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- James Adams 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
Alleged failure to report-
Church paid $unknown
- Excommunicated,
- Abuse went on for five years after Adams first told Mormon officials, including a bishop and stake president, the lawsuit said
Convicted, Prison, - Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was Other leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
West Virginia,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1954
- Mission: no
- Places lived: West Virginia,
- Latest update: 1994: sentenced to prison in West Virginia for sexually abusing multiple children
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"The church is not in the business of covering up."-
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- Paul Adams 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Dismissed,
- Was Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in
Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1982
Died: 2017 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2023: multiple victims are involved in a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
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- 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)
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Arizona,
- Convicted:
2018,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Terry Allen 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
California, Connecticut,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1943
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Connecticut, Texas,
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Grapevine, Texas
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- Arlo Atkin 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1956
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
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- Timothy Ballard 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
- Excommunicated,
- Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Ongoing,
- Was Missionary,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1976
- Mission: Chile unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: November 2023: amended complaint filed by five women against Tim Ballard for sexual misconduct and misusing funds from donors
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- Alan Bassett 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Ongoing,
- Dismissed without prejudice,
- Was Other leader, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1948
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Davis County (Utah), New York, Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: June 2024: charged with child sexual abuse
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- Arthur Bishop 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
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1952
Died: 1988 - Mission: 1971-1973 Philippines Philippine Islands / Philippines
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Gordon Bodily 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2001,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1949
- Mission: 1968-1970 United States Eastern States (headquarters in New York City)
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Ogden, Utah
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- Ronald Boyce was a Mormon seminary teacher and home teacher in Schenectady, New York in the 1990s; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2024 civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
New York, Utah,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Perpetrator's home, Recreational trip/outing, Victim's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1961
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: New York, Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Raphael Caccioppoli 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)
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Jail,
- Was Sunday school,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
New Zealand,
- Convicted:
2008,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1971
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: New Zealand,
- Latest update: 2008: sentenced in New Zealand to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality)
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- David Cannata 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Arizona,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1965
- Mission: Unknown country Unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2025: serving a sentence in the Arizona Department of Corrections until 02/27/2026
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- Max Cheatham was an LDS church member in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Was Missionary,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1960
- Mission: 1979-1981 Argentina Argentina
- Places lived: Argentina, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
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- 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
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, in
England, United Kingdom,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
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- Benjamin Covey 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
- Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1840s, in
Nebraska,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1792
Died: 1868 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nebraska, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 1868: died
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- Gordon Crawford was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse
- Excommunicated,
- Unknown result,
- Was Unknown position,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Australia,
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- Franklyn Curtis 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $3,000,000
- Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was High priest, Sunday school,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in
Oregon, Pennsylvania,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1903
Died: 1995 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon, Pennsylvania,
- Latest update: 1995: died
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- Prescott De Jean 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted:
2013,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1955
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Texas,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Vernon, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Unknown result,
- Was Unknown position,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Dave Doe was a Mormon bishop in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; excommunicated, but never prosecuted
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Never charged,
- Was Bishop,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Lionel Drage 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
- Excommunicated,
- Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
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Born: 1925
Died: 2022 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Michael Driggs 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Was Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted:
2013,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1950
- Mission: Brazil Brazil, US Southern States, possibly Arizona
- Places lived: Arizona, Brazil, Maricopa County (Arizona), Utah,
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- Rowan Ellsworth 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Was Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime scenes: LDS activity,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1948
- Mission: 1967-1969 Brazil Brazil [unknown city]
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in Mesa, Arizona
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Branch president,
- Convicted:
2018,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Argentina,
- Latest update: 2018: sentenced to 14 years in prison
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- William Gillespie 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Alabama,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1936
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Alabama,
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- Scott Gollaher was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Missionary, Youth leader,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: Canada Alberta
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Kenneth Good 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
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Georgia,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1950
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Georgia, Utah,
- Latest update: Lives in Taylorsville, Utah; is not a registered sex offender, despite his conviction for child molestation
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- John Goodrich 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $300,000
- Excommunicated,
- Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment,
- Settlement,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Virginia,
- Latest update: December 2023: AP story breaks about a secret $300,000 offer by the Mormon church to Goodrich's confessed sexual abuse victim
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- Jay Grant 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
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted,
- Was Bishop, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1902
Died: 1988 - Mission: United States Southern States / Northern States [Ohio]
- Places lived: California, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 1988: died in Orem, Utah
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- Gene Guinn 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Was High priest,
- Crime: 1990s, in
Texas,
- Convicted:
2000,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1932
Died: 2008 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Texas,
- Latest update: 2008: died of cancer in Palestine, Texas
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- Steven Hammock 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $150,000
- Excommunicated,
- landmark abuse case in Utah
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Judgment for plaintiff,
- Was Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1941
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2025: lives in Bloomfield, New Mexico; not a registered sex offender
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"When is everyone going to realize that this shit's got to stop?"-
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- William Harding 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Release from Mormon church position,
- Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Was Branch president, Ward clerk,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Australia,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1940
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
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- David Herget was a Mormon church member in Washington; convicted of child rape and child molestation in 1993; spent time in jail and was labeled a level-1 sex offender (least likely to re-offend); arrested in 2004 or 2005 and charged with child sex abuse; detectives identified at least seven victims; one child estimated that Herget abused him 1,400 times; in 2005, died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Jail, Prison, Registered sex offender, Suicide,
