2 LDS sex abuse cases found

  • Crime city: UT - Springville
    • Stephen Henry McKean
    • Stephen McKean (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah and a BYU professor; arrested in April 2026 and charged with distributing material harmful to a minor (third-degree felony), and three counts of enticing a minor (class A misdemeanor); allegedly sent an explicit photo to an undercover police officer he thought was a 17-year-old girl
    • Alleged crimeAlleged crime: 2020s,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime state: Utah,
    • ConvictedConvicted: ongoing,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Sunday school teacher, Youth leader,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
      • Police documents say McKean sent an explicit photo of himself, then quickly deleted it. But the agent was able to quickly save the photo
      "You’re going to make me like you better than my wife."
      — Stephen McKean, 2026 text message to undercover police agent, per court docs
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    • Roger William Rawle
    • Roger Rawle (1988 – ) is believed to be a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah; charged in two cases with a total of 21 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor (CSAM-related)
    • Alleged crimeAlleged crime: 2020s,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime state: Utah,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • Rawle admitted to viewing CSAM “about 50 times”
      "Will said […] his curiosity got the best of him."
      — Probable cause affidavit, 2025
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