165 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 two teenage girls in the 1980s and early 1990s; no criminal charges; in 2001, a jury found him liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of fiduciary duty, and reckless disregard toward the younger plaintiff; was ordered to pay $25,000 in punitive damages; the church was not a defendant
Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
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LDS positions: Bishop,
Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
Alleged failure to report
Alleged church actions: No church discipline, - View report »
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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
Alleged crime: 1990s,
Alleged crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Alan Andrus (1963 – ) was a Mormon bishop in California from 2004 to 2009 (El Dorado Hills / Silva Valley Ward, El Dorado Stake); in 2020, arrested and accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2019; in 2025, found guilty by a jury of one misdemeanor count of simple battery; sentenced to 32 days in jail and probation; registered sex offender; as of February 2026, defendant in ongoing lawsuit
Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
Crime state:
California, Utah,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -

- 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Arizona,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
California,
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- 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
Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
California,
Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report, -

- 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
Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Alleged crime country:
Australia,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
California,
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- Karl Bergen (1921 – 2019) was a Mormon church member in Brigham City, Utah; was in multiple bishoprics; in 1997, was convicted in Colorado of sexual assault on a child; remained a registered sex offender until his death in 2019
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -

- Earl Bleak (1936 – 2000) was an LDS bishopric counselor and physician in Tempe, Arizona; accused in 1998 of sexual abuse of a 36-year-old patient and friend; charges were dismissed in 1999 due to mental incompetence; Bleak died in 2000 of complications from a form of dementia
Alleged crime: 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
Arizona,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -

- 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Texas,
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- Michael Bolingbroke (1942 – ) was a Mormon bishop and stake seventy president in Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2022 lawsuit; died in 2024
Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
California,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse, Excommunicated, -

- David Broadbent (1947 – ) was a Mormon and 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 suit, up to nearly 450 alleged victims
Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
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- Jimmy Brooks was a Mormon church member in Texas; charged with child sexual abuse in 1994
Alleged crime: 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
Texas,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Missouri,
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- Duane Brown (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Wellsville, Utah; arrested and charged with AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD - 1st Degree Felony in February 2026; this case is ongoing as of February 2026
Alleged crime: 1990s, 2010s,
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Unknown church action, -

- John Burrell was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Tennessee,
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- 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)
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime country:
New Zealand,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, -

- 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Colorado,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -

- Wade Christofferson (1953 – ) was accused, per Floodlit's sources, of sexually abusing up to 12 children in Illinois, Ohio and Utah between 1985-2025, including while in bishopric; excommunicated in 1996 for child sexual abuse; rebaptized in 1997, was bishopric counselor 2006-11, 2016-19; charged in 2025 with child sexual abuse (alleged between 2016-25); his brother, apostle Todd Christofferson, knew by around 2020 of abuse
Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, 2020s,
Alleged crime state:
Illinois, Ohio, Utah,
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Church position after excommunication, Excommunicated, High-level official accused of failure to report, Rebaptized, Ward official accused of failure to report, -

- Gerald Collingwood (1943 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- 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
Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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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
Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -

- George Curtis (1924 – 2005) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child in 1993; reported to have allegedly abused the child's mother at an earlier time also; died July 2005
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Louisiana,
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- 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
Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Montana, Ohio, Utah,
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- 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Rhode Island,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Nebraska,
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Ward official accused of 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
Alleged crime: 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
California,
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- 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
Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Ward official accused of failure to report, -

- John Doe (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lake Elsinore, California; arrested in 1997; pleaded guilty to committing lewd acts with a child under age 14; spent three years in state prison; in December 2022, the LDS church paid $995,000 to settle its part of a related civil lawsuit wherein a jury awarded the victim $2.28 billion
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
California,
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- Lynn Egley (1964 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Benson, Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2018; the alleged abuse took place in the 1990s
Alleged crime: 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
Idaho, Utah,
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to warn stake members, No church discipline, Unknown church action, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Arizona,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -

- Ryan Ellsworth (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lakeside, Navajo County, Arizona; accused in 1998 of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2000; sentenced to two consecutive terms of six years in prison; released in 2010; violated probation in the 2010s; as of 2025, registered sex offender living in Show Low, Arizona
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Arizona,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -

- Karl Elvik (1963 – ) was a Mormon church youth leader in Glasgow, Scotland; admitted indecency offenses against eight boys; was jailed for 18 months
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime country:
Scotland, United Kingdom,
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- 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Idaho, Utah,
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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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- David Farley (1958 – ) was a former doctor in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing more than 200 patients over a span of many years, during some of which Farley was an LDS stake high council member; in 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley; in October 2025, a grand jury indicted him on 11 felony sexual assault charges
Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
Alleged crime state:
Oregon,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -

