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- Michael Adamson (1945 – ) was a Mormon church caretaker and organist in York, England; allegedly abused at least four children as young as seven years old between 1966 and 1982; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
- Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Was Other leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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
- George Barnett was a Mormon ward clerk 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 crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Ward clerk,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Joseph Bishop was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Argentina, Arizona, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
- Nelson Bogero (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and Primary children's teacher in Cordoba, Argentina; accused in 2017 of sexual abuse of two girls who were in his Primary class; a local LDS leader allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police; in August 2024, Bogero was sentenced to 16 years in prison
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Argentina,
- Crime country: Argentina,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Was Primary,
- Convicted, Police investigation, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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
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- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake seventy, Sunday school,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Carlfred Broderick (1932 – 1999) 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 crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Stake president,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Bromley was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Robert Campbell was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Nebraska,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Was Missionary,
- Unknown result,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Mark Chapman (1971 – ) was an LDS church member, church janitor and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel
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- Convicted: 2022,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Francis Cochran (1921 – 2005) was a Mormon high priest in the Seattle 6th Ward in Seattle, Washington in the 1980s; convicted twice in the 1980s of crimes related to sexual abuse of multiple children; allegedly assaulted multiple young girls on LDS property, including during church meetings; a 2025 lawsuit (Floodlit broke the story) said stake president Paul Diehl & multiple ward bishops covered up allegations against Cochran
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Crime county: WA - King,
- Crime city: WA - Seattle,
- Convicted: 1987, 1988,
- Was High priest,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kevin Curlew was an LDS church member in Methuen, Massachusetts; accused of sexually abusing a child in an LDS chapel; convicted and sentenced to prison; in 2008, a victim's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the the Mormon church, claiming the church allowed the accused to babysit children despite his prior convictions for child sexual abuse, and that LDS leaders failed to report her child's abuse to police
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Maine, Massachusetts,
- Crime state: Maine, Massachusetts,
- Convicted: 2006,
- Was Other leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- 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
- Buckland Darrell (1979 – ) was a former LDS Primary teacher in Redmond, Washington; accused of molesting young boys in sacrament meeting and at their homes; charged with first-degree felony child molestation in 2022-23 (5 victims); admitted to sexually abusing around 6 to 8 boys; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2024 to at least 8 years in prison; faced two additional counts in March 2025 after two more victims came forward
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Was Primary,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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
- Larry Deutsch (1966 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Missouri,
- Crime state: Arizona, Missouri,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Tacoma, Washington; allegedly sexually abused a preschooler in his ward in the 1980s; the LDS church settled with the abuse survivor for $1.1 million in 2023
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Was Unknown position,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Doe was a Mormon temple worker in Los Angeles, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the LDS church of sexually assaulting a man in 1984 while performing a private anointing ritual in the Los Angeles LDS temple
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Temple worker,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Cesar Duran (1982 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in a Spanish-speaking LDS ward in Orem, Utah (Geneva Height Stake); arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl in his ward; the alleged abuse took place inside an LDS church building
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Frederick Edvalson (1920 – 2009) was a Mormon in Utah and Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland; convicted 3 times of sexual abuse in Maryland in the 1980s; third conviction: while on probation, groomed a 10-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her in a room inside a Mormon chapel on multiple occasions from 1983 to 1984; reportedly told her he was giving her "special religious training;" sentenced to 8 years in prison
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- Was Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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,
- Convicted: 1991,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Scott Farr (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; found guilty in 1981 of forcible sexual abuse and 1991 of sex solicitation; molested a girl inside a Mormon church building
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- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Kenneth Farris was a Mormon church member in Norco, California; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Unknown result,
- Christopher Fleming was an LDS church member in Chesapeake, Virginia; found guilty of 10 counts of various sexual abuse to a minor; currently incarcerated in Virginia
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- Was Youth leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Juan Flores Atenco (1955 – ) was a Mormon branch president in West Valley City, Utah for five years, including in the early 2000s; accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his office and another room at an LDS church building; convicted in 2012 of misdemeanor forcible sexual abuse and unlawful detention; sentenced to zero to one year in jail; in March 2025, charged with rape and object rape (alleged crimes in 2002)
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Convicted: 2012,
- Was Branch president,
- Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alfred Forrester (1936 – 2013) was a Mormon church member in California; excommunicated in the 1950s after conviction for child molestation; moved to Iowa, reoffended, incarcerated; returned to California, convicted once or twice more, then assigned to be a Mormon church scoutmaster; abused again, caught, sentenced to prison in 1979; a 2024 lawsuit against the LDS church alleged that a bishop failed to protect kids
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- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,
- Places lived: California, Iowa,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: California, Iowa,
- Convicted: 1979, convicted-year-1956, convicted-year-1960, convicted-year-1966,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Samuel Gardner (1932 – 1968) was an LDS bishop in the Oklahoma City First Ward in the early 1960s; accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the bishop's office at a Mormon chapel in about 1961; died in 1968
