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- (1901 – 1997) Leroy Kingsley Webster (1901-1997) was a Mormon bishop of the Hood River ward in Oregon; abused multiple school-aged boys
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Kevin Winn was a Mormon church member in Shelley, Idaho; a person who reported the case to FLOODLIT states that in the 1990s he sexually abused two minor boys and one minor girl, and that the criminal case brought against him covered only the girl - they believe he pleaded out of the cases involving the boys
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- (2053 – ) Wayne Crouch was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Tacoma, Washington; a child of his reported to FLOODLIT that in the 1990s he sexually abused their sister; the allegations were verified but charges were dropped, on the basis of behavioural problems the sister was exhibiting as a consequence of the abuse
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Diane Shomaker Richardson was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah and Anchorage, Alaska, who served as a Cub Scout leader, a Boy Scout volunteer, a pianist and in Relief Society; the report states that she was reported by a spouse, by her children, by home teachers and by ward members, that she was eventually convicted as an adult, and that abuse of a spouse has continued since
- Positions: Music leader, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- (2026 – 2026) Paul P. (1934-2011) was an active Mormon church member in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France; his granddaughter reported to FLOODLIT that he sexually assaulted her in 1998, when she was a teenager
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Ward official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- (1979 – 2026) Dr Timothy Kimball (1979-2023) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary who served a Spanish-speaking mission in southern California, and who held callings in a Young Men's council, in Primary and in Scouting; was arrested in August 2022 after admitting he had recorded a girl and become physically aroused during a back massage; her mother had found a hidden camera disguised as a USB charger in her bedroom
- Positions: Missionary, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- (1951 – 2020) Tom Weston (1951-2020) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary who served in Australia, and a Rich County, Utah commissioner for 18 years until his retirement in 2018; in 2020, aged 68, he was charged with two first-degree felonies - sodomy on a child and aggravated sexual abuse of a child - relating to the abuse of a 14-year-old female relative over approximately 18 months to two years, dating from 2018
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Suicide,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- (1984 – ) Wesley Kendall Allen (born 1984) is a Mormon church member and returned missionary who served in Birmingham, Alabama; was convicted of a rape committed in 2005 while he was a reserve police officer for Smithfield City, and separately pleaded guilty and was convicted of forcible sexual assault, sexual exploitation of a minor and object rape for offences at the Cache Valley Youth Center in 2022
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- (1986 – ) Dustin Scott Clouse (born 1986) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Springville, Utah, who held many callings including in the youth programs and attended church every week; in July 2023 he was arrested in a sting operation after messaging a person he believed to be a 13-year-old girl and going to meet her
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Edward Nathan Dillon was a Mormon Young Men's leader in Mesa, Arizona; a person who reported the case to FLOODLIT states that in 1994, when they were three or four years old and he was a teenager, he waited at a family gathering until no one else was in the house and performed sexual acts on them
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting,
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- (2026 – 2026) Thomas David White Sr. (1948-2025) was an active Mormon church member in Smyrna, Tennessee, who served as a ward executive secretary, a Primary teacher and in other callings; pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years' probation, sex offender classes and a period wearing an ankle monitor
- Positions: High priest, Primary, Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- (2065 – ) Jeffrey Dee Call (born 1965) is a Mormon church member and returned missionary who served in Finland; held callings as a bishopric counselor, Young Men's president, elders quorum president, Sunday school president, gospel doctrine teacher, Primary worker and ward executive secretary, and was involved in Boy Scouts and Young Men for most of that period
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, Missionary, Primary, Scout leader, Sunday school, Ward executive secretary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- (1963 – ) David Babbel (born 1963) was a Mormon Young Men's leader in South Jordan, Utah; a person who reported the case to FLOODLIT states that in 2009 he attempted to groom them by desensitising them to touch, and tried to lie on top of them in his home as soon as his wife and daughter had left the room; they shouted no repeatedly until his wife and daughter came in, and then ran home
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- (1985 – ) Shad James Hansen (born 1985) was a Mormon church member in Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho; sexually abused a child over a six-year period; an investigation began in August 2024 and he pleaded guilty in 2025 to one count of felony lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor child, having originally faced two counts of felony lewd conduct with a child under 16, one count of felony child sexual abuse and one count of felony enticing a child over the internet
- Convicted: 2025,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Gary Price was a Mormon church member and Scout leader in the La Grande, Oregon 2nd ward; was convicted of child sexual abuse in the 1980s and imprisoned in Salem, Oregon
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- (2026 – ) Wade Huls (born 1951 or 1952) was a Mormon stake presidency counselor and later a stake president in Anchorage, Alaska, and a local business owner; a member of his ward from 1991 to 2000 reported to FLOODLIT that around 2012 or 2013 it emerged that he had sexually abused some or all of his five daughters, and that he was in the stake presidency during part of the period of the abuse
