4 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Crime scene: bedroom
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- Michael Angus (1944 – ) was an LDS church member in Star, Idaho; convicted of possession of sexually explicit images of minors in 2012; was accused of sexually abusing two young girls; had created and possessed CSAM of one of the victims; is a registered sex offender lives in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Crime: 2010s, 
Crime state:
Idaho,
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- Convicted:
2012,
LDS positions: Stake high council, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, - Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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Crime state:
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- Nathaniel Barker (1989 – ) pled guilty in Utah to attempted forcible sexual abuse in 2019; arrested in 2025 and charged with 35 various charges related to sexual abuse of a minor; being held without bail in Utah County Jail
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime state:
Arizona, Utah,
Convicted:
2019, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, pled guilty, 
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, "Nathaniel admitted to being sexually attracted to children" - 2025 p.c. affidavit
"[Barker] claimed that he was sick and on a lot of prescription medications and did not remember taking photographs of [redacted] or saving them onto his computer."
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- Zemedu Jacobsen (2007 – ) has been accused of sexually abusing a female minor and recording the abuse, and of recording another minor victim that was on a video following his promptings to remove her clothing; she was apparently unaware he was recording, according to a police statement; there is a warrant out for his arrest;
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Paul Mayer (1975 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Sandy, Utah; accused of recording a 16-year-old in a bedroom and bathroom on a GoPro; charged with 19 counts related to sexual abuse of a minor; pled guilty to aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and voyeurism; sentenced in 2025 to 1-15 years in prison and 0-364 days in jail
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2025, 
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged church actions: No church discipline, repentence, Filters
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