1980s

175 LDS sex abuse cases found

Crime decade: 1980s

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- Timothy McCleve (1956 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Harrisville, Utah when he was charged with sexually abusing three children; some of the abuse took place while he was bishop; sentenced in 2008 to up to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 2024, charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Maynard McFarland (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in California and Minnesota; sentenced in 2005 to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for many years; released from prison in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: California, Minnesota, North Dakota,
- Crime state: California, Minnesota,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Robert Metcalf (1949 – ) was a Mormon in California, Arizona; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1974; sentenced in 1979 to six years in prison; excommunicated; after prison, was rebaptized, made a scout leader and allegedly molested a scout on a campout in about 1987, according to a 1990 civil lawsuit against the LDS church; sentenced in Arizona in 1989 to 37 years in prison; 2020 lawsuit vs. LDS church
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Crime state: Arizona, California,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Midgett (1962 – ) was a Mormon Sunday school teacher in the San Diego area, California; also was a Navy petty officer first class; accused of 43 felony counts of child molestation for allegedly sexually abusing eight girls, ages 5 to 10, in his Sunday school class; pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 years in prison; as of 2024, lives in Bountiful, Utah as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted: 1992,
- Was Primary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Brenda Miles was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Bishop's wife, Mission president's wife, Relief Society,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed with prejudice,
- Jay Mitchell was an Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; sentenced to a total of sixty years in prison with a minimum of thirty years, for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Brian Mitchell (1953 – ) was a Mormon church member and temple worker in Utah; abductor, with Wanda Barzee, of Elizabeth Smart
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Was Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Convicted,
- Thomas Monson (1951 – ) was an attorney for the LDS church's law firm, Kirton McConkie and son of an LDS apostle; In 1989, paid a $75 fine and was placed on probation after he pleaded guilty to a charge of soliciting sex from a prostitute; sued in the 1990s for sexual harassment; reached a settlement with the victim; despite his crime, was assigned to be a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; was a bishop in 2008
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Settlement,
- Scotty Mortensen was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Scout leader,
- Unknown result,
- Gerald Mortimer (1943 – ) was an OB/GYN doctor in Idaho and former Mormon temple president and mission president in the Philippines; admitted in 2019 to secretly using his sperm to artificially inseminate multiple women; a civil suit against him was dismissed with prejudice in 2021, possibly because of a private settlement agreement
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Philippines,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Was Mission president, Missionary, Temple president,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed with prejudice,
- Ralph Neeley (1949 – 2020) was an LDS church member in the Beaumont, Texas area; was sentenced in January 1994 to life in prison in Texas for repeated sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl in an LDS chapel during church meetings and in other locations; died in prison in 2020; the Mormon church reportedly paid several million US dollars in a settlement to the victim
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Arkansas, Texas,
- Crime state: Arkansas, Texas,
- Was Unknown position,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Steve Nelson (1945 – ) was an LDS church member in Idaho; in 2009, pleaded guilty to a charge of lewd conduct; sentenced to 30 years in prison; Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report abuse to police in the 1980s
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- Crime: 1980s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Richard Nelson was an LDS church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Crime state: Colorado,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Robert Nelson (1949 – ) was an LDS bishop in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; accused of sexual abuse of a "mentally handicapped" woman; pleaded guilty in 1989; placed on two years probation, ordered to do 150 hours of community service, and ordered to take a conducted tour of a local jail
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Was Bishop,
- Community service, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Keven Nelson was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of grooming and/or sexual abuse by multiple boys in his scout troop; in 1988, his BSA registration was suspended
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Was Scout leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Rand Newby (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Washington, Oregon and San Francisco, California; had a career as a schoolteacher; charged in Oregon in 1986 with sexual abuse of two children; convicted of two counts, one class C felony and one class A misdemeanor; sentenced in 1987 to 5 years probation
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California, Oregon, Washington,
- Crime state: Oregon,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Thomas Opfar was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted,
- Dan Overholt was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Crime state: Colorado,
- Was Scout leader,
- Unknown result,
