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Donation options »22 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Bishop Baldwin
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- 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 coverup- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,
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George Barnett
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- was a Mormon church member in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
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Christian Bearnson
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- was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; the LDS church settled, reportedly for millions of dollars (US).
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- Alleged coverup
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LDS church payment: $2,000,000
- Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
- Civil: Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity,
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Carlfred Broderick
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- was a Mormon stake president in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
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Robert Campbell
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- was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
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Thomas Dawkins
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- was an LDS church member in Columbia, South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1986; the conviction was later overturned.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Crime: 1980s, in South Carolina,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity,
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Rowan Ellsworth
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- was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Arizona; 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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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity,
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Michael Fischer
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- was a Mormon church member and young men's president; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in Washington,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Vehicle,
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Alan Grant
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- 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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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Positions: Primary,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Perpetrator's home,
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Craig Harward
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- 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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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in California,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,
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Kenneth Jenks
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- 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.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,
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Gary Jones
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- was a Mormon church member in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
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George Koford
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- was a Mormon bishop in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
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Richard McClung
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- was a Mormon bishopric counselor in the Rockford, Illinois area; convicted in 2007 and 2014 of child sexual abuse; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl; allegedly was not removed from bishopric despite charges.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Illinois,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Perpetrator's home,
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Aaron Montoya
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- was a Mormon children's Primary teacher and law enforcement officer in Utah; found guilty of sexually abusing children during LDS church meetings and at his home; later pleaded guilty in another case; in all, at least nine victims came forward; sentenced to prison in 2005; as of March 2025, is out of prison on parole and lives in Woods Cross, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Primary,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Vehicle,
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Joseph Neipp
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- was a former LDS bishop in San Jose, California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of convicted Mormon child sexual abuser Samuel Neipp.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
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Brian Pickett
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- was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit that also named the LDS church; the suit was dismissed with prejudice after a settlement in 2016.
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- Alleged coverup
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LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Positions: Branch president, Stake high council,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Hawaii,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Perpetrator's home,
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Gary Reese
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- was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy scoutmaster; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Washington,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity,
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Nefi Rubalcava
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- was a Mormon bishop in Norwalk/Cerritos in southern California; accused of child sexual abuse in two lawsuits filed against the Mormon church in 2025; he was the foster father of one of his alleged victims and the bishop of both of them; he allegedly participated in a sex trafficking ring involving at least one other bishop and a stake president.
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- Alleged coverup
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
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Thomas Schofield
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- was a Mormon bishop in Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a 16-year-old child in 2004-05 while he was a Mormon Bishop; some of the alleged abuse took place in the Salt Lake City and Oakland LDS temples and the bishop's office at church.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS activity, LDS building, LDS temple,
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Timothy Shoemaker
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- was a Mormon church member in Newnan, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; as of 2024, lives in Newnan, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in Georgia,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Scout activity, Vehicle,
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Bruce Van Horn
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- was a Mormon church member in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
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