Crime Country: Canada

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- Corey Airhart was from Okotoks, Alberta Canada; arrested and charged with POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY and ACCESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in May 2026; Was arrested and charged with one count of possession for the purpose to distribute and one count of possession with intent to export in November 2025 for attempting to fly from Calgary International Airport with 60 kilograms of cannabis resin
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Robert Cervo (1976 – ) was an LDS youth leader and schoolteacher in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; agreed in 2015 to sign a peace bond (not a conviction, but an agreement to comply with certain conditions for a specified period) and the four criminal charges against him were stayed
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Not convicted, Unknown result,
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- Mike Haire was a Mormon church member and middle school principal in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; arrested on suspicion of possession and distribution of CSAM; convicted, sentenced to 20 months in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Marvin Harker (1968 – ) was an LDS bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 2016; reportedly confessed to his mission president in 1987 to sexually abusing multiple children; also reportedly confessed to his bishop; both leaders told him not to report to police, according to records in a 2016 criminal case; convicted in 2019 (alleged abuse 1986-93); sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison; registered sex offender
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
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- James Hayes (1956 – ) was an LDS bishop in the Timmins - North Bay area, Ontario, Canada; convicted of sexual exploitation in November 2001; molested an underage girl in his ward while serving as her bishop
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Convicted: 2001,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Vance Hein (1951 – ) was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison; the Mormon church settled a related lawsuit in 2014
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Crime state: Pennsylvania,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Convicted: 1999, 2000, 2012,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $unknown
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- Bryant Litchfield (1953 – 2023) was an LDS church member and physician in Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; acquitted; in 2008, was found guilty by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta of inappropriately touching women patients during breast and vaginal exams in 2001; stripped of his medical license
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Convicted: 2008,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty,
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- Melvin MacNeil (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Chester Meek was a Mormon bishop in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada from 1990 to 1995; while bishop, he allegedly sexually sexual assaulted multiple female church members; at least one alleged incident of abuse occurred in the bishop's office inside an LDS church
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Convicted: 2000,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church paid $unknown
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- Robert Musson (1961 – ) was an LDS church member in Ontario, Canada; arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference
- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Alleged crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Robert Muttenthaler (1966 – ) was a Mormon church building representative in Welland, Ontario, Canada; arrested in 2014 and charged with 11 charges related to child sexual abuse and CSAM; convicted in December 2020 of possession of child pornography; reportedly convicted in April 2026 of multiple related charges; FLOODLIT is seeking court documents
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime state: Ontario,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Convicted: 2020,
- LDS positions: ward building representative,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Robert Nelson (1949 – ) was an LDS bishop in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; accused of sexual abuse of a "mentally handicapped" woman; pleaded guilty in 1989; placed on two years probation, ordered to do 150 hours of community service, and ordered to take a conducted tour of a local jail
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Randall Pickett was an LDS church member in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Chesley Pierson (1928 – 2021) was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Alleged crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Elders quorum president/counselor, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Errol Pilling (1942 – ) was a Mormon bishop and licensed psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; went on an LDS mission to England in the early 1960s; pleaded guilty in 1988 and in 1994 to charges of sexual misconduct; in September 1994, his registration as a chartered psychologist with the Psychologists Association of Alberta was cancelled; in 1994, was excommunicated; as of February 2024, lives in Twin Falls, Idaho
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Thomas Quinton was an LDS church member in Alberta, Canada; allegedly drove to Great Falls, Montana to meet a 12-year-old girl he met through a Craigslist ad; was arrested in a sting operation
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Zac Rhodenizer (1974 – ) was an LDS church member and psychologist in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Jerry Thompson (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- James Victor (1960 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Canada in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old boy while on his mission; an LDS stake president and a mission president (David Sorensen) allegedly covered up abuse allegations; Sorensen later became an LDS general authority
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Mitchell Young (1960 – ) was an LDS missionary in Canada; in 1980, was sent home after allegedly molesting children; convicted in Arizona (1985) and Utah (1988) of child sexual abuse; in 1993, sentenced in Utah to 15 years in prison for molesting a child for five years; a 2002 lawsuit against the LDS church accused Mormon leaders of providing a safe harbor for him; as of 2024, lives in Ogden, Utah; registered sex offender
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state: Arizona, Utah,
- Crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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