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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
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1948
- Mission: 1967-1969 Brazil Brazil [unknown city]
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Places when accused: 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Branch president,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Argentina,
- Places when accused: 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1936
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Alabama,
- Places when accused: Alabama,
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- Scott Gollaher was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah,
- 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
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $300,000
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Settlement,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Virginia,
- Places when accused: 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
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1902
  Died: 1988
- Mission: United States Southern States / Northern States [Ohio]
- Places lived: California, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: High priest,
- Convicted: 2000,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1932
  Died: 2008
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Texas,
- Places when accused: 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $150,000
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- landmark abuse case in Utah
- "When is everyone going to realize that this shit's got to stop?"— Jane Doe, abuse survivor
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1941
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2025: lives in Bloomfield, New Mexico; not a registered sex offender
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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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Release from Mormon church position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Branch president, Ward clerk,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Prison, Registered sex offender, Suicide,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: High priest,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1943
  Died: 2005
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Washington,
- Places when accused: 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishop, Stake president,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $875,000
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Settlement,
- Church positions: Church employee, Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1939
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Places when accused: 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
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Ongoing,
- Church positions: 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Church positions: BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1936
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Places when accused: 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Places when accused: 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
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1968
- Mission: 1987-1989 United States California Ventura
- Places lived: New Hampshire,
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