3 LDS sex abuse cases found

  • Crime county: utah
    • Jacob Bunker (2000 – ) was a Mormon church member in Provo, Utah; charged with one count of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor 1st degree and three enticing a minor in the 2nd degree; due in court December 17, 2025
    • Alleged crimeAlleged crime: 2020s,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime city: UT - Provo,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime county: utah,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime state: Utah,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • Some of the conversations found by investigators included Bunker stating that he wants to sexually abuse a preschool classroom and also wants a calling in his church overseeing young children. “I would molest every kid,” he stated, according to the charges. -KSL TV article 2025-11-29
      "“I would molest every kid”"
      — Jacob Bunker-according to the charges
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    • Stephen Cooper (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member; convicted of ATTEMPTED - SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR and DEALING IN MATERIALS HARMFUL TO MINOR-DEFENDANT18 AND OLDER, both 3rd degree felonies
    • CrimeCrime: 2020s,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime city: Saratoga Springs,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime county: utah,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime state: Utah,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2024,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Unknown position,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Pleaded guilty,
    • "“Again, this wasn’t a crime of opportunity that found you and you got caught up in it or made a wrong turn. You went looking anyway, deep down that rabbit hole.”"
      — Cedar City by 5th District Judge Matthew L. Bell
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    • Derek Finlinson (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; who allegedly recorded a woman in a dressing room while she was changing clothes, Oct 2009; pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of voyeurism, in 2010
    • Alleged crimeAlleged crime: 2000s,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime city: UT - Orem,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime county: utah,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime state: Utah,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime country: utah,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2010,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): guilty,
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