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- Alleged crime: 1960s,
- Places lived: Oklahoma,
- Crime state: Oklahoma,
- Was Bishop, Stake high council,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Stanley Green (1929 – 2009) was a former Mormon bishop in Athens, Texas (in or before 1998 to 1999 or later); accused of sexual abuse; convicted; died in 2009
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- Was Bishop,
- Convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- 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
- Larry Harmston was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse which allegedly took place at a Mormon chapel in Orem, Utah; convicted; charged again (result unknown)
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- 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
- James Hayes (1956 – ) was an LDS bishop in the Timmins - North Bay area, Ontario, Canada; convicted of sexual exploitation in November 2001; molested an underage girl in his ward while serving as her bishop
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Convicted: 2001,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Crime county: WA - King,
- Convicted: 1993,
- Was High priest, Seminary teacher,
- Convicted, Died awaiting trial, Jail, Prison, Registered sex offender, Suicide,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Brandon Hernandez (1999 – ) was an LDS church member in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing a victim inside a Mormon church; convicted of four fourth degree felony counts of abuse of a child or vulnerable adult
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- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Other leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- James Hogan (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; released in 1994; in 2011, a victim filed a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, seeking $5.2 million; the Mormon church settled with two victims for $800,000 and $75,000
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
- Was Church employee, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Douglas Holyoak (1960 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Sycamore, Illinois from about 1999 to 2004; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexual assault of an underage girl in his office at church when she reported sexual harassment by other youth; allegedly covered up the assault with the help of a stake presidency counselor (Michael John Evans)
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- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Illinois, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Illinois,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Other leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Melvin Johnson (1936 – ) was a Mormon seminary teacher and Brigham Young University (BYU) religion professor; accused by multiple victims of sexually abusing them when they were children; excommunicated and rebaptized; reportedly confessed to sexual abuse, but was not criminally charged; two victims filed lawsuits against him; one named the Mormon church as a defendant; it settled out of court
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: California, Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
- Was BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Larry Johnson (1948 – ) was a Mormon mission president (Virginia Roanoke 1989-1992), bishop and LDS seminary/institute teacher in California; accused of child sexual abuse in two lawsuits filed in Orange County, California against the Mormon church and Johnson; the first (30-2021-01229269-CU-PO-CJC), filed in 2021, was dismissed with prejudice in 2023; the second (30-2023-01348903-CU-PO-CXC), filed in 2023, is ongoing
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California, Virginia,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: California,
- Crime county: crime-county-ca-orange,
- Crime city: crime-city-ca-costa-mesa, crime-city-ca-fountain-valley,
- Was Bishop, Church employee, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Gary Jones was a Mormon ward clerk 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 crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Ward clerk,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Larry Judd (1936 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; admitted to molesting 12 girls over a period of about 20 years; some of the alleged abuse took place at church and at church-sponsored summer camps
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- Was Scout leader,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Christopher Kite was an LDS church member in Chicago, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- George Koford 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 crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- James Larsen (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member (possibly a ward clerk or bishop) in Magna, Utah; accused in 2017 of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to prison; released; as of 2025, lives in Magna, Utah as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Was Missionary, Ward clerk,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Richard McClung (1943 – ) 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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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Illinois,
- Crime state: Illinois,
- Convicted: 2007,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- 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,
- Ronald Mills was an LDS church member in Orange, New South Wales, Australia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced in or around 1982 to 3 years in jail
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- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Jail,
- John Misseldine (1982 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a lawsuit said a local Mormon leader failed to report abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Crime state: Nevada,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Was Missionary,
- Alford plea, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Aaron Montoya (1972 – ) was a Mormon children's Primary teacher and law enforcement officer in Utah; found guilty in 2005 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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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Was Primary,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- F N was an LDS bishop in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Bishop,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Matthew Nash was a former Mormon missionary from Utah who served a mission in North Carolina in 1999; accused in 2001 of sexually molesting 11 girls while on his mission; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse
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- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- 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
- Gordon Neeley (1935 – 2018) was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018
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- Was High priest, Missionary,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Joseph Neipp 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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- Convicted: 2021,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Michael Pratt was an LDS seminary principal in Utah; arrested in 2009; convicted and sentenced in 2010 for the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old seminary student
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2010,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Church employee, Other leader, Seminary teacher,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Carl Pratt (1930 – 2006) was a Mormon bishop in San Manuel, Arizona; allegedly sexually abused a boy in his ward, in the bishop's office at an LDS chapel; died in 2006
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- Was Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Gary Reese (1938 – 2014) was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy Scout leader in Washington; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops; never charged; two plaintiffs sued the Mormon church; lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice in 2011; Reese died in 2014
