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- Robert Metcalf 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
Alleged failure to report- Excommunicated,
Convicted, Prison, - Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Arizona, California,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1949
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Latest update: 2025: in prison in Florence, Arizona; set to be released Sept. 5, 2026
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- John Midgett 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
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Was Primary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
California,
- Convicted:
1992,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1962
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Bountiful, Utah; is a registered sex offender
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- Brenda Miles was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed with prejudice,
- Was ever-bishop-wife, ever-mission-president-wife, ever-relief-society-president,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- 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
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Oregon,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- Brian Mitchell was a Mormon church member and temple worker in Utah; abductor, with Wanda Barzee, of Elizabeth Smart
- Convicted,
- Was Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2009,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1953
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Thomas Monson 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
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Settlement,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1951
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 1996: agreed to an undisclosed settlement with a victim who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him
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- Scotty Mortensen was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse
- Unknown result,
- Was Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Gerald Mortimer 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
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed with prejudice,
- Was Mission president, Missionary, Temple president,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1943
- Mission: 1962-1964 United States North Central States (including time in Ontario, Canada)
- Places lived: Idaho, Philippines,
- Latest update: 2021: civil lawsuit dismissed with prejudice
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- Ralph Neeley 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $3,000,000
- Excommunicated,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Arkansas, Texas,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1949
Died: 2020 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Arkansas, Texas,
- Latest update: 2020: died of COVID-19 in Texas while serving life in prison
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- Steve Nelson 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2009,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1945
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Idaho,
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- Richard Nelson was an LDS church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Colorado,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Colorado,
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- Robert Nelson 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
- Excommunicated,
- Community service, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Canada,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1949
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
- Latest update: 1989: pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a "mentally handicapped" woman
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Idaho,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho,
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- Rand Newby 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
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Oregon,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1953
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California, Oregon, Washington,
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- Thomas Opfar was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Dan Overholt was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse
- Unknown result,
- Was Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Colorado,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Colorado,
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- Scott Owen 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted:
2025,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
- Mission: Guatemala Guatemala [unknown]
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: December 2023: charged with sexual abuse of a teenage girl
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- Steven Paris 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, in
California,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- John Parkinson 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- Was Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1931
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Fairfield, California
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- Brian Peterson was an LDS church member and scout leader in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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- 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
- Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea deal,
- Judgment for plaintiff,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2024: Lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and works as a business consultant to dentists offices; has legally changed his name to David Verity
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was Branch president, Stake high council,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Hawaii,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Hawaii,
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- Errol Pilling 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Canada,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1942
- Mission: 1962-1964 United Kingdom North British Mission
- Places lived: Canada,
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in Twin Falls, Idaho
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- Geoffrey Powell 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Jail,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Australia,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1947
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
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- Kenneth Rarick was a Mormon church member in Alaska; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Convicted,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Alaska,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1950
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Alaska,
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- Richard Ray 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was Missionary,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1942
Died: 2019 - Mission: Unknown country unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2019: died in Florence, Arizona
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- Phillip Rimmasch 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
- Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Unknown result,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1937
Died: 2009 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Lowell Robison 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Mexico,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1944
Died: 2018 - Mission: 1963-1965 Mexico Southeast Mexican
- Places lived: Mexico, Utah,
- Latest update: 2018: died by suicide
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- Carlos Rodrigues was an LDS church member in Dallas, Texas in the 1980s; convicted of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Texas,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Texas,
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- Trent Rogers 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was Ministering/home teacher, Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Arizona,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1917
Died: 1995 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was High priest, Stake seventy,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (free download)
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2025: accused in two lawsuits against the Mormon church of sexually abusing two children repeatedly over a span of several years in the late 1970s and 1980s
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- Eldon Saling 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
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
California, Utah,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1963
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Idaho, Utah,
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender in Idaho; lives in Burley, Idaho
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- George Schliesser 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
- Convicted, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Was Primary, Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1958
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- James Schmidt 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Unknown result,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in
Idaho, Maryland,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1944
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Idaho, Maryland,
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- Orin Searle 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Not convicted,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Utah,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1926
Died: 2014 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2014: died in Provo, Utah