- Positions: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- (1949 – 2008) Thomas Wayne Duncan (1949-2008) was a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah; a person who reported the case to FLOODLIT states that in 1977, when they were five years old, he forced them to take part in oral sex and fondled them, promising them an ice cream cone if they did not tell
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- (1982 – ) Jade Austin Thelin (born 1982) is a Mormon church member and returned missionary who served in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil from 2001 to 2003, and who has served in Young Men's callings for nearly 20 years, as a high priest group leader and as a member of a bishopric, in Portland, Oregon; his former wife reported to FLOODLIT that through most of their marriage, from 2006 to 2022, he raped her while she was unconscious from a prescribed sleeping medication taken as directed, and that she usually did not remember
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, High priest, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- (1944 – 2011) Edwin Allen Ethington Jr (1944-2011) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary who served in California, and who served as a bishop and a Young Men's leader in Homedale, Idaho; a grandchild of his reported to FLOODLIT that he groomed, sexualised and molested them and at least one cousin from early childhood until his death, stopping only when he became too weak from terminal cancer
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- (1929 – 1994) Tony Thomas Christopulos (1929-1994) was a Mormon convert in Ogden, Utah who served as a youth leader and Sunday school teacher; a child of his, the eighth of thirteen, reported to FLOODLIT that he sexually abused them repeatedly between 1982 and 1985 during their childhood
- Positions: Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- (1992 – ) Dakyn Saunders (born 1992) was a Mormon church member from Round Lake, Illinois; a sibling reported to FLOODLIT that from around 2005 and for several years he sexually abused them and four other minors, sometimes while they were asleep
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Stake official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting, Stake official accused of failure to report,
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- (1927 – 2010) Trenton Hulet Jones (1927-2010) was a Mormon temple worker in Enterprise, Utah who also served in a bishopric, in Scouting, in a high priest group and in an elders quorum presidency; spent long stretches alone with him, unsupervised, running errands and keeping him company after his wife died - an arrangement the community regarded as commendable and did not question, because he was a temple-worthy member
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, High priest, Scout leader, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- (1979 – ) Gustavus Frederick Erpenbach (born 1979) is a Mormon church member in Lake Saint Louis, Missouri, a Melchizedek priesthood holder and a temple worker; his former wife reported to FLOODLIT that during 2023 and 2024 he raped her, both violently and coercively, including a violent rape on 19 September 2023, and that for a year she woke almost nightly to find him penetrating her with his fingers despite repeated conversations about consent; after she filed for divorce she began locking the bedroom door and he picked the lock
- Positions: Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- (1954 – 2026) Bolivar Guillermo Medina Carrion (1954-2026) was a Mormon church member who at one point served as a youth leader, with allegations centred on Las Vegas, Nevada; one of his adult sons reported to FLOODLIT that in 2025 he began learning from relatives of allegations that his father had sexually abused children within the family across several decades and generations, including his sisters, nieces, other young relatives and one of his own sons
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: Stake official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- George Aaron (1941 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in a college ward in Provo, Utah; allegedly sexually abused two teenage girls in the 1980s and early 1990s; no criminal charges; in 2001, a jury found him liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of fiduciary duty, and reckless disregard toward the younger plaintiff; was ordered to pay $25,000 in punitive damages; the church was not a defendant
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- James Adams (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison in 1994 for sexually abusing multiple children; in 1996, a $750 million lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church alleging coverup; the suit was settled out of court in 2000
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $unknown
- Convicted: 1994,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Paul Adams (1982 – 2017) was an LDS church member in Arizona; sexually abused two children for several years after confessing to his bishop; arrested and charged; died by suicide in 2017 while in custody awaiting trial; as of October 2025, a lawsuit against the church is ongoing
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Not active LDS, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- 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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- Robert Adams (1971 – ) was a Mormon church member and 2nd counselor in the bishopric, in Farmington, Utah; convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child in 2019; the victim was an 11-year-old girl; sentenced to 365 days in jail; is a registered sex offender February 2026; reportedly approved for rebaptism
- Convicted: 2019,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Approved for rebaptism, Excommunicated,
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- Jared Anderson (1988 – ) was a high school teacher (and one-time "teacher of the year") and Mormon church group leader in the San Antonio, Texas area; also lived in Millington, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah; sentenced to 10 years in prison for hosting sex parties for teenage boys
- Convicted: 2017,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Michael Angus (1944 – ) was an LDS church member in Star, Idaho; convicted of possession of sexually explicit images of minors in 2012; was accused of sexually abusing two young girls; had created and possessed CSAM of one of the victims; is a registered sex offender lives in Twin Falls, Idaho.