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- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Daniel Robison was a Mormon church member and bankruptcy attorney in St. George, Utah; charged in 2024 with 11 felonies related to sexual abuse of four children
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- Was Unknown position,
- Ongoing,
- UNKNOWN Ross was an LDS high priest and stake seventy in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was High priest, Stake seventy,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Nefi Rubalcava was a Mormon bishop in Norwalk/Cerritos in southern California; accused of child sexual abuse in two lawsuits filed against the Mormon church in 2025; he was the foster father of one of his alleged victims and the bishop of both of them; he allegedly participated in a sex trafficking ring involving at least one other bishop and a stake president
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Bishop,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Vernon Sanford Jr was an LDS church member in San Diego, California; died in 2000; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his father, Vernon Sanford Sr; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged abuse occurred between 1961 and 1970; the Sanfords were the plaintiff's LDS home teachers
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Unknown position,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Vernon Sanford Sr was an LDS church member in San Diego, California; died in 2000; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his son, Vernon Sanford Jr; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged abuse occurred between 1961 and 1970; the Sanfords were the plaintiff's LDS home teachers
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Other leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- James Schmidt (1944 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader, with multiple charges of child sexual abuse over six years; convicted in Idaho; convicted in the late 1990s in Maryland; as of 2024, registered as a sex offender
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Maryland,
- Crime state: Idaho, Maryland,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jack Schofield (1923 – 2015) was an LDS church member, school administrator and state senator in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual harassment; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT he sold her repeatedly to sex trafficking clients at a motel in Las Vegas
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- Was Unknown position,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Thomas Schofield (1955 – ) 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 crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Arizona, California, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah, Washington,
- Crime state: California, Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Michael Simms was a Latter-day Saints (LDS) church member, organist and music teacher in Oregon; accused in a 2009 civil lawsuit against the LDS church of sexually abusing a boy about 100 times between 1974 and 1976; case settled in 2010 in federal court
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- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- UNKNOWN Smith was a Mormon bishop in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with two Melchizedek priesthood holders in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old
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- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Mark Stevens (1956 – ) was a Mormon bishop in West Jordan, Utah in 2006; charged in 2025 with sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl that allegedly took place in his office at church
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- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: California, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Arthur Stout was a Mormon church member in Littlerock, California; in 2024, a civil lawsuit said he sexually assaulted a girl "on a weekly basis" from 1991 to 1997, starting when she was 5 years old; some of the alleged abuse took place in an LDS church building
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Other leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Todd Summers was an LDS church member and videographer for local children's events in Costa Mesa, California; accused of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in a Mormon chapel and other locations; a 2009 civil suit against him ended with a $100,000 settlement payment by the Mormon church to the plaintiff
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Missionary,
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Glendon Templeton was a Mormon bishop, Sunday school teacher and scout leader in Arizona; was bishop of the Maryvale Ward in West Phoenix from 2014 to 2019; excommunicated in 2019; also was a volleyball coach for high school-aged girls; accused numerous times and arrested, but never prosecuted for alleged sex crimes; sued in 1997 for alleged sexual abuse; allegedly sexually assaulted multiple teenage girls
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
- Was Bishop, Sunday school,
- Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Bob UNKNOWN was a Mormon church member and Melchizedek priesthood holder in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with a Mormon bishop and another Melchizedek priesthood holder in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old
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- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Unknown position,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jim UNKNOWN was a Mormon church member and Melchizedek priesthood holder in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with a Mormon bishop and another Melchizedek priesthood holder in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old
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- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Other leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Bruce Van Horn was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Thomas Wallin (1999 – ) was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; admitted to sexually abusing a child within an LDS chapel; in 2022, sentenced to 18 years in prison
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Was Unknown position,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted,
- Ryan Whitaker (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and divorce lawyer in Vancouver, Washington; charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in his Sunday School class during church meetings; convicted in 2013 and sentenced to prison; registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Was Missionary, Primary, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Gary Woolstenhulme (1933 – 2002) was a Mormon bishop in Imperial Beach, California in 1978; died in 2002; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church (plaintiff John Roe JB 65 - San Diego 24CU008107, CASD 3:24-cv-02349-AJB-MSB); allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy in his office at church
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- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Ruth Worthen (1949 – ) was a Mormon church member in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse by one adult in a 2019 civil lawsuit and in 2023 by four adults (one of whom was the 2019 plaintiff); arrested and charged in June 2024 with numerous felonies related to child sexual abuse; died in 2025
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
- Was Unknown position,
- Ongoing,
- Dismissed with prejudice,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jeffrey Young (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; convicted of 12 counts of VOYEURISM BY ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT CONCEALED OR DISGUISED, one count of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of obstructing justice
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Convicted: 2016,
- Convicted,

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