- Frank Ferrara was a Mormon church member and doctor in Northern Virginia; convicted in 1997 of four counts of forcible sodomy
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Virginia,
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- Michael Fritchen (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in the 1990s and again in 2011 for child sexual abuse
Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Idaho,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- David Gomez (1946 – ) was an LDS bishop in West Valley City, Utah in the late 1980s and early 1990s; allegedly raped, sodomized and fondled several boys he met as their bishop; charged in 2004 with six felonies; charges were dropped in 2005 due to statutes of limitations issues; church officials excommunicated Gomez, but allegedly failed to report to civil authorities for six or seven months
Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Stake official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward officials restricted accused from working with children, -

- 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Georgia,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Pennsylvania, Virginia,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Texas,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, -

- Henry Gurule (1918 – 2012) was a Mormon church member in Utah; in 1994, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; was permitted to serve jail time on home confinement; was given therapy and ordered to pay $2,296 restitution; In 2005, two more second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse were dismissed without prejudice after Gurule complied with a plea agreement; died in 2012
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- 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
Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
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- William Hanson (1962 – ) was a Mormon youth leader who allegedly sexually abused children in several US states, including Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Utah, Texas, Wisconsin and New Jersey; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; in the 2000s, the Mormon church settled a civil lawsuit in which the victim accused it of failing to protect him
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin,
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- Jeffrey Hardin was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted of lewd conduct with a minor in October 1991
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Idaho,
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- 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
Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
Crime country:
Australia,
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Church position after conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Released from church position, Ward official accused of 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime country:
Canada,
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- Kenneth Harper was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
California,
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- Lynn Harrison (1935 – 2016) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded no contest
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Kim Hartley (1963 – 2025) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Clinton, Davis County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of multiple children; the alleged abuse took place in 1999; pleaded guilty in March 2002 to two second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse; sentenced to two concurrent terms of one to 15 years in prison
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
California,
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- Mark Haws (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; accused of sexually abusing a girl for 14 years; convicted in 2010 of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; excommunicated; rebaptized in or before June 2025; as of March 2026, lives in Lehi, Utah as a registered sex offender
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
Crime state:
Pennsylvania,
Crime country:
Canada,
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- David Herget (1943 – 2005) was a Mormon high priest in Washington; convicted of child rape and child molestation in 1993; sentenced to 180 days in jail and was a registered sex offender; arrested in 2005, died by suicide in jail the next day; detectives identified at least seven victims; one child estimated that Herget abused him 1,400 times; in a 2025 lawsuit against the church, four plaintiffs said officials failed them
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Washington,
Alleged church actions: Church members wrote letters of support, Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse, Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, -

- 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Montana,
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- 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
Alleged crime: 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
Washington,
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- 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Arizona,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Jesus Hurtado (1953 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Church members wrote letters of support, Ward official accused of failure to report, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -

- Richard James (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Potomac, Maryland; accused of sexually abusing a boy from 1995 to 1999 at billionaire Bill Marriott's home, an LDS church and other locations; pleaded guilty to reduced child abuse charges; sentenced to 10 years in prison (nine suspended); was a registered sex offender; the victim sued the church, Marriott and six others in 2024
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Maine, Maryland, North Carolina,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Idaho,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, -

- Kenneth Jenks (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); was a ward executive secretary and ward librarian; charged with sexual abuse; convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about Jenks's abuse but allowed him to work with children
Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
Crime state:
California,
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Church position after conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -

- Gail Jensen (1931 – ) was a Mormon church member in Wellsville, Cache County, Utah; in 1997, pleaded guilty to one second-degree felony count of sexual abuse of a child; sentenced to six months in jail with work release, and probation (ended in 1998); charge was reduced to a third-degree felony in 2001; in 2008, a woman filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Jensen; the case was settled in 2010
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime country:
Australia,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Keith Knutson (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lynnwood, Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges in 1995; a Mormon bishop allegedly failed to report abuse allegations to police
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Washington,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -

- 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
Alleged crime: 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
California,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Steven Layland (1946 – ) was a Mormon church member in Tampa, Florida; in 2000 was federally convicted for sending child pornography in the mail
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -

- 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
Alleged crime: 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
Crime state:
Georgia, Utah,
Crime country:
Scotland, United Kingdom,
Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Michigan,
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- Timothy McCleve (1956 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Harrisville, Utah when he was charged with sexually abusing three children; some of the abuse took place while he was bishop; sentenced in 2008 to up to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 2024, charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation
Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Indiana,
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- 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
California, Minnesota,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, -

- 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
Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime country:
Canada,
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- 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
California,
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- 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
Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
Crime state:
Arizona,
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- Brian Mitchell (1953 – ) was a Mormon church member and temple worker in Utah; abductor, with Wanda Barzee, of Elizabeth Smart
Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
Crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -

- Burrell Mohler was an LDS church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse; criminal charges dropped; civil case in 2013, results unknown
Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Alleged crime state:
Missouri,
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- 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
Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah,
Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction, Filters
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