175 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Crime decade: 1980s
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- George Aaron (1941 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in a college ward in Provo, Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters in the 1980s and early 1990s; found civilly liable in 2001 to have "inflicted emotional distress," "breached fiduciary duty," and behaved with "reckless disregard" toward his younger daughter; paid $25,000 in punitive damages
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Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, - Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Aaron's standing in the church didn't change despite his loss in court-
Was Bishop, 
Never charged, Not convicted, - Judgment for plaintiff,
- Alleged failure to report
"I was sitting in a room, full of women, who had been sexually abused by a family member — most of them [saying], 'My father abused me. I told the bishop. Nothing happened.' I just knew that wasn't going to be my story. I wasn’t going to allow that to be my story."
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- James Adams (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison in 1994 for sexually abusing multiple children; in 1996, a $750 million lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church alleging coverup; the suit was settled out of court in 2000
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: West Virginia,
- Crime state: West Virginia,
Abuse went on for five years after Adams first told Mormon officials, including a bishop and stake president, the lawsuit said
Was Other leader, 
Convicted, Prison, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, 
Alleged failure to report"The church is not in the business of covering up."
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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
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
- Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2008, Was Other leader, Convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Terry Allen (1943 – ) was an LDS church member in California; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison; was assigned to multiple trusted church positions, including Sunday school president, despite the Mormon church being aware that he had raped a teenager; LDS leaders were accused of hiding his abuse from local church members; as of 2024, lives in Grapevine, Texas
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California, Connecticut, Texas,
- Crime state: California, Connecticut,
Was Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- Jose Arias (1962 – ) was a Mormon church missionary in Palm Desert, California; accused of sexual abuse; civil suit filed against LDS church and Arias; judge awarded judgment by default for the plaintiff (victim) against Arias in 2017 in the amount of approximately $4.2 million; the LDS church was not found liable
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Missionary, Never charged, Not convicted, Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Alleged failure to report-
- Larren Arnold (1935 – 2017) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under 16; convicted, received a five-year suspended sentence and three years probation; Mormon leaders allegedly covered up Arnold's abuse; the Mormon church made a $50,000 settlement payment to a victim in 2001, and a payment to another victim in 2012; died in 2017
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Probation, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Arlo Atkin (1956 – ) was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, spent 132 days in jail
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Crime state: Arizona,
Was Bishop, Missionary, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Eric Avant (1959 – ) was a Mormon cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; convicted in 1979 of sodomizing an 11-year-old; Mormon leaders allegedly knew of his sexual attraction to young boys but did not check police records; convicted in 1988 of 14 counts of aggravated sexual battery and sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting nine boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims; the church settled a lawsuit in 1992
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Virginia,
- Crime state: Virginia,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Prison, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- Bishop Baldwin was a Mormon bishop in Pittsburg, California in 1989; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly lasted from 1989 to 1997, when the victim was 5 to 13 years old; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Bishop, Never charged, Not convicted, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Norman Barber (1947 – ) was a Mormon church member and dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Bryan Barner (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in New York in the 1980s; scout leader, molested a 12-year-old boy and two 13-year-old boys; sentenced to no more than one year in prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: New York,
- Crime state: New York,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Prison, -
- George Barnett was a Mormon ward clerk in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Ward clerk, Never charged, Not convicted, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Alan Bassett (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member and air traffic controller in Fruit Heights, Utah; accused in a 2019 civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse (dismissed without prejudice); charged in June 2024 with child sexual abuse; over 80 victims came forward; admitted to molesting many neighbor girls; tried to get his case dismissed due to an unsigned 1989 agreement with a deputy Davis County attorney
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Davis County (Utah), New York, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Davis,
Was Other leader, Scout leader, Ward clerk, Ongoing, Dismissed without prejudice, Alleged failure to report-
- Robert Berchtold (1936 – 2005) was a Mormon church member in Idaho; sexually abused a child; in 1986, was found guilty of rape of a child and spent one year in jail
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Temple worker, Convicted, Jail, Alleged failure to report-
- Arthur Bishop (1952 – 1988) was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Missionary, Scout leader, Convicted, -
- Joseph Bishop was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Argentina, Arizona, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation, Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Alleged failure to report-
- Charles Blome (1928 – 2005) was a Mormon church member and US Army veteran in or near Houston or Beaumont, Texas; admitted to sexually molesting at least five boys; pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child; sentenced to 15 years in prison; the LDS church was ordered to pay $4 million to a 13-year-old boy victim; another lawsuit was filed against the church in 1998; Blome died in 2005
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,
a Mormon bishop tipped Blome off about the pending investigation, and Blome burned evidence before it could be seized, investigators said
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Alleged failure to report"Why would you preach to the membership of a church not to discuss a case of child abuse when it becomes known? They do that. The whole belief is that the men, the leaders who are all men, can take care of everything. If someone in a family is abused, the family won't go to the police. They'll go to the bishop."
