3 LDS sex abuse cases found
LDS temple
- Crime scene: LDS temple
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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 crime: 1980s, 
Alleged crime state:
California,
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LDS positions: Temple worker, - Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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Alleged crime state:
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- Daniel Nelson (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member in Bountiful, Utah; pleaded guilty to lewdness & lewdness involving a child in 1989; pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse in 1993; pleaded guilty to failure to register as sex offender in 2004; victim was granted a protective order against Nelson in 2019, recorded court notes state sexual violence protective order
Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, - Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
1989, 1993, 
LDS positions: Elders Quorum President, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, 
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, No church discipline, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, -
- 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 crime: 2000s,
- Alleged crime state:
California, Utah,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, 
Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report, Filters
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