021,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- George Lee (1943 – 2010) was a Mormon general authority in Utah; member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1975 to 1989; in 1994, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a child, a third-degree felony; registered sex offender; died in 2010
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- LDS positions: General authority, Mission president, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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
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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Stake high council, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- 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
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Nevada,
- Convicted: 2004,
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California, Minnesota,
- Convicted: 2005,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Robert Metcalf (1949 – ) was a Mormon in California, Arizona; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1974; sentenced in 1979 to six years in prison; excommunicated; after prison, was rebaptized, made a scout leader and allegedly molested a scout on a campout in about 1987, according to a 1990 civil lawsuit against the LDS church; sentenced in Arizona in 1989 to 37 years in prison; 2020 lawsuit vs. LDS church
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Arizona, California,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Matthew Nash was a former Mormon missionary from Utah who served a mission in North Carolina in 1999; accused in 2001 of sexually molesting 11 girls while on his mission; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Ralph Neeley (1949 – 2020) was an LDS church member in the Beaumont, Texas area; was sentenced in January 1994 to life in prison in Texas for repeated sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl in an LDS chapel during church meetings and in other locations; died in prison in 2020; the Mormon church reportedly paid several million US dollars in a settlement to the victim
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Arkansas, Texas,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Gordon Neeley (1935 – 2018) was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018
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- LDS positions: High priest, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Joseph Neipp was a former LDS bishop in San Jose, California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of convicted Mormon child sexual abuser Samuel Neipp
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- Convicted: 2021,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Robert Nelson (1949 – ) was an LDS bishop in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; accused of sexual abuse of a "mentally handicapped" woman; pleaded guilty in 1989; placed on two years probation, ordered to do 150 hours of community service, and ordered to take a conducted tour of a local jail
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- 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
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- Convicted: 2007,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- 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
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- LDS positions: Church employee,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Thomas Opfar was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- 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
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Chesley Pierson (1928 – 2021) was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
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- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Errol Pilling (1942 – ) was a Mormon bishop and licensed psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; went on an LDS mission to England in the early 1960s; pleaded guilty in 1988 and in 1994 to charges of sexual misconduct; in September 1994, his registration as a chartered psychologist with the Psychologists Association of Alberta was cancelled; in 1994, was excommunicated; as of February 2024, lives in Twin Falls, Idaho
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Byron Poelman (1934 – 2014) was a bishop and stake president in Utah and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church; arrested in 1994 for soliciting a prostitute; pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Mark Porter (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member and former stake presidency member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2022 after allegedly groping women in a Logan grocery store; pleaded guilty in December 2022
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2022,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Richard Ray (1942 – 2019) was an LDS church member in Arizona; sentenced in 1984 to 61 years in prison for molesting five girls; allegedly had more than 30 victims; the LDS church was involved in a lawsuit regarding clergy-penitent privilege; the church settled out of court for an undisclosed amount just before trial
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Arizona,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Charles Richmond (1962 – ) was an LDS church member and LDS addiction recovery specialist in Hutchinson, Kansas; convicted of aggravated indecent liberties w child; Offender =>18 fondle child <14; in prison in Kansas as of 2024
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- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Other leader, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- 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
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- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- LDS 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 failure to report
- Michael Simms was a Latter-day Saints (LDS) church member, organist and music teacher in Oregon; accused in a 2009 civil lawsuit against the LDS church of sexually abusing a boy about 100 times between 1974 and 1976; case settled in 2010 in federal court
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- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Oregon,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Glendon Templeton was a Mormon bishop, Sunday school teacher and scout leader in Arizona; was bishop of the Maryvale Ward in West Phoenix from 2014 to 2019; excommunicated in 2019; also was a volleyball coach for high school-aged girls; accused numerous times and arrested, but never prosecuted for alleged sex crimes; sued in 1997 for alleged sexual abuse; allegedly sexually assaulted multiple teenage girls
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
- Alleged crime state: Arizona,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alva Van Wagoner (1929 – 2019) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Convicted: 1999,
- LDS positions: Branch president, Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- William Whitmore (1962 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; convicted of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Daniel Willard (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in St. Charles, Missouri; pleaded guilty to Possession Of Child Pornography and Furnish Pornographic Material Or Attempt To Furnish To A Minor; registered sex offender
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- LDS positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Stephen Young (1951 – ) was an LDS church member and police officer in Idaho; allegedly abused 20 babies over a 30-year period; pleaded guilty in 2010 to lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced to 25 years in prison
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2010,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report

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