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- David Borg was a Mormon church member and scout leader; pleaded guilty to molesting multiple boys; sentenced to 34 years in prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
Was Scout leader, Youth leader, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Dennis Bough was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Peter Brackner was second counselor in an LDS bishopric in Purvis, Mississippi, and a scoutmaster; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Mississippi,
- Crime state: Mississippi,
Was Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Never charged, Not convicted, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Carlfred Broderick (1932 – 1999) was a Mormon stake president in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Stake president, Never charged, Not convicted, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Ralph Burlingame (1947 – ) was an LDS church member in Minnesota; sentenced in 1989 to prison for 2nd degree criminal sexual abuse of a child
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Minnesota,
- Crime state: Minnesota,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Prison, -
- Sheril Burton (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of two underage girls; sentenced to up to 15 years in prison; as of January 2024, lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
Was BYU, Convicted, -
- Robert Campbell was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Nebraska,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Was Missionary, Unknown result, Unknown result, -
- Brett Candelaria (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse on multiple occasions; sentenced in 2008 to two consecutive terms of 10 years to life in prison; later sentenced to 36 more years to life
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Crime state: Colorado,
Convicted:
2008, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Albert Carlson (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah, New Mexico and Texas; arrested in the 1980s in Utah on a molestation charge after allegedly molesting an underage boy who he met through the church; the case was dropped to a lewdness charge which did not require him to register as a sex offender; in 2025, sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: New Mexico, Texas, Utah,
- Crime state: Texas, Utah,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Found guilty, No contest, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Jon Carpenter (1964 – ) was an LDS church member; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the day after sentencing, injured himself to avoid serving longer in prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
Was Sunday school, Convicted, Prison, -
- Niles Carr was a Mormon missionary in Ireland in the late 1980s, originally from California; convicted of child sexual abuse charges; Mormon leaders allegedly assigned Carr to work with Boy Scouts after knowing he was sent home from his mission due to child sex abuse allegations
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California, Ireland,
- Crime country: Ireland,
- Crime state: California,
Was Missionary, Convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- William Carstensen (1952 – 1995) was a Mormon church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; charged; died by suicide
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Not convicted, Police investigation, Suicide, Unknown result, Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice, -
- Max Cheatham (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Argentina, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
- Crime state: Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
Was Missionary, Convicted, Unknown result, -
- Francis Cochran (1921 – 2005) was a Mormon high priest in the Seattle 6th Ward in Seattle, Washington in the 1980s; convicted twice in the 1980s of crimes related to sexual abuse of multiple children; allegedly assaulted multiple young girls on LDS property, including during church meetings; a 2025 lawsuit (Floodlit broke the story) said stake president Paul Diehl & multiple ward bishops covered up allegations against Cochran
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Crime county: WA - King,
- Crime city: WA - Seattle,
Stake president and two LDS bishops allegedly covered up abuse allegations
Convicted:
1987, 1988, Was High priest, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report"Despite numerous red flags, Defendants continued to give High Priest Cochran access to minor church members. Defendants allowed High Priest Cochran to continue to attend and volunteer at church events, including those attended by minors. Defendants also allowed High Priest Cochran to continue to transport young girls, including vulnerable refugee girls, to and from church events."