- Was High priest,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Washington,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1943
Died: 2005 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Washington,
- Latest update: 2005: died by suicide while in jail awaiting trial
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- Clayton Hildreth 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Stake president,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2005,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Montana,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Dillon, Montana
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- James Hogan 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $875,000
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Settlement,
- Was Church employee, Scout leader,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Oregon,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1939
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- 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
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Ongoing,
- Was Missionary,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
- Latest update: October 2024: Sentenced to three years of "community corrections," avoiding additional jail time
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- Roy Hunt 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted:
2005,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Latest update: April 2023: lives in Mesa, Arizona as a registered sex offender
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- Melvin Johnson 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Was BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in
California, Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1936
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was Ministering/home teacher,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Oregon,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- Eric Knight 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
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Was Missionary,
- Crime: 2010s, in
New Hampshire,
- Convicted:
2021,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1968
- Mission: 1987-1989 United States California Ventura
- Places lived: New Hampshire,
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- George Lee 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Was General authority, Mission president, Other leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1943
Died: 2010 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2010: died
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- 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
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Stake high council, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: Currently serving time in Central Utah Correctional Facility
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- Michael McClellan 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
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Was Youth leader,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Nevada,
- Convicted:
2004,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1957
- Mission: United Kingdom Scotland
- Places lived: Arizona, Nevada,
- Latest update: Moved out of Las Vegas, Nevada where he was convicted, currently lives in Cottonwood, Arizona
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- Maynard McFarland 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
California, Minnesota,
- Convicted:
2005,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California, Minnesota, North Dakota,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender
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- Robert Metcalf 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Arizona, California,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1949
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Latest update: 2025: in prison in Florence, Arizona; set to be released Sept. 5, 2026
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- 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
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Missionary,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: 1999-1999 United States North Carolina (unknown city)
- Places lived: North Carolina, Utah,
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- Ralph Neeley 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $3,000,000
- Excommunicated,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Arkansas, Texas,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1949
Died: 2020 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Arkansas, Texas,
- Latest update: 2020: died of COVID-19 in Texas while serving life in prison
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- Gordon Neeley 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
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Was High priest, Missionary,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1935
Died: 2018 - Mission: 1955-1957 Unknown country
- Places lived: Idaho, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2018: died
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted:
2021,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Robert Nelson 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
- Excommunicated,
- Community service, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Canada,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1949
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
- Latest update: 1989: pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a "mentally handicapped" woman
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- Brett Nichols 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
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Convicted:
2007,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1967
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in Apache Junction, Arizona
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- David Novak 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
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Was Church employee,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1951
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2000: released from jail in Utah after serving about 40 days for sexually abusing a girl
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- Thomas Opfar was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Grant Packer 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
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in
Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1925
Died: 2008 - Mission: 1946-1948 Canada Canada
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2008-06-02: died in Idaho Falls, Idaho
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- Chesley Pierson was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Elders quorum, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
Canada,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1928
Died: 2021 - Mission: United Kingdom England
- Places lived: Canada,
- Latest update: 2021: died in Alberta, Canada
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- Errol Pilling 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Canada,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1942
- Mission: 1962-1964 United Kingdom North British Mission
- Places lived: Canada,
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in Twin Falls, Idaho
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- Byron Poelman 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- The woman was taken to jail, while Poelman was released immediately.
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Crime: 1990s, in
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1934
Died: 2014 - Mission: Netherlands Netherlands
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2014: died
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"President and sister Poelman's lives need to be private now. [...] We are a family. A family keeps things private. A family draws close together. These things are to be kept private."-
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- Mark Porter 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
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Was Missionary, Other leader, Stake presidency counselor,
- Crime: 2020s, in
Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted:
2022,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1942
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
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- Richard Ray 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was Missionary,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1942
Died: 2019 - Mission: Unknown country unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2019: died in Florence, Arizona
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- Charles Richmond 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
- Excommunicated,
- Prosecutors said the victim reported her abuse in order to protect another child from getting hurt
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Other leader, Sunday school,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1962
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Kansas,
- Latest update: 2024: Serving prison time in LANSING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY in Kansas
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"My daughter is hurt … She's angry at the world. [...] She can't quiet the memory of a childhood robbed from her."-
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- Dennis Schult 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
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1935
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
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- Michael Shean 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
- Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Release from Mormon church position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- Crime: 1980s, in
California,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1947
- Mission: 1966-1968 Uruguay Uruguay
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Michael Simms was a Latter-day Saints (LDS) church member, organist and music teacher in Oregon; accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy about 100 times between 1974 and 1976
- Excommunicated,
- Unknown result,
- Unknown result,
- Was Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
Oregon,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- 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 failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Sunday school,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- William Whitmore was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; convicted of sexual abuse
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted,
- Was Unknown position,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1962
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- Daniel Willard 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
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Was Primary,
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Born: 1988
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Missouri,
- Latest update: Released from jail December 2020; Living in University City, Missouri and is a registered sex offender.
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- Stephen Young 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2010,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1951
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2023-03-06: In prison in Idaho
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