4 LDS sex abuse cases found

  • Crime county: Box Elder
    • Stephen Henry McKean
      • "You’re going to make me like you better than my wife."
      — Stephen McKean, 2026 text message to undercover police agent, per court docs
      Police documents say McKean sent an explicit photo of himself, then quickly deleted it. But the agent was able to quickly save the photo
    • 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
    • ConvictedConvicted: Ongoing,
    • Church positionsPositions: Sunday school teacher, Youth leader,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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    • Eric Hans Monson
    • Eric Monson was a Mormon church member and a former bishop arrested and charged in two separate cases; attempted to visit a prostitute, which was an undercover police officer instead; at the time of his arrest, he had CSAM on his phone
    • Church positionsPositions: Bishop, Missionary,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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