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4,049 instances of sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• James B

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  • was an LDS bishop in Newport Beach, California in about 1990 to 1995; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in his office at church every week from 1990 to 1995, when the victim was 12 to about 17 years old; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• Bishop Baldwin

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Pittsburg, California in 1989; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly lasted from 1989 to 1997, when the victim was 5 to 13 years old; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• Timothy Ballard

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  • 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.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
  • Civil: Ongoing civil case,

• George Barnett

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  • was a Mormon church member in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• David Broadbent

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  • was a Mormon and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; by 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward; in 2024, was charged with forcible sexual abuse, and the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the lawsuit could proceed; 2025: more criminal charges.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Ongoing,
  • Civil: Civil case dismissed, Ongoing civil case,

• Carlfred Broderick

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  • was a Mormon stake president in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• Paydan Bussey

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  • was a Mormon church member in Washington and Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse charges while a minor in Washington; removed from sex offender registries in Washington and Utah; allegedly molested a child in 2019 while on a trip to Spain paid for by the Mormon church; charged in Washington and Utah in 2024 with child sexual abuse felonies; named in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• Larry Deutsch

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• John Doe

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  • was an LDS church member and former Mormon bishop in Alabama, Alaska and Texas; in 2022 or 2023, confessed to child sexual abuse to his LDS bishop and stake president in Texas, according to a person familiar with the case; they reported him to local police in 2023; in 2024, a plaintiff filed a civil lawsuit against him.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

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  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

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  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

  • 
  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John Doe

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  • was a Mormon temple worker in Los Angeles, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the LDS church of sexually assaulting a man in 1984 while performing a private anointing ritual in the Los Angeles LDS temple.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• Frederick Edvalson

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  • was a Mormon in Utah and Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland; convicted 3 times of sexual abuse in Maryland in the 1980s; third conviction: while on probation, groomed a 10-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her in a room inside a Mormon chapel on multiple occasions from 1983 to 1984; reportedly told her he was giving her "special religious training;" sentenced to 8 years in prison.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• Todd Edwards

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of an 18-year-old in 2006 and a child in 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse; in 2024, two victims sued the LDS church in separate lawsuits; one said a stake presidency member failed to report to law enforcement in 2006 when she told him Edwards had assaulted her.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• Craig Ford

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  • was a Mormon church member in Oregon; convicted of sexual abuse; in 2025, a $25 million lawsuit against the Mormon church said a Vancouver, Washington bishop knew of the abuse but failed to report to police.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• Harry Fougeron

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  • was a Mormon church member in Richmond Hill, Georgia; currently in an ongoing trial accused sexually abusing teenage girls.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty,
  • Civil: Ongoing civil case,

• Juan Guerrero Regalado

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  • was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 civil lawsuit against the Mormon church.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• Craig Harward

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  • was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• Douglas Holyoak

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Sycamore, Illinois from about 1999 to 2004; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexual assault of an underage girl in his office at church when she reported sexual harassment by other youth; allegedly covered up the assault with the help of a stake presidency counselor (Michael John Evans).
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• Gary Jones

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  • was a Mormon church member in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• Dennis Judd

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  • was an LDS church member and Uintah County, Utah attorney; charged with voyeurism and stalking in October 2023 after allegedly filming his female employees in his law firm's bathroom; in January 2024, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of stalking; plea held in abeyance; in June 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of voyeurism.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Plea agreement, Probation,
  • Civil: Ongoing civil case,

• Ronald Kerlee

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  • was a Mormon seminary teacher, Sunday school leader and youth leader in Corvallis, Oregon; convicted of Sodomy III (Class C Felony) for sexual abuse of a child; accused of sexually abusing multiple children; was also a licensed counselor in Oregon until his license was revoked in 2014 after he allegedly engaged in sexual activities with a male client.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• George Koford

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• UNKNOWN Leota

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  • was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• Richard McClung

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  • was a Mormon bishopric counselor in the Rockford, Illinois area; convicted in 2007 and 2014 of child sexual abuse; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl; allegedly was not removed from bishopric despite charges.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• Maynard McFarland

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  • 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.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• Timothy Monzello

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Azusa, California (Azusa 1st Ward, Glendora California Stake) from about 2005 to 2010; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexual abuse that allegedly took place between 2008 and 2010, starting when the victim was seven years old; the alleged abuse took place in the bishop's office at church and at Monzello's home.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• F N

  • 
  • was an LDS bishop in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• G N

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  • was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• Samuel Neipp

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  • was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in California; once named "teacher of the year" by the Union School District in the San Jose, California area; son of convicted child sexual abuser Joseph Neipp; pleaded no contest in 2019 to 12 charges related to sexual abuse; sentenced to 56 years in prison.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Prison,
  • Civil: Ongoing civil case,

• B P

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  • was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• Derrick Pickering

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  • was a Mormon church member and nurse practitioner in Utah; accused in 2024 by multiple former patients in a civil lawsuit of touching them in sexually inappropriate ways.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: Ongoing civil case,

• UNKNOWN Ross

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  • was an LDS high priest and stake seventy in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
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  • Documents:  yes (free download)
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• Nefi Rubalcava

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Norwalk/Cerritos in southern California; accused of child sexual abuse in two lawsuits filed against the Mormon church in 2025; he was the foster father of one of his alleged victims and the bishop of both of them; he allegedly participated in a sex trafficking ring involving at least one other bishop and a stake president.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• Thomas Schofield

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a 16-year-old child in 2004-05 while he was a Mormon Bishop; some of the alleged abuse took place in the Salt Lake City and Oakland LDS temples and the bishop's office at church.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• UNKNOWN Smith

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with two Melchizedek priesthood holders in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• Arthur Stout

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  • was a Mormon church member in Littlerock, California; in 2024, a civil lawsuit said he sexually assaulted a girl "on a weekly basis" from 1991 to 1997, starting when she was 5 years old; some of the alleged abuse took place in an LDS church building.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• Bob UNKNOWN

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  • was a Mormon church member and Melchizedek priesthood holder in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with a Mormon bishop and another Melchizedek priesthood holder in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• Jim UNKNOWN

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  • was a Mormon church member and Melchizedek priesthood holder in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with a Mormon bishop and another Melchizedek priesthood holder in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• John UNKNOWN

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  • was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,

• Bruce Van Horn

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  • was a Mormon church member in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
  • Learn more »
  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

• David Webb

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  • was an LDS church member and oral surgeon in Vacaville, California; accused of sexual abuse of multiple patients in 2021 and again in 2022; gave up his license to practice in 2023; got a license to practice dentistry in Idaho; as of March 2024, a criminal case and several civil cases in California are ongoing.
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  • Documents:  none
  • Criminal: Ongoing,
  • Civil: Ongoing civil case,

• Karey Zimmerman

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  • was a Mormon church member in Utah and Nevada; in 2025, was accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in Nevada and Utah; the Mormon church was also named as a defendant; the lawsuit said a Utah bishop failed to report abuse allegations to police.
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  • Documents:  available upon request
  • Criminal: Never charged,
  • Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
  • Alleged coverup

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