141 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Crime decade: 1990s
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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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- Stewart Allsford (1951 – 2017) was a former LDS bishop in the Plymouth England stake; accused of sexually abusing two girls; died by suicide on third day of his child sex abuse trial
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
- Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
Was Bishop, 
Suicide, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Dale Andreason (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; found guilty of three counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD a 1st Degree Felony and was sentenced 6 years to life
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2023, Was Primary, Youth leader, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- 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-
- John Baca (1954 – ) was an LDS church member in California; found guilty of LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Convicted, Prison, Released, -
- 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-
- Coy Ball (1954 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; was charged with 11 counts related to child sex abuse; in 2014, pleaded guilty to three counts of molestation of a child
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
Convicted:
2014, Was Scout leader, Sunday school, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Christopher Bartle (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Perth, Western Australia; accused of sexual abuse of four girls that allegedly took place between 1998 and 2007
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,
Was Unknown position, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Christian Bearnson (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; in 1993, the Mormon church was found liable for child sexual abuse by a jury in a civil lawsuit; the LDS church then settled with the two plaintiffs, reportedly for millions of dollars (US), and had the court records sealed
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Probation, Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, 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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- Alexander Boulton (1917 – 2015) was a former Mormon bishop of the 28th Ward in South Ogden, Utah; in 1995, convicted via plea deal of one second-degree felony count of child sex abuse; sentenced to probation
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Australia, England, United Kingdom, Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
Convicted:
1995, Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Ronald Boyce (1961 – ) was a Mormon seminary teacher and home teacher in Schenectady, New York in the 1990s; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2024 civil lawsuit against the LDS church
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: New York, Utah,
- Crime state: New York, Utah,
Was Seminary teacher, Youth leader, Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- David Broadbent (1947 – ) was a Mormon and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; by 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward; in 2024, was charged with forcible sexual abuse, and the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the lawsuit could proceed; 2025: more charges, 2nd lawsuit
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Was Youth leader, Ongoing, Dismissed, Ongoing, -
- Jimmy Brooks was a Mormon church member in Texas; charged with child sexual abuse in 1994
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,
Was Sunday school, Unknown result, -
- David Brown was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years; a victim sued the Mormon church in 2003
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Missouri,
- Crime state: Missouri,
Convicted:
2003, 2005, Was Music leader, Scout leader, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, -
- John Burrell was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Tennessee,
- Crime state: Tennessee,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, -
- Raphael Caccioppoli (1971 – ) was a Mormon Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality)
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: New Zealand,
- Crime country: New Zealand,
Convicted:
2008, Was Sunday school, Convicted, Jail, Alleged failure to report-
- 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, -
- 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, -
- Gerald Collingwood (1943 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Alabama, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Bishopric counselor, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, -
- Curtis Crittenden was a Mormon church member and LDS full-time missionary in Guatemala in 1993-1995; admitted to sexually abusing boys while on his mission and later when he was the head of 4-H in Tooele County; sentenced to prison in 2007 in Utah for child sexual abuse of several boys in his care as their 4-H leader
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Guatemala, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2007, Was Missionary, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- 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-
- John d'Aquin (1966 – ) was an LDS church member; convicted in 1994 in Louisiana of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles performing sexually immoral acts; convicted in 2007 in Louisiana of indecent behavior with juveniles
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Louisiana,
- Crime state: Louisiana,
Convicted:
2007, Was Missionary, Convicted, Unknown result, 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-
- Randall Deaton (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in the Holmes Lake Ward, Lincoln Nebraska Stake; convicted in 2002 of attempted 1st degree sexual assault of a minor; the abuse took place before Deaton joined the LDS church; subsequently called as counselor in a YSA ward bishopric
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Nebraska,
- Crime state: Nebraska,
Convicted:
2002, Was Bishopric counselor, Convicted, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Jacob Delashmutt (1979 – ) was a Mormon church member in San Obispo, California; found guilty of murder; authorities were unable to prove rape because eight months after murder, the victim's body was found partially mummified and too decomposed
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Convicted:
1996, -
- 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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- 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 was a Mormon bishop in Pocatello, Idaho; an abuse survivor told FLOODLIT that Doe sexually abused them in his office at church in late 1999
