5 LDS sex abuse cases found
Alleged church action: Church officials excommunicated the accused
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa
- Church action: Excommunicated
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- 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
Crime: 1980s, 2000s, 
Crime county:
AZ - Maricopa, UT - Salt Lake, - Crime state:
Arizona, Utah,
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- Convicted:
2013,
LDS positions: Missionary, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, - Alleged failure to report
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Crime county:
Crime state:
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- 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
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime county:
AZ - Maricopa,
- Crime state:
Arizona,
LDS positions: Missionary, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released, 
Alleged failure to report-
- 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
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime county:
AZ - Maricopa,
- Crime state:
Arizona,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, 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
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- 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-
- William Whitmore (1962 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; convicted of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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