Church action: Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability

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Alleged church action: A ward official was accused of pressuring a victim not to seek accountability

Church action: Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability

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- Robert Bunker (1990 – ) was an LDS church member in McCammon, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; sentenced to 33 days in jail; as of 2023, is a registered sex offender living in Idaho
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- Buckland Darrell (1979 – ) was a former LDS Primary teacher in Redmond, Washington; accused of molesting young boys in sacrament meeting and at their homes; charged with first-degree felony child molestation in 2022-23 (5 victims); admitted to sexually abusing around 6 to 8 boys; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2024 to at least 8 years in prison; faced two additional counts in March 2025 after two more victims came forward
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2024,
- LDS positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- John Doe was a Mormon missionary in Ireland; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- 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
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state: Texas,
- Convicted: 2000,
- LDS positions: High priest,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- Arlin Hatch was a Mormon church member in Riverside, California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church; dismissed without prejudice
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- 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
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 1993,
- LDS positions: High priest, Seminary teacher, Ward Santa Claus,
- 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
- Alleged church actions: Church members wrote letters of support, Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse, Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- 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
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- 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
- Church paid $32,000,000
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn stake members, Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated, Stake official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- Craig Mathias (1960 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Santa Clarita, California; was in the Northridge 1st Ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting five boy scouts at his home; the alleged abuse involved up to 11 scouts; reportedly urged one victim on a recorded phone call not to tell police about the abuse; sentenced to six years in prison; released in 1990; registered sex offender (2025)
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted: 1987,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, Ward official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of saying victim was responsible,
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- Richard McClung (1943 – 2026) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Rockford, Illinois in 2006; convicted in 2007 and 2014 of charges related to child sexual abuse; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl on church property in 2006 despite facing criminal charges at the time and remaining in the bishopric; died in plane crash Feb. 14, 2026 in Poplar Grove, Illinois
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state: Illinois,
- Convicted: 2007, 2014,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse, Excommunicated, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- Daniel Nelson (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member in Bountiful, Utah; pleaded guilty to lewdness & lewdness involving a child in 1989; pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse in 1993; pleaded guilty to failure to register as sex offender in 2004; victim was granted a protective order against Nelson in 2019, recorded court notes state sexual violence protective order
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 1989, 1993,
- LDS positions: Elders Quorum President,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, No church discipline, nothing, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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