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- Frank Collins was an LDS church member and traveling professional clown (as "Windy the Clown") in Whittier, California; accused of sexual abuse in 1986; charges dropped
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Unknown position, Charges dropped, Not convicted, -
- 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
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
- Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Kenneth Copple was a Mormon church member in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced in 2019 to prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
Convicted:
2019, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Alfred Cote (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in New Hampshire and Nauvoo, Illinois; convicted in the 1980s and in 2020 of child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Illinois, New Hampshire,
- Crime state: Illinois, New Hampshire,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- John Cox was a Mormon church member in Clackamas County, Oregon; convicted of child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, -
- Clark Crookston (1949 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
Convicted:
2022, Was Bishop, High priest, Missionary, Stake high council, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report"I assumed I was alone. I felt guilty even to question his worthiness. [...] I buried the hurt and kept it secret for over 30 years. [...] The children who came forward are my heroes. These are the brave souls [who] broke the curse that has been happening for nearly 60 years."
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- Franklyn Curtis (1903 – 1995) was a Mormon church member in Pennsylvania and Oregon; excommunicated in 1983 in Pennsylvania for sex abuse; rebaptized in 1984; molested five boys in Oregon; local LDS bishop knew but didn't report to police; convicted in 1995 in Oregon of sexual abuse; died in 1995
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Oregon, Pennsylvania,
- Crime state: Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Was High priest, Sunday school, Convicted, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- Luke Dalton (1941 – ) was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Montana, Ohio, Utah,
- Crime state: Montana, Ohio, Utah,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Prison, -
- George Davis was an LDS church member in Rhode Island; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place in an LDS chapel; found guilty in a jury trial; sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison and 15 years probation
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Rhode Island,
- Crime state: Rhode Island,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Jury trial, Prison, Probation, Alleged failure to report-
- Thomas Dawkins was an LDS church member in Columbia, South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1986; the conviction was later overturned
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: South Carolina,
- Crime state: South Carolina,
Was Sunday school, Convicted, Overturned/reversed, -
- James Denos (1929 – 2017) was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in 1970 in Westminster, Orange County, California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four minor girls living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950
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- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2002, Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk, Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report"In public, my father was always so perfect, and he told us he was perfect. [...] He went to church every Sunday, we had family home evening and we read the Scriptures. People put him on a pedestal. But he was molesting children … right under our noses."
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- Richard Dilley (1959 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Burien, near Seattle, Washington; dishonorably discharged from the Navy in 1983 after admitting to abusing boys in a Scouting program in Athens, Greece; pleaded guilty in 1990 to one count of third degree child rape and five counts of child molestation for "repeated" offenses over two years of the scouts in his LDS troop; sentenced to 9 years in prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Greece, Washington,
- Crime country: Greece,
- Crime state: Washington,
Was Scout leader, Sunday school, Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- John Doe was a Mormon bishop in or near Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy; the alleged sexual assault took place in the Salt Lake Temple in the 1980s (approximately 1986), during a visit to perform baptisms for the dead
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
Was Bishop, Temple worker, Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Tacoma, Washington; allegedly sexually abused a preschooler in his ward in the 1980s; the LDS church settled with the abuse survivor for $1.1 million in 2023
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
Was Unknown position, Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- John Doe (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lake Elsinore, California; arrested in 1997; pleaded guilty to committing lewd acts with a child under age 14; spent three years in state prison; in December 2022, the LDS church paid $995,000 to settle its part of a related civil lawsuit wherein a jury awarded the victim $2.28 billion
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- John Doe (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in Adelaide, Australia; sentenced in 2021 to 10 years in prison for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,
Convicted:
2021, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Prison, -
- John Doe was an LDS church member in Queensland, Australia; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,
Was Other leader, Never charged, Not convicted, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Alleged failure to report-
- John Doe was a Mormon temple worker in Los Angeles, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the LDS church of sexually assaulting a man in 1984 while performing a private anointing ritual in the Los Angeles LDS temple
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Temple worker, Never charged, Not convicted, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Michael Driggs (1950 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Brazil in the early 1970s; allegedly sent to a different mission in the United States after being found having inappropriate relationships with young boys; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1985 in Arizona; convicted again of child sexual abuse in 2013 in Utah; he met his victim in the Utah case at church, according to court documents
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- Crime: 1980s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Brazil, Maricopa County (Arizona), Utah,
- Crime state: Arizona, Utah,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa, UT - Salt Lake,
Convicted:
2013, Was Missionary, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Alleged failure to report-
- Edwin Dyer (1935 – 1986) was a Mormon church member and scoutmaster in central Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested as many as 15 boys over a 28-year period; shot and killed in 1986 by one of his victims; the Mormon church settled out of court for $200,000 with one victim
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- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
Church officials asked Dyer to resign as scoutmaster and later disfellowshipped him, but did not tell police
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Jail, Probation, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report"Until we use names, until people understand that this happened to Johnny next door, it will keep on happening."