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Was Bishop, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Rowan Ellsworth (1948 – ) was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Arizona; allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl at an LDS girls camp in mid-1990; the abuse was reported to a bishop Burgess, who allegedly failed to report to police, but instead encouraged the victim to forgive; sentenced to prison in 1999 for two counts of child sexual abuse; released in 2007
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
Was Missionary, Convicted, Prison, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- 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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- 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, -
- Frank Ferrara was a Mormon church member and doctor in Northern Virginia; convicted in 1997 of four counts of forcible sodomy
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Virginia,
- Crime state: Virginia,
Convicted, Unknown result, -
- Richard Freeman (1963 – ) was an LDS church member and high school teacher in Fresno, California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison; moved to Provo, Utah
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: California, Provo (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: California,
Convicted, Prison, -
- Michael Fritchen (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in the 1990s and again in 2011 for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2011, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, -
- Rex Furness (1923 – 2005) was a former Idaho state senator and Mormon bishop in Idaho; in 1996, pleaded guilty to sexual battery for fondling an underage girl; was sentenced to 60 days in jail; given a withheld judgment: if he did not violate the terms of his probation, the felony conviction would be kept from his record
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Was Bishop, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment, Alleged failure to report-
- Thomas Gibbons (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton, Utah; worked as a police officer; pleaded guilty to two felony charges of forcible sex abuse; sentenced in 2000 in Utah to prison
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Tennessee, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2000, Was Ministering/home teacher, Primary, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- 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, -
- Shawn Gooden (1974 – ) was an LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Crime state: Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Convicted:
2023, Was Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Alleged failure to report-
- Alan Grant (1959 – ) was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in August 1998 to two months in jail
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Primary, Convicted, Jail, -
- Gene Guinn (1932 – 2008) was an LDS church member in the Dallas Seventh Ward, Texas; in 2000, found guilty by a jury of indecency with a child and sentenced to 68 years in prison; the victim was 10 years old at the time of the crime; Mormon officials allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,
Convicted:
2000, Was High priest, Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Douglas Hall (1952 – ) was an LDS bishop and retired Utah Highway Patrol sergeant in Monticello, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2001 to two third degree felony counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2002 to one second degree felony count of sex abuse of a child
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2001, 2002, Was Bishop, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Ronald Hall (1931 – 2023) was an LDS church member and former Mormon Tabernacle Choir member in Utah and Washington; accused of sexually molesting three underage girls in 1997 or 1998; acquitted in 2000; accused of sexual abuse of a fourth victim, an underage girl, in approximately 2003; convicted in 2005 of third-degree felony attempted child sexual abuse; died in 2023
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah, Washington,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2005, Was Seminary teacher, Tabernacle Choir, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, -
- 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-
- Jeffrey Hardin was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted of lewd conduct with a minor in October 1991
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, -
- 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-
- 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-
- Craig Harward (1948 – ) was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Crime state: California,
Convicted:
2004, Was Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Vance Hein (1951 – ) was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison; the Mormon church settled a related lawsuit in 2014
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- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Canada, Pennsylvania,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Crime state: Pennsylvania,
Convicted:
1999, 2000, 2012, Was Scout leader, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- David Herget (1943 – 2005) was a Mormon church member in Washington; convicted of child rape and child molestation in 1993; spent time in jail and was labeled a level-1 sex offender (least likely to re-offend); arrested in 2004 or 2005 and charged with child sex abuse; detectives identified at least seven victims; one child estimated that Herget abused him 1,400 times; in 2005, died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
Was High priest, Convicted, Jail, Prison, Registered sex offender, Suicide, Alleged failure to report-
- 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, -
- Darrell Howe was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit; the minor abuse victim and his mother filed suit against the LDS church and its officers deemed responsible; upon appeal, the judgment of the court again ruled against the plaintiff
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
Was Unknown position, Unknown result, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, 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-
- Loren Hurd (1964 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender as of 2023; lives in Ogden, Utah
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted, Registered sex offender, -
- Albert Jackson (1906 – 2010) was a Mormon church member in Lewiston, Utah and Centerville, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2002 (at age 96) via plea agreement to two second-degree felony counts of sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to two concurrent prison terms of one to 15 years each
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
Was Utah's oldest prison inmate when released to home confinement at age 99
Convicted:
2002, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, "You're in pretty good health for a 99-year-old man. We don't want you touching anybody anymore, OK?"
