12 LDS sex abuse cases found
Civil case dismissed with prejudice
- Civil case result: Dismissed with prejudice
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- Arlo Atkin (1956 – ) 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
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Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 
Crime state:
Arizona,
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LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation, - Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
Crime state:
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- Joseph Bishop was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, 
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation, Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Timothy Johnson was a Mormon church member in Oregon; pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree sexual abuse and was sentenced to 15 years in prison; a lawsuit against the Mormon church was dismissed with prejudice
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Oregon,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Richard Miles (1951 – ) was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit; case was dismissed with prejudice in 2020
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- LDS positions: Mission president,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice,
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- Brenda Miles was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishop's wife, Mission president's wife, Relief Society, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, -
- Gerald Mortimer (1943 – ) was an OB/GYN doctor in Idaho and former Mormon temple president and mission president in the Philippines; admitted in 2019 to secretly using his sperm to artificially inseminate multiple women; a civil suit against him was dismissed with prejudice in 2021, possibly because of a private settlement agreement
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
Idaho,
LDS positions: Mission president, Missionary, Temple president, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, -
- Terry Parker (1953 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and school teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington; in 1996, two former students filed a civil lawsuit against the school district, Parker and the school's former principal, saying Parker sexually abused them; they said they reported to the school district, which then allegedly did nothing to protect them; the suit was dismissed with prejudice in Feb. 1998
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Alleged crime state:
Washington,
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, -
- Brian Pickett was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit that also named the LDS church; the suit was dismissed with prejudice after a settlement in 2016
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
Hawaii,
LDS positions: Branch president, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- Gary Reese (1938 – 2014) was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy Scout leader in Washington; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops; never charged; two plaintiffs sued the Mormon church; lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice in 2011; Reese died in 2014
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- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Alleged crime state:
Washington,
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Stephen Stokes (1948 – 2016) was a Mormon church member and Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) professor; accused of sexual assault by a former student; died in 2016; in 2022, civil lawsuit against BYU-I was dismissed with prejudice
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Alleged crime state:
Idaho,
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, BYU, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, -
- Drew Tutt (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member, school teacher and soccer coach in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of two girls on his soccer team; in 2017, convicted of two counts of third degree felony sexual abuse of a minor student; in 2018, sentenced to prison
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice,
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- Ruth Worthen (1949 – ) was a Mormon church member in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse by one adult in a 2019 civil lawsuit and in 2023 by four adults (one of whom was the 2019 plaintiff); arrested and charged in June 2024 with numerous felonies related to child sexual abuse; died in 2025
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 2000s,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Cache,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
Alleged crime county:
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Alleged failure to reportFilters
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