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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
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: General authority, Mission president, Other leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- 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
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: 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
Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- 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
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- 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
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- 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
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in North Carolina,
- 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
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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LDS church payment: $3,000,000
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- 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
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: 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
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- 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
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- 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
Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- 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
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Church positions: 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
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- 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
Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Youth leader,
- 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
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- 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
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- 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
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- The woman was taken to jail, while Poelman was released immediately.
- "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."
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school,
- 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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- 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
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Missionary, Other leader, Stake presidency counselor,
- 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
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- 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
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Prosecutors said the victim reported her abuse in order to protect another child from getting hurt
- "My daughter is hurt … She's angry at the world. [...] She can't quiet the memory of a childhood robbed from her."
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: 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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