6 LDS sex abuse cases found

  • Crime county: Salt Lake
    • 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
    • CrimeCrime: 2010s, 2020s,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime state: Arizona, Utah,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2019,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, pled guilty,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Unknown church action,
    • "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."
      — p.c. affidavit, 2019 criminal case
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    • Andrew Bowers (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD/2ND DEGREE FELONY in 2020; is a registered sex offender that is non compliant with his registration; has moved out of Utah and is not registered anywhere else as of April 2026
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2020,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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    • 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
    • CrimeCrime: 2010s,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime state: Utah,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2015,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Unknown church action,
    • "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. "
      — Special Agent Ronald C. Bridge, Police Affidavit
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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 crimeAlleged crime: 2025,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime state: Utah,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Unknown church action,
    • Miles also commented I hope we can just sweep this under the rug. -P.C. Affidavit
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