4 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Crime city: UT - Orem
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- Sheril Burton (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of two underage girls; sentenced to up to 15 years in prison; as of January 2024, lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah; is not a registered sex offender
Crime: 1980s, 
Crime state:
Utah,
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LDS positions: BYU, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - View report »
Crime state:
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- Derek Finlinson (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; accused of recording a woman in a dressing room while she was changing clothes in Oct 2009; in 2010, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of voyeurism
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2010, 
LDS positions: LDS status unknown, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, -
- Larry Harmon (1932 – 2012) was a Mormon in Utah; sentenced to jail and probation in 2005 for aggravated sex abuse of a child; charged in 2012 with first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child; according to police, Harmon was allowed to be around children at an LDS ward Christmas party (where the alleged abuse took place in 2011) despite being a registered sex offender; died in 2012, so the charge was dismissed
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Missionary, Senior missionary, Temple worker, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Died awaiting trial, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender, 
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse, According to police, Harmon was allowed to be around children at an LDS ward Christmas party despite being a registered sex offender
"[T]he defendant was at his LDS Church building in Orem assisting members of the ward in setting up for a Christmas party. He located the 12-year-old female victim alone in the kitchen of the church."
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- Ronald Miller (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and psychology professor in Hawaii (at Brigham Young University-Hawaii) and Orem, Utah (Utah Valley University); charged in 2024 in Utah with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Filters
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