- Scott Owen (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in Nov. 2023; sentenced in 2025 to prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Steven Paris (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in Anaheim, California; accused in 1986 of sexual abuse of seven boys; pleaded guilty to abusing six of them; was scheduled to receive a 30-year sentence
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Parkinson (1931 – ) was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Brian Peterson (1964 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Orem, Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison in 1990
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Convicted: 1989,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Phipps/Verity was an LDS church member and dentist in Sacramento, California; pleaded no contest in 1987 to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery involving two of his patients; In 1994, also pleaded no contest to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery; served time in jail and had dental license revoked
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea deal,
- Judgment for plaintiff,
- Brian Pickett was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit that also named the LDS church; the suit was dismissed with prejudice after a settlement in 2016
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Hawaii,
- Crime state: Hawaii,
- Was Branch president, Stake high council,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Errol Pilling (1942 – ) was a Mormon bishop and licensed psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; went on an LDS mission to England in the early 1960s; pleaded guilty in 1988 and in 1994 to charges of sexual misconduct; in September 1994, his registration as a chartered psychologist with the Psychologists Association of Alberta was cancelled; in 1994, was excommunicated; as of February 2024, lives in Twin Falls, Idaho
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Geoffrey Powell (1947 – ) was an LDS bishop in Western Australia; accused of sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl in his ward; the alleged abuse took place while he was a bishop; the victim twice complained to the LDS church, but said she was not believed and was chastised, and it was suggested she should move away if she felt uncomfortable; in 2019, he was sentenced to 12 months in jail
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kenneth Rarick (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Alaska; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Alaska,
- Crime state: Alaska,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted,
- Richard Ray (1942 – 2019) was an LDS church member in Arizona; sentenced in 1984 to 61 years in prison for molesting five girls; allegedly had more than 30 victims; the LDS church was involved in a lawsuit regarding clergy-penitent privilege; the church settled out of court for an undisclosed amount just before trial
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Grayson Redd was a Mormon church member and former sheriff's deputy in Monticello, Utah; accused in 2024 of sexual abuse; died by suicide in July 2024, days after posting bail; alleged abuse dated back to 1967
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Unknown position,
- Not convicted, Police investigation, Suicide,
- Phillip Rimmasch (1937 – 2009) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah in the 1980s; had a 50-plus year career as a mortician; convicted of child sexual abuse; on appeal, the Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial in 1989
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Unknown result,
- Lowell Robison (1944 – 2018) was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998) and stake president of the Provo, Utah Edgemont Stake (2001-2006); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Mexico, Utah,
- Crime country: Mexico,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Carlos Rodrigues was an LDS church member in Dallas, Texas in the 1980s; convicted of sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Trent Rogers (1917 – 1995) was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1986 and was sentenced to three years probation; a woman sued the Mormon church in 1986
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Was Ministering/home teacher, Missionary,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- UNKNOWN Ross was an LDS high priest and stake seventy in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; 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: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was High priest, Stake seventy,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Nefi Rubalcava was a Mormon bishop in Norwalk/Cerritos in southern California; accused of child sexual abuse in two lawsuits filed against the Mormon church in 2025; he was the foster father of one of his alleged victims and the bishop of both of them; he allegedly participated in a sex trafficking ring involving at least one other bishop and a stake president
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Bishop,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Eldon Saling (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member in California and Utah; convicted in 1987 in California and in 1993 in Utah of charges related to sexual abuse; as of 2024, lives in Burley, Idaho as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California, Idaho, Utah,
- Crime state: California, Utah,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- George Schliesser (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member, scout leader and Primary teacher in Utah; charged in 1990 with two counts of sodomy on a child and two counts of sex abuse on a child; in September 2021, was arrested after a third alleged attempt at voyeurism, the first two in 2020
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Primary, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- James Schmidt (1944 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader, with multiple charges of child sexual abuse over six years; convicted in Idaho; convicted in the late 1990s in Maryland; as of 2024, registered as a sex offender
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Maryland,
