17 LDS sex abuse cases found
UT - Salt Lake City
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City
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- Andrew Bowers (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD/2ND DEGREE FELONY in 2020; is a registered sex offender that is non compliant with his registration; has moved out of Utah and is not registered anywhere else as of April 2026
Convicted:
2020, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Kelly Carter (1974 – ) was a former Salt Lake City Fire Department division chief; worked for the SLC fire department from 2000-2025; arrested February 6, 2026 on suspicion of possession of CSAM; a cryptocurrency company tipped off the police
Positions: LDS status unknown, - Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Spencer Dixon (1964 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused in 2002 of touching a 13-year-old girl inappropriately inside the LDS chapel of the Monument Park 7th Ward; acquitted in a jury trial
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Jury trial,
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- William Evans (1909 – 1991) was a prominent Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; was bishop twice of the Grant 6th ward; from 1957 to 1962, was in the Utah State Legislature; served as Salt Lake County Clerk from 1968 to 1983; died in 1991; allegedly raped a relative in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"Glen Elden VanWagenen (d. 2002). VanWagenen, a former bishop, worked for the LDS Church Welfare and Missionary Departments. Glen allegedly said that the two relatives should just let the matter lie, that they shouldn't report the abuse to authorities, and that God would take care of Evans in the next life."When Evans died, the family of one of his children reportedly received a condolence letter from the First Presidency of the LDS church-
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- Kevin Garn (1955 – ) was a former Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Jay Grant (1902 – 1988) 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
- Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Melvin Hansen (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member, school music teacher and former Tabernacle Choir member in Utah; convicted in 2021 in Utah of first degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; also accused of sexual abuse in Arizona
- Convicted:
2021,
- Positions: Other leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Police investigation,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- James Eric Verde James Eric Verde (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded guilty to SEX ABUSE CHILD in 2005, served time in UT State prison; pleaded guilty of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONDUCT W/16-17 YEAR OLD; a second case in 2024 pleaded guilty of DEALING IN MATERIALS HARMFUL TO MINOR and SEXUAL BATTERY; is currently incarcerated in Utah State prison as of May 2026; is a registered sex offender
- Convicted:
2005, 2024,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Shane Murray (1982 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded and convicted of 2 counts of FORCIBLE SEX ABUSE - 2nd Degree Felony the victim was 14 year old female
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Gordon Neeley (1935 – 2018) 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
- Positions: High priest, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Byron Poelman (1934 – 2014) 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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"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."The woman was taken to jail, while Poelman was released immediately.-
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- Lloyd Pond (1945 – 2019) was a Mormon church spokesman and leader of an LDS church radio program in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1996 to one count of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 1997 to prison; died in 2019
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
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- Byard Price (1940 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse, then reapplied to be a scout volunteer after his conviction
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Noah Rada (1999 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of possession of child sexual abuse material in 2022; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three years in prison and 20 years probation
- Convicted:
2022,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Thomas Schofield (1955 – ) 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Matthew Shepard (1974 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; In October of 2019 chatted with online 13year old persona to try and meet for sex; found guilty to 3 counts of entice a minor by internet or text; currently in jail in Duchesne, Utah
- Convicted:
2021,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- Jared Tichy (1978 – ) was an LDS church member and elementary school teacher in Salt Lake City, Utah; in April 2023, charged with child sexual abuse; several other victims came forward in April 2023
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Unknown result,
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