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- Larry Dyke was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Scout leader, Unknown result, -
- Timur Dykes was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; reportedly admitted to molesting 17 boys; convicted multiple times; in 1987, three plaintiffs sued the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts of America; in about 2009, the Mormon church paid $350,000 to a victim to settle its portion of a civil lawsuit
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Jail, Probation, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- Oliver Eames (1948 – 2005) was an LDS church member, sixth grade teacher and Mormon Tabernacle Choir singer in Farmington, Utah; admitted to trying to fondle several children he had been hired to tutor; pleaded guilty in 1988 to two felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; local police had documented 52 alleged child sexual abuse incidents involving him
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Other leader, Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir, 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Scotland, United Kingdom,
- Crime country: Scotland, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2014, Was Youth leader, Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender, -
- Dennis Empey (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Driggs, Idaho and scout leader in Provo, Utah; accused of sexually abusing many children between 1981 and 1990; a stake president and four Mormon bishops allegedly failed to report abuse for years; convicted in 1991 in Utah of child molestation; sentenced to one year in jail and three years probation; charged in 2025 in Idaho with sex crimes
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho, Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Empey's alleged sex crimes span at least 44 years (1981 - 2025)
Convicted:
1991, Was Scout leader, Convicted, Jail, Probation, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report"This man has molested so many children that it involved four Bishops from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."
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- William Evans (1909 – 1991) was a prominent Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; was bishop twice of the Grant 6th ward; from 1957 to 1962, was in the Utah State Legislature; served as Salt Lake County Clerk from 1968 to 1983; died in 1991; allegedly raped a relative in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
Was Bishop, Stake presidency counselor, Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Matthew Faerber (1962 – ) was an LDS church member and high school choir director in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1990 or 1991 to two counts of attempted sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in February 1991 to six months in jail (two of those months under house arrest) followed by three years of supervised release
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
Was Missionary, Convicted, Jail, Probation, Released, -
- John Fanning (1932 – 2012) was a former Mormon bishop and scout leader in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987 of a teenage boy during an overnight scouting activity; two victims later sued the Mormon church; died in 2012
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Bishop, Branch president, Scout leader, Admitted guilt, Unknown result, -
- Stephen Field was a Mormon church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Michael Fischer was a Mormon church member and young men's president in Washington; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
Was Scout leader, Youth leader, Convicted, Prison, -
- Vernon Foster was an LDS church member in Louisiana; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Louisiana,
- Crime state: Louisiana,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Kevin Garn (1955 – ) was a former Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,
Was Bishop, Sunday school, Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- William Gillespie (1936 – ) was an LDS church member in Montgomery, Alabama; accused of reaching inside the swimsuits of two girls and fondling them in his backyard pool in 1987; convicted in 1988 of three charges of first-degree sexual abuse and sentenced to one year in prison, plus four years of probation; conviction was reversed on appeal, then upheld; was allegedly excommunicated from the Mormon church
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Alabama,
- Crime state: Alabama,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Probation, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- David Gomez (1946 – ) was a former LDS bishop and department of corrections administrator in or near West Valley City, Utah; arrested in 2004 and charged with 125 counts of sexual abuse; charges were dropped in 2005 due to issues related to the statutes of limitations
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
Was Bishop, Charges dropped, Alleged failure to report-
- Kenneth Good (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of molesting 4 underage girls; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1991 to 8 years in prison; released on parole in December 1993; as of 2023, lives in Taylorsville Utah
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Georgia, Utah,
- Crime state: Georgia,
Was Scout leader, Youth leader, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released, -
- Mark Gum (1957 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Oxnard, California; a 2011 lawsuit against the LDS church and the Boy Scouts of America accused him of sexually assaulting a boy scout; while the boy was living with Gum (with the consent of the boy's parents), church members visited and accepted the living arrangement, the suit said; in 2012, the Mormon church made a settlement payment for an undisclosed amount