- Crime state: Idaho, Maryland,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Orin Searle (1926 – 2014) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2013 but was deemed incompetent to stand trial; a victim said that Searle's predatory behavior began as early as the late 1950s, and that several family members, and multiple members of the LDS 44th Ward (Mount Ogden Stake), knew that Searle was a child molester but did nothing to stop him; died in 2014
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- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker,
- Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Wayne Sells was a Mormon church member in South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: South Carolina,
- Crime state: South Carolina,
- Was Scout leader,
- Unknown result,
- Glen Sexton was a Mormon church member in Texas; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Michael Shean (1947 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor and temple worker, and deputy district attorney in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys; sentenced to prison; the Mormon church allegedly made at least one settlement payment to a victim who said a stake president covered up the abuse for years
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Charles Snider was an LDS church member in Georgia; accused of sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Georgia,
- Crime state: Georgia,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Found guilty,
- Sidney Spencer was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in 1984 of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop approved his application to be a scout leader despite his prior sex crime conviction
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Roselle Stevenson (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused in August 2023 of child sexual abuse; ex-wife of ritualistic abuse suspect David Hamblin; charge dismissed with prejudice in May 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 Unknown position,
- Ongoing,
- Robert Stillwell (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987; convicted in 1993 and 1998 in separate cases of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop reportedly became aware of the abuse, but did not take any church disciplinary action or report to police
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Douglas Stoddard (1949 – ) was an LDS bishop in Hurst, Texas; convicted in 1992 of a felony child sexual abuse charge of indecency with a child by contact; sentenced to 8 years of probation; a lifetime registered sex offender in Texas; named publicly in August 2023 by a victim who said Stoddard molested him and three other boys in his Mormon ward while serving as bishop
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Bradley Stowell (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2005, 2008,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- James Stringham (1928 – 2017) was a Mormon church member and pediatric physician in Salt Lake City, Utah; in 1980, he made a video recording of a sexual nature involving a child patient; in 1982, pleaded no contest to a second-degree felony charge of sexual exploitation of a minor; sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $7,500 restitution; his medical license was suspended for 90 days
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Convicted, No contest, Probation,
- Jason Strong was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; a victim sued the Mormon church after a bishop and stake president allegedly failed to report the abuse to police; the claims against the church were dismissed by a trial court, and the Utah Supreme Court upheld the dismissal in 2001, citing the First Amendment
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
- Mark Swanson was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in the 1980s of child sexual abuse; in 1988, Darwin Matthews, a Mormon bishop in Shelley, Idaho, recommended Swanson for a scout leader position, reportedly because he felt Swanson was "completely rehabilitated"
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Peter Taylor was a Mormon church member in Washington; confessed to sexual abuse of his two underage stepdaughters; convicted; Mormon church lost a civil lawsuit and was court ordered to pay the victims $2.5 million; the church appealed and the amount was reduced to $1.2 million
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2001,
- Was Unknown position,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Brent Taylor (1948 – ) was the Utah Valley Youth Symphony orchestra director and an LDS Sunday school teacher; accused in 2018 of sexually abusing multiple boys; a judge ruled in 2023 that he had exaggerated his health issues to avoid trial; pleaded guilty in June 2024; sentenced twice to prison in two separate child sex abuse cases in 2024
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Was Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Anthony Teeples (1968 – ) was an LDS church member in Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1989 and in 2019
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- Crime: 1980s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Youth leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Glendon Templeton was a Mormon bishop, Sunday school teacher and scout leader in Arizona; was bishop of the Maryvale Ward in West Phoenix from 2014 to 2019; excommunicated in 2019; also was a volleyball coach for high school-aged girls; accused numerous times and arrested, but never prosecuted for alleged sex crimes; sued in 1997 for alleged sexual abuse; allegedly sexually assaulted multiple teenage girls
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
- Was Bishop, Sunday school,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Tholen (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing children he babysat with his wife Judith Tholen, who also sexually abused them
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Unknown location,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Judith Tholen (1956 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing children she babysat with her husband John Tholen, who also sexually abused them