- Convicted: 2012,
- Positions: Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Arlo Atkin (1956 – ) was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, spent 132 days in jail
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Anthony Attanasio Anthony G; attanasio was a Mormon church member in Layton, Utah who held the standard priesthood callings for young men
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Stake official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Daniel Bake Daniel A; was convicted and is a registered sex offender
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Melvin Barhite (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Michigan; convicted of sex crimes; sentenced in 2001 to prison; while in prison, argued that prison officials violated his religious rights by confiscating photos of scantily clad females between the ages of 14-26; was convicted April 2026 1st degree criminal sexual conduct, also convicted for failing to register as sex offender in Kent County.
- Convicted: 2001, 2026,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Nathaniel Barker (1989 – ) pled guilty in Utah to attempted forcible sexual abuse in 2019; arrested in 2025 and charged with 35 various charges related to sexual abuse of a minor; being held without bail in Utah County Jail
- Convicted: 2019,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Alan Bassett (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member and air traffic controller in Fruit Heights, Utah; accused in a 2019 civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse (dismissed without prejudice); charged in June 2024 with child sexual abuse; over 80 victims came forward; admitted to molesting many neighbor girls; tried to get his case dismissed due to an unsigned 1989 agreement with a deputy Davis County attorney
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Other leader, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed without prejudice,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Gary Bell (1956 – ) was an LDS church member and former prosecutor in Utah; pleaded guilty in December 2022 to four second degree felony charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in January 2023 to one to 15 years in prison; in June 2023, was convicted of 15 counts of 2nd degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of class B misdemeanor voyeurism; no additional prison time was added
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Keith Biggs Jr. (1975 – ) was a Mormon church member in Oregon; accused of sexual abuse of a 16-year-old alleged victim; through a grand jury indictment Biggs was charged with 20 felonies related to child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2009 to two misdemeanors and registered as a sex offender; sentenced to 20 days in jail and three years probation; in 2011, found guilty of violating probation by visiting BYU
- Convicted: 2009,
- Positions: Music leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Timothy Bothell (1969 – ) was a LDS church employee and stake high council member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 to two years in jail for sexual abuse of two girls, ages 11 and 13
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2013,
- Positions: Church employee, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Church members wrote letters of support, Counseling/therapy for victim,
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- Leslie Bowcut Leslie Peter "Pete" Bowcut was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Burley, Idaho, who served in the South Carolina mission; between 1998 and 2002 he abused his own children as part of an international child pornography network; the arrests of American and European parents in that case were reported by the New York Times in August 2002
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Ronald Boyce (1961 – ) was a Mormon seminary teacher and home teacher in Schenectady, New York in the 1990s; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2024 civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result,
- 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,
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- Duane Brown (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Wellsville, Utah; arrested and charged with AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD - 1st Degree Felony in February 2026; this case is ongoing as of February 2026
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Unknown church action,
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- Carl Canfield (1946 – 2024) Carl Eugene Canfield (1946-2024) was a Mormon church member and served as an elder in a congregation in the East Lansing, Michigan area; according to her account, he never changed his behaviour and continued making unwanted sexual remarks to his daughters until his death
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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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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- Max Cheatham (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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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 (alleged abuse between 2016-25); his brother, apostle Todd Christofferson, knew by around 2020 of abuse; convicted in 2026
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Not convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- 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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- Stephen Coleman (1971 – ) was an LDS church member and analyst in the Utah state Office of Planning and Budget; accused of sexual abuse in 2011; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2016, was serving two sentences of 15 years to life in prison in Utah