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California, Colorado,
- Crime state: California,
Was Scout leader, Never charged, Not convicted, Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- Eric Hacking was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Albert Halladay (1930 – ) was a former LDS bishop in Sandy, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1988; pleaded guilty in 1989 to one second degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child; convicted
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
Was Bishop, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- David Hamblin (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and former elders quorum president in Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse in three separate cases; investigated along with ex-wife Roselle Stevenson (arrested in 2023) for alleged ritualistic sexual abuse; in 2025, a court dismissed one case with prejudice after "discovery issues;" one case remained as of March 2025
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Was Elders quorum, Ongoing, Police investigation, Alleged failure to report-
- Leroy Hamblin (1947 – ) was a Webelos scout leader in Kaysville, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1987 to lewdness with a child; served prison time
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Davis,
Was Missionary, Scout leader, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Kenneth Hanigan was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Scout leader, Unknown result, -
- Brent Hansen (1938 – ) was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; was also mayor of Spanish Fork and president of its chamber of commerce; accused in a civil lawsuit of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; his dentistry license was suspended for 30 days; died in 2015
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader, Never charged, Not convicted, Settlement, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- William Harding (1940 – ) was a Mormon branch president, elders quorum president and ward clerk in Tasmania and Queensland, Australia; charged in or before 2023 with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor in two states in Australia; allegedly had as many as 40 victims; in 2024, pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced to 9 months in jail in Brisbane; in 2025, faced new charges in Tasmania
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,
Was Branch president, Ward clerk, Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Alleged failure to report-
- Marvin Harker (1968 – ) was an LDS bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 2016; reportedly confessed to his mission president in 1987 to sexually abusing multiple children; also reportedly confessed to his bishop; both leaders told him not to report to police, according to records in a 2016 criminal case; convicted in 2019 (alleged abuse 1986-93); sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison; registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,
Convicted:
2019, Was Bishop, Missionary, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Alleged failure to report-
- Harvey Harper (1935 – 2014) was an LDS church member and deputy county district attorney in Los Angeles, California; arrested in 1984 and charged with child sexual abuse; jumped bail; found guilty; sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison; lived secretly in Colorado for 20 months until federal investigators found him; local LDS church coverup alleged
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California, Colorado,
- Crime state: California,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Kenneth Harper was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, -
- Lynn Harrison (1935 – 2016) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded no contest
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Weber,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, No contest, -
- Devin Hartman (1975 – ) was an LDS church member in Mableton, near Atlanta, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; given two consecutive sentences of life in prison
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Georgia, Utah, Utah County (Utah), Washington,
- Crime state: Georgia, Utah,
Convicted:
2016, Was Missionary, Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Jeremiah Hatch was a Mormon bishop and scout leader in American Fork, Utah (12th Ward) in the 1970s and early 1980s; accused of sexual abuse of six children that allegedly took place in 1976 during an overnight camping trip, and at his home during a sleepover; allegedly abused up to 30 or more children around the same time
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
Was Bishop, Scout leader, Never charged, Alleged failure to report-
- Michael Hicks was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Prison, -
- Grant Hildreth (1962 – 2022) was an LDS church member in Montana; sentenced to prison in 1992 for felony child sexual abuse; in 2011, pleaded guilty to two class A misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; died in 2022
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Montana,
- Crime state: Montana,
Convicted:
2011, Was Missionary, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- James Hogan (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; released in 1994; in 2011, a victim filed a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, seeking $5.2 million; the Mormon church settled with two victims for $800,000 and $75,000