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Unknown location,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- George Tilson (1942 – 2020) was a Mormon church member in the Salt Lake City, Utah area (including Holladay); pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in the 1990s; alleged coverup by Mormon leaders
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was High priest, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Edgar Tisdale was a Mormon church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Jay Toombs (1956 – ) was an LDS scout leader and private investigator in Benson, Utah; allegedly told his stake president (a Cache County prosecutor) in 1994 that he had molested boys; three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother) allegedly knew of abuse but did not tell police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to five years to life in prison; released in 2025; lives in Logan, Utah
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2000,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Bruce Van Horn was a Mormon bishopric counselor 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 Bishopric counselor,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Homer Van Matre (1947 – 2017) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake County, Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of child and sodomy on a child; charges were reversed on appeal when child recanted her story
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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, Found guilty, Overturned/reversed,
- James Victor (1960 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Canada in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old boy while on his mission; an LDS stake president and a mission president (David Sorensen) allegedly covered up abuse allegations; Sorensen later became an LDS general authority
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Was Missionary,
- Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Allen Washburn was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Scout leader,
- Unknown result,
- Ryan Whitaker (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and divorce lawyer in Vancouver, Washington; charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in his Sunday School class during church meetings; convicted in 2013 and sentenced to prison; registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Was Missionary, Primary, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Edwin Wilcox was a Mormon church member in Idaho; ran a therapy center for "handicapped people" (as described in 1989 news article); convicted of child sexual abuse in 1988 and sentenced to up to 20 years in prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Keith Williams (1956 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested a boy for three years; Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report the abuse to police, but approved Williams for an LDS temple wedding; convicted in 1991
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
- LaVar Withers (1936 – 2005) was a Mormon and physician in Rexburg, Idaho; accused of sexually abusing at least 133 women and children as young as 13 years old over a period of 30 or more years; admitted to sexual abuse; in 1996, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 to 60 days in jail and two years probation; the Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend; died in 2005
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho),
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Crime city: ID - Rexburg,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Ruth Worthen (1949 – ) was a Mormon church member in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse by one adult in a 2019 civil lawsuit and in 2023 by four adults (one of whom was the 2019 plaintiff); arrested and charged in June 2024 with numerous felonies related to child sexual abuse; died in 2025
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
- Was Unknown position,
- Ongoing,
- Dismissed with prejudice,
- Alleged failure to report
- Harvey Wright (1945 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Flagstaff, AZ; in 1988, pleaded guilty to "Attempted Sexual Abuse/Dangerous Crimes Against Children" and was sentenced to 90 days in jail and four years probation; placed in the BSA Confidential Files ("Perversion Files")
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Orson Wright (1928 – 2017) was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Timothy Wright was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara, California; convicted in 1994 of one or more felonies related to child sexual abuse; a 1994 civil lawsuit against the Mormon church said he molested a boy between 1989 and 1992, when the boy was 14 to 17 years old (actions for which he was convicted); the suit was dismissed in 1995 for failure to appear by the plaintiff's attorneys
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Other leader,
- Convicted, Jail,
- Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Mitchell Young (1960 – ) was an LDS missionary in Canada; in 1980, was sent home after allegedly molesting children; convicted in Arizona (1985) and Utah (1988) of child sexual abuse; in 1993, sentenced in Utah to 15 years in prison for molesting a child for five years; a 2002 lawsuit against the LDS church accused Mormon leaders of providing a safe harbor for him; as of 2024, lives in Ogden, Utah; registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Canada, Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Crime country: Canada,
- Crime state: Arizona, Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Weber,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jimmy Young (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout volunteer in Texas; arrested for sexually abusing a scout in his troop
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,
- Was Scout leader,
- Admitted guilt, Unknown result,
- Stephen Young (1951 – ) was an LDS church member and police officer in Idaho; allegedly abused 20 babies over a 30-year period; pleaded guilty in 2010 to lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced to 25 years in prison
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2010,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report

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