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- David Curtis (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member and middle school counselor in St. George, Utah; in 2025, pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Broch DeGraff (1985 – ) was an LDS church member and private school teacher at Liahona Preparatory Academy in Pleasant Grove, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2013 to up to 20 years in prison
- Convicted: 2013,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Richard Dilley (1959 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Burien, near Seattle, Washington; dishonorably discharged from the Navy in 1983 after admitting to abusing boys in a Scouting program in Athens, Greece; pleaded guilty in 1990 to one count of third degree child rape and five counts of child molestation for "repeated" offenses over two years of the scouts in his LDS troop; sentenced to 9 years in prison
- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Jane Doe was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Matthew Doyle (1973 – ) was an LDS bishop in Copperas Cove, Texas (2nd Ward) in the 2000s; was a high school basketball coach; convicted in 2011 of sexual assault
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Todd Edwards (1964 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of one teenage girl in 2006 and another in 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse; in 2024, two victims sued the LDS church in separate lawsuits; one said a stake president and LDS law firm Kirton McConkie hindered police; Sept 2026 reportedly lives in Moses Lake, WA.
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2013,
- Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Counseling/therapy for victim, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Anthon Ellsworth (1982 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor in Arizona; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and was sentenced to seven years in prison; released on probation and is in community as of August 17, 2026; is a registered sex offender living in Florence, Arizona as of August 2026
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2021,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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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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- Greg Erler (1965 – ) Greg D; erler (born 1965) was a Mormon church member in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, who held the Melchizedek Priesthood, served as a Boy Scout leader, and was employed by the church as maintenance head for the buildings in his stake
- Positions: Church employee, High priest, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Carlos Escalante was an LDS branch president in San Nicolas, Argentina; sexually abused his stepdaughter for 5 years, including while branch president; the victim asked local LDS leaders for support, but allegedly received none; she was punished by the church for "refusing to forgive" and for "failing to comply with worthiness standards;" Escalante was sentenced in 2018 to 14 years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2018,
- Positions: Branch president,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Pierre Euvrard (1949 – 2000) was a Mormon mission president from 1991 to 1994 in the Mascarene Islands mission / South Africa Durban mission; died in 2000; accused in a 2020 Arizona lawsuit of sexually abusing two underage teen boys for years while working as a mission president
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Jason Fleming (2006 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- William Gillespie (1936 – ) was an LDS church member in Montgomery, Alabama; accused of reaching inside the swimsuits of two girls and fondling them in his backyard pool in 1987; convicted in 1988 of three charges of first-degree sexual abuse and sentenced to one year in prison, plus four years of probation; conviction was reversed on appeal, then upheld; was allegedly excommunicated from the Mormon church
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- David Gomez (1946 – ) was an LDS bishop in West Valley City, Utah in the late 1980s and early 1990s; allegedly raped, sodomized and fondled several boys he met as their bishop; charged in 2004 with six felonies; charges were dropped in 2005 due to statutes of limitations issues; church officials excommunicated Gomez, but allegedly failed to report to civil authorities for six or seven months
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Expunged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Stake official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward officials restricted accused from working with children,
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- John Goodrich (1959 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; a woman accused him of nonconsensual sex; given a withheld judgment; in 2017, the Mormon church paid $300,000 to an alleged victim and her mother under conditions of secrecy; in 2024, charged in Virginia (case dismissed with prejudice); in 2025, a man sued the church in California
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $300,000
- Convicted: 2017,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Convicted, Ongoing, Withheld judgment,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Alan Grant (1959 – ) was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in August 1998 to two months in jail
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- Jay Grant (1902 – 1988) was a Mormon bishop of the Adams Ward in Los Angeles, California; charged in 1981, at age 