25 LDS sex abuse cases found
United Kingdom
- Crime country: United Kingdom
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- Michael Adamson (1945 – ) was a Mormon church caretaker and organist in York, England; allegedly abused at least four children as young as seven years old between 1966 and 1982; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 
Crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
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- Convicted:
2008,
LDS positions: ever-church-building-supervisor, ever-organist, Other leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, - Alleged failure to report
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Crime country:
Adamson reportedly molested four girls in his congregation, including two in the church's boiler room
"[Adamson] gave [a victim] a look as if to say, 'Don’t say anything or you are dead.'"
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- Mark Aitken (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Falkirk, Scotland; found guilty in 2022 of raping a 16-year-old girl after allegedly sending her manipulative and threatening messages; sentenced to seven years in prison
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime country:
Scotland, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2022, 
LDS positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, 
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, Aitken allegedly claimed to be a police officer, adding to the victim's suffering
"Aitken was a manipulative man who repeatedly sent messages to his victim, causing her fear and alarm. His campaign of intimidation culminated in him committing rape."
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- Stewart Allsford (1951 – 2017) was a former LDS bishop in the Plymouth England stake; accused of sexually abusing two girls; died by suicide on third day of his child sex abuse trial
- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Alleged crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Steven Bain/Baine was allegedly a Mormon church member in Southport, England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- James Broom (1947 – ) was a LDS church member in Scotland; jailed in 2009 for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime country:
Scotland, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2009, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, -
- John Conway was a Mormon church member in Cambridge, UK; accused of child sexual abuse after his twin brother Martyn Conway was convicted of child sexual abuse; in both cases, the victim was the same underage boy
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Martyn Conway was a Mormon church member in England; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; twin brother of John Patrick Conway, who also perpetrated child sexual abuse against the same victim
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, -
- Michael Cunningham (1947 – ) was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse; a judge sentenced Cunningham to ten years imprisonment and told him that he must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life
- LDS positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Daniel Cupyrna was a Mormon assistant stake clerk and stake technology specialist in Middlesbrough Ward, Billingham Stake, UK; accused of possession of child sexual abuse material; admitted to wrongdoing; convicted
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
LDS positions: Other leader, Stake clerk, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, -
- Michael Davies was a Mormon church member in Wales; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime country:
United Kingdom, Wales,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Karl Elvik (1963 – ) was a Mormon church youth leader in Glasgow, Scotland; admitted indecency offenses against eight boys; was jailed for 18 months
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime country:
Scotland, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2014, LDS positions: Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender, -
- Joseph Hastings (1987 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clevedon, UK; sentenced to prison for sending child pornography to an undercover police officer online in 2015; sentenced to 13 years and eight months in prison, including a custodial term of eight years and eight months
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2015, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison, -
- Matthias Heinrichs was an LDS missionary in England; originally from the Netherlands; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred during his mission; pleaded guilty; jailed for two years
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2012, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, -
- Brandon Manning (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Georgia, Utah,
- Crime country:
Scotland, United Kingdom,
Crime state:
Convicted:
2001, 2020, Unknown, LDS positions: Missionary, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Church position after conviction, -
- Paul McKee was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Raymond Parkin (1950 – ) was an LDS church member in Mansfield, England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced in 2009 to prison for 18 years for serious sexual offenses against two young girls
- Convicted:
2009,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Geoffrey Porter was an LDS church member in the United Kingdom; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Thomas Reed was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; jailed for 18 years
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- Paul Roberts was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to 12 years in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- Joseph Shanks was an LDS senior missionary and temple worker in Chorley, Lancashire, England; convicted of ten charges related to sex crimes after he was caught in a police sting operation trying to meet three young children for sex; called from a landline registered to the Mormon Church's missionary training center
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Missionary, Temple worker, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, -
- Charles Shield (1942 – ) was an LDS ward executive secretary in England and Scotland; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Ward executive secretary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Richard Simcock was an LDS church member in the United Kingdom (UK); accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2013 to 10 years in prison
- Convicted:
2013,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Darren Swift was an LDS church member in England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Gerald Tapp (1952 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Gravesend, England; in 2008, sentenced to three and a half years in jail for distributing and possessing indecent images of children
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2008, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, -
- Steven Wilkinson was a Mormon church member in Bradford and bishop in the Leeds 1st Ward, in the Leeds Stake; convicted in April 2026 for having CSAM and sharing CSAM
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime country:
United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2026, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Alleged church actions: unknown, Wilkinson described one “boy” as being “sexy as hell” when he was a sent a photograph of the youngster in a school uniform. MSN news article April 2026
" “They are a digital record of the rape and sexual abuse of real children.“Every image you possessed and every image that you distributed is a permanent record of an act of degradation, pain and humiliation inflicted upon a vulnerable child. The psychological damage to those victims is profound and life long.” "
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