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- Ronald Jenkins (1942 – ) was a Mormon scout leader, bishopric counselor and stake high council member in Idaho; worked as a high school teacher; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1996 of 10 counts of lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to 17 years in prison; registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Was Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, 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, -
- Stephen Kay (1940 – ) was a Mormon church member, school teacher and scout leader in Brisbane, Australia; charged multiple times with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1996 and was sentenced to jail
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, -
- Lon Kennard (1941 – 2019) was a former Mormon bishop in Heber City, Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2011, Was Bishop, Missionary, Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Keith Knutson (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member in Seattle, Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges in 1995; a Mormon bishop allegedly failed to report abuse allegations to police
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
Was Sunday school, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- Jason Larsen (1977 – ) was an LDS missionary from Idaho in Bakersfield, California; accused in 1997 of sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl at a school; as of 2024, lives in Meridian, Idaho
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: California, Idaho,
- Crime state: California,
Was Missionary, Unknown result, -
- Robert Larsen (1965 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD in 1993, and SEX ABUSE CHILD in 1998, as well as POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in 2009
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
Convicted:
2009, Was Scout leader, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Released, -
- Kelly Mangrum (1952 – ) was an LDS church member and dentist in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual misconduct, prescribing medications for a drug addict for sex
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
Unknown result, -
- Brandon Manning (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Georgia, Scotland, United Kingdom, Utah,
- Crime country: Scotland, United Kingdom,
- Crime state: Georgia, Utah,
Convicted:
2001, 2020, Unknown, Was Missionary, Youth leader, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Alleged failure to report-
- Bruce McAskill (1928 – ) was a Mormon church ward clerk in Jackson, Michigan; before becoming ward clerk, was convicted of rape; after becoming ward clerk, in 1994, was found guilty by a judge of kissing and fondling an 8-year-old boy whom he was babysitting; McAskill had met the boy's mother at church; a police officer said McAskill told him 'he didn't see any problem' with an adult sleeping naked with a child
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Michigan,
- Crime state: Michigan,
Was Other leader, Ward clerk, Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, -
- 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,
Was Bishop, Never charged, Alleged failure to report-
- 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-
- Steven McDill (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in Tippecanoe County, Indiana; found guilty of child molestation; sentenced to 9 year/5 suspended in July 1996
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Indiana,
- Crime state: Indiana,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Prison, -
- 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-
- David McGhie (1963 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2000 of child sexual abuse; an LDS bishop was accused of failing to report the abuse
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2000, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Chester Meek was a Mormon bishop in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada from 1990 to 1995; while bishop, he allegedly sexually sexual assaulted multiple female church members; at least one alleged incident of abuse occurred in the bishop's office inside an LDS church
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,
Convicted:
2000, Was Bishop, Other leader, Convicted, -
- 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, -
- Russell Millsaps (1947 – ) was an LDS church member and retired police sergeant in Arizona; sentenced in 2016 to 323 years in prison for child sexual exploitation
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- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
Convicted:
2016, Was Other 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, -
- Burrell Mohler was an LDS church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse; criminal charges dropped; civil case in 2013, results unknown
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Missouri,
- Crime state: Missouri,
Was Unknown position, Charges dropped, Unknown result, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- 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, -
- Eustacio Munioz (1946 – ) was an LDS ward religious and missionary class leader in the Brownsville, Texas area; in 2011, was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy; the victim, as an adult, filed a lawsuit against the LDS church and won
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,
Was Other leader, Youth leader, Unknown result, Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Alleged failure to report-
- Robert Musson (1961 – ) was an LDS church member in Ontario, Canada; arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,
Was Unknown position, Ongoing, Police investigation, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- 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-
- James Neumeyer (1955 – 2024) was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2024
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Missionary, Unknown result, -
- Bruce O'Dell (1970 – ) was a Mormon bishop and dermatologist in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona; in 1999, was charged with 48 counts of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
Was Bishop, Youth leader, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Jeffrey Olson (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted of first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child and was sentenced in 2020 to four consecutive terms of three years to life in prison
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2020, Was Missionary, Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- 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, -
- Grant Packer (1925 – 2008) was an LDS church member in Idaho; served a full-time mission to Canada in 1946-48 and two senior missions to Atlanta, Georgia and San Bernardino, California; charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation; died in 2008
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Youth leader, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Terry Parker (1953 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and school teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington; in 1996, two former students filed a civil lawsuit against the school district, Parker and the school's former principal, saying Parker sexually abused them; they said they reported to the school district, which then allegedly did nothing to protect them; the suit was dismissed with prejudice in Feb. 1998
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah, Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Youth leader, Never charged, Not convicted, Dismissed with prejudice, -
- 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-
- Curtis Payne (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member and elementary school teacher in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2019 of child sexual abuse and sentenced to four consecutive terms of 15 years to life in prison
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2019, Was Missionary, Convicted, Prison, -
- James Penrod was a Mormon church missionary in Pennsylvania in 1997; originally from Utah; sent home to Utah from his mission and arrested in July 1997 and charged with child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison for sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Pennsylvania, Utah,
- Crime state: Pennsylvania, Utah,
Was Missionary, Convicted, Prison, -
- Keith Peterson (1948 – 2020) was a Mormon church member and former high school teacher in Nampa, Idaho; accused in 1991 of inappropriate sexual contact; sentenced to 180 days suspended jail time and two years of probation; charge was dismissed in 1998 after he completed probation; pleaded guilty in October 2019 to one count of lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced in 2020 to 17 years in prison
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- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Convicted:
2020, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, -
- Arthur Phillips (1949 – ) was a Mormon church member in Arizona; sexually molested a 14-year-old girl; in the 1990s, sentenced to prison for one year and placed on probation for four years
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
Was Sunday school, Convicted, Prison, Probation, -
- Adam Phipps was an LDS church member in Manassas, Virginia; accused of taking indecent liberties with children; charged and convicted in 1993; registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Virginia,
- Crime state: Virginia,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, -
- 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,
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