5 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Crime county: Salt Lake
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- Nathaniel Barker (1989 – ) pled guilty in Utah to attempted forcible sexual abuse in 2019; arrested in 2025 and charged with 35 various charges related to sexual abuse of a minor; being held without bail in Utah County Jail
Crime: 2010s, 2020s, 
Crime city:
Sandy, West Valley, - Crime county:
AZ - Maricopa, Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Arizona, Utah,
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- Convicted:
2019,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, pled guilty, - View report »
Crime city:
Crime county:
Crime state:
"Nathaniel admitted to being sexually attracted to children" - 2025 p.c. affidavit
"[Barker] claimed that he was sick and on a lot of prescription medications and did not remember taking photographs of [redacted] or saving them onto his computer."
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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
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
- Alleged crime county:
Salt Lake,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: LDS status unknown, 
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, -
- George Curtis (1924 – 2005) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child in 1993; reported to have allegedly abused the child's mother at an earlier time also; died July 2005
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime city:
Salt Lake,
- Crime county:
Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
1993, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Nicholas Mason (1989 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; p.c. affidavit states found multiple videos of CSAM on his iPhone, CD evidence and icloud storage with CSAM
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime city:
Salt Lake,
- Crime county:
Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2015, Criminal case(s): Convicted, "MASON made several statements regarding the child pornography being an error and that he had not meant to download the files [...] He told me files were located in his video files and that he accessed them as recently as three to four days prior. MASON said he accessed the files on average two times a week."
"I then asked MASON about the files on the iPhone. MASON explained that he knew the files were in fact on his iPhone but had not told me because he was hoping the files would not be located. He stated he wanted to "chance it" and then stated there should be three files of child pornography. "
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- Miles Petty (2003 – ) was a Mormon in Orem, Utah; pc affidavit said he contacted a team member of Predator Poachers that was posing as a 13-year-old girl, had sexually explicit conversations, masturbated on a video call with the undercover member; Petty drove to meet 13-year-old team member; police were called, Petty was taken to Sandy Police Department; has four charges related sex abuse; due in court March 30, 2026
- Alleged crime: 2025,
- Alleged crime city:
Orem, Sandy,
- Alleged crime county:
Salt Lake, utah,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
Miles also commented I hope we can just sweep this under the rug. -P.C. Affidavit
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