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- Wayne Sells was a Mormon church member in South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse
- Unknown result,
- Was Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
South Carolina,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: South Carolina,
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- Glen Sexton was a Mormon church member in Texas; accused of sexual abuse
- Unknown result,
- Was Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Texas,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Texas,
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- Michael Shean 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Release from Mormon church position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- Crime: 1980s, in
California,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1947
- Mission: 1966-1968 Uruguay Uruguay
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Charles Snider was an LDS church member in Georgia; accused of sexual abuse
- Convicted, Found guilty,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Georgia,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Georgia,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho,
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- Roselle Stevenson 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
- Ongoing,
- Was Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1953
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: December 2023: Waiver hearing scheduled for December 20, 2023; 2023-08-09: arrested in Provo, Utah and charged with a felony count of sodomy on a child
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- Robert Stillwell 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1964
- Mission: 1984-1986 Taiwan Taipei
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 1998: convicted of child sexual abuse
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- Douglas Stoddard 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Texas,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1949
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Texas,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender in Texas (SID 04382768)
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- Bradley Stowell 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2005, 2008,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1972
- Mission: 1991-1993 United States Alaska Anchorage
- Places lived: Idaho, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Herriman, Utah
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- James Stringham 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
- Convicted, No contest, Probation,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1928
Died: 2017 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2017: died
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Unknown result,
- Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Was Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- 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"
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Idaho,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $1,200,000
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Washington,
- Convicted:
2001,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Brent Taylor 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
- Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2024,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1948
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: June 2024: pleaded guilty
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- Anthony Teeples was an LDS church member in Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1989 and in 2019
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Was Youth leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 2010s, in
Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1968
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: Currently in Prison at Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City Utah
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Sunday school,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- John Tholen 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
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Unknown location,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- Judith Tholen 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
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Unknown location,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- George Tilson 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was High priest, Scout leader,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1942
Died: 2020 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2020-04-27: died in Utah
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- Edgar Tisdale was a Mormon church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse
- Unknown result,
- Was Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Washington,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Jay Toombs 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
- Alleged failure to report
- admitted to molesting at least 53 victims
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2000,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1956
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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"I felt like I was going to the authorities [by reporting to multiple bishops]. I wanted to do what was right. I didn't want to see him go to prison. I wanted him to get help. [...] I was always told to be patient with Jay, he was a good man. That's what I was told again and again and again. I was even given priesthood blessings that I had been chosen to help him."-
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Homer Van Matre 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
- Convicted, Found guilty, Overturned/reversed,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1947
Died: 2017 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: Died 2017; Guilty charges of sexual abuse of child and sodomy on a child were reversed from the original court hearing in 1984
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- James Victor 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Was Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Canada,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1960
- Mission: 1984-1986 Canada Canada [unknown - possibly New Brunswick]
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Allen Washburn was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Unknown result,
- Was Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Ryan Whitaker 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Was Missionary, Primary, Sunday school,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Washington,
- Convicted:
2013,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1953
- Mission: Spain Spain - unknown city/area
- Places lived: Washington,
- Latest update: 2023 - registered sex offender in Washington state
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- 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
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Idaho,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender in Idaho; lives in American Falls, Idaho
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- Keith Williams 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1956
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- LaVar Withers 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in
Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho),
- Crime scenes: Health appointment,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1936
Died: 2005 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho),
- Latest update: 2005: died
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- Ruth Worthen 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Ongoing,
- Dismissed with prejudice,
- Was Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 2000s, in
Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Public,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1949
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: June 2024: arrested and charged with child sexual abuse
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- Harvey Wright 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")
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Was Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Arizona,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1945
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Orson Wright 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Australia,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1928
Died: 2017 - Mission: Australia Australia [unknown]
- Places lived: Australia,
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- 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
- Convicted, Jail,
- Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Was Other leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Mitchell Young 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Arizona, Canada, Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1960
- Mission: Canada Whitefish Bay area, Canada
- Places lived: Arizona, Canada, Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Ogden, Utah as a registered sex offender
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- Jimmy Young was a Mormon church member and scout volunteer in Texas; arrested for sexually abusing a scout in his troop
- Admitted guilt, Unknown result,
- Was Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Texas,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1966
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Texas,
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- Stephen Young 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Unknown position,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2010,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1951
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2023-03-06: In prison in Idaho
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