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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2008,
- Positions: ever-church-building-supervisor, ever-organist, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
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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 failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2024,
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Police investigation, Prison,
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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 failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake seventy, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- David Bromley was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Robert Campbell was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
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- 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
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- 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 failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- 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,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1987, 1988,
- Positions: High priest,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- John Conway was a Mormon church member in Cambridge, UK; accused of child sexual abuse after his twin brother Martyn Conway was convicted of child sexual abuse; in both cases, the victim was the same underage boy
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Martyn Conway was a Mormon church member in England; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; twin brother of John Patrick Conway, who also perpetrated child sexual abuse against the same victim
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2006,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2007,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2024,
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jury trial, Prison, Probation,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2021,
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Spencer Dixon (1964 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused in 2002 of touching a 13-year-old girl inappropriately inside the LDS chapel of the Monument Park 7th Ward; acquitted in a jury trial
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Jury trial,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $1,100,000
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1991,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- 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
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Kenneth Farris was a Mormon church member in Norco, California; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- 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)
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2012,
- Positions: Branch president,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1956, 1960, 1966, 1979,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Church position after conviction, Excommunicated,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- 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
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2000,
- Positions: High priest,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- Larry Harmon (1932 – 2012) was a Mormon in Utah; sentenced to jail and probation in 2005 for aggravated sex abuse of a child; charged in 2012 with first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child; according to police, Harmon was allowed to be around children at an LDS ward Christmas party (where the alleged abuse took place in 2011) despite being a registered sex offender; died in 2012, so the charge was dismissed
- Convicted: 2005,
- Positions: Missionary, Senior missionary, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Died awaiting trial, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- 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,
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- 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)
- Convicted: 2005,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2004,
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2001,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1993,
- Positions: High priest, Seminary teacher, Ward Santa Claus,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Died awaiting trial, Jail, Prison, Registered sex offender, Suicide,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- 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,
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- 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
- Convicted: 2019,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- James Hogan (1937 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in California and Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 1989, two teenagers sued the church and Hogan (settled 1990); in 2002, two men sued the church and the BSA (church settled for $800,000 and $75,000); in 2011, a man sued the BSA for $5.2 million (he previously settled with the church); in all, 12 alleged victims 1967-1989
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $875,000
- Convicted: 1989,
- Positions: Church employee, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- 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)
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Stake official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting, Ward official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- UNKNOWN Houska was an LDS church member (reportedly a bishop or other leader) in Cerritos, California; accused of sexual abuse by a claimant in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) bankruptcy; the alleged abuse took place in 1978
- Positions: Bishop, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2002,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Church position after conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $unknown
- Positions: BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated, Officials allegedly gave the accused a church duty after admission of wrongdoing, Rebaptized, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Christopher Kite was an LDS church member in Chicago, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Kent Langston (1951 – ) was a Mormon church member and former LDS Primary teacher in Saratoga Springs, Utah; charged on December 9, 2025 with several first-degree felonies related to child sexual abuse; accused of abusing at least eight children and one disabled adult
- Positions: Missionary, Primary, Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- 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
- Convicted: 2018,
- Positions: Missionary, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Arthur Laws (1946 – 2014) was a Mormon church member in West Bountiful, Utah; convicted of ATTEMPTED - SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD - 3rd Degree Felony in 2010
- Convicted: 2009,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, librarian,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Craig Mathias (1960 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Santa Clarita, California; was in the Northridge 1st Ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting five boy scouts at his home; the alleged abuse involved up to 11 scouts; reportedly urged one victim on a recorded phone call not to tell police about the abuse; sentenced to six years in prison; released in 1990; registered sex offender (2025)
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1987,
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, Ward official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of saying victim was responsible,
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- Franklin Mathias (1934 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in La Grande, Oregon; had a career as a schoolteacher; accused in 1987 of sexual abuse; sentenced in 1988 to four years in prison for molesting a child; he said that he had 242 victims over a 30-year period; convicted in 1997 of failure to register as a sex offender and was placed on probation for 24 months
- Convicted: 1988,
- Positions: High priest, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Richard McClung (1943 – 2026) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Rockford, Illinois in 2006; convicted in 2007 and 2014 of charges related to child sexual abuse; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl on church property in 2006 despite facing criminal charges at the time and remaining in the bishopric; died in plane crash Feb. 14, 2026 in Poplar Grove, Illinois
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2007, 2014,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- 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, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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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
- Church paid $unknown
- Convicted: 2000,
- Positions: Bishop, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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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
- Convicted: 1992,
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- 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
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $782,000
- Convicted: 2005,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
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- 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
- Convicted: 2005,
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Counseling/therapy for victim,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- 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
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
- View report »
- Ralph Neeley (1949 – 2020) was an LDS church member in the Beaumont, Texas area; was sentenced in January 1994 to life in prison in Texas for repeated sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl in an LDS chapel during church meetings and in other locations; died in prison in 2020; the Mormon church reportedly paid several million US dollars in a settlement to the victim
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $3,000,000
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
- View 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
- Positions: High priest, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
- View report »
- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2021,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- View 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
- Convicted: 2010,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Church employee, Other leader, Seminary teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- 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; the victim provided documents to Floodlit in 2023 detailing the abuse allegations; excommunicated in 1993, per victim; apparently rebaptized in 1990s; worked for seven years in Provo Utah Temple, per obit; died in 2006
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after excommunication, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- View report »
- Daniel Robison (1960 – ) 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
- Positions: elders quorum counselor, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View report »
- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: High priest, Stake seventy,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Vernon Sanford Jr (1951 – ) 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $unknown
- Positions: Music leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $100,000
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- View 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
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2013,
- Positions: Missionary, Primary, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
- View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice,
- View 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
- Convicted: 2016,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- View report »

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