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
Was Church employee, Scout leader, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- Roy Hunt (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; former city manager in Snowflake and Holbrook and a public finance banker at the National Bank of Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse in 2004; pleaded guilty in 2005 to a reduced charge; sentenced to prison in Arizona in 2005
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
Convicted:
2005, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Paul Jellum (1959 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Logan, Utah in the 1980s; suspended by the BSA in 1987 after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Boy Scout in his troop during a 1986 Scouting event at Camp Hunt near Bear Lake, Utah; in 1990, Jellum became a scoutmaster in a Nevada LDS ward despite his prior suspension; in 1991, Jellum admitted to the abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Nevada, Utah,
- Crime state: Nevada,
Was Scout leader, Admitted guilt, Never charged, Police investigation, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Carl Johnson (1945 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and former mayor of West Bountiful, Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexually abusing several children between 1983 and 1997; pleaded guilty in 2023 to four felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2023 to three consecutive terms of nine years to life each for first-degree felonies, plus one term of one to 15 years on a second-degree felony
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2023, Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Stake high council, Convicted, Prison, -
- Kenneth Johnson was a Mormon church member and home teacher in Beaverton, Oregon; a victim filed a $55.7 million lawsuit against the Mormon church saying Johnson had sexually molested him when Johnson was his home teacher; the alleged sexual abuse took place as often as twice a week for two years between 1987 and 1989
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
Was Ministering/home teacher, Unknown result, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Les Johnson (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in northern Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; was granted parole in 1984 in Utah after serving 7 months of a 0-5 year prison sentence; as of 2023, lives in Bountiful, Utah
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Prison, Released, -
- Gary Jones was a Mormon ward clerk in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Ward clerk, Never charged, Not convicted, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Doyle Kelstrom (1938 – ) was a Mormon church member in Oregon and Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1992 to five years to life in prison in Utah
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Oregon, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Missionary, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Alleged failure to report-
- Willis King was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- William Knox was a Mormon church member and scout leader in California; accused of sexually abusing multiple children
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Scout leader, Sunday school, Unknown result, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- George Koford was a Mormon bishop in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Bishop, Never charged, Not convicted, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Kip Later was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused in the 1980s of sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly failed to tell police about abuse allegations
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Was Scout leader, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Robert Longman was a Mormon missionary in Corpus Christi, Texas; molested a three-year old in a bedroom while two other missionaries talked with the mother; pleaded no contest to charges filed in May 1989 of indecency with a child; sentenced to eight years probation, a $1,000 fine, and required to pay $400 in court costs
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,
Was Missionary, Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation, -
- Dennis Loveless was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1977 and 1984; sentenced to prison both times; died in 2016
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, -
- Craig Mathias (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Granada Hills, California; was in the Northridge ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting multiple boy scouts; sentenced to six years in prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Franklin Mathias was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in Oregon; had a career as a schoolteacher; accused in 1987 of sexual abuse; sentenced in 1988 to four years in prison for molesting a child; he said that he had 242 victims over a 30-year period
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- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
Was Scout leader, Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison, Unknown result, -
- Norman Maxfield (1944 – ) was an LDS church member and high school drama teacher in Utah; convicted in 1988 of sexually abusing boys
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Unknown result, -
- Edwin McClellan (1936 – 2019) was a Mormon bishop in Cottonwood, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing 3 female family members from the 1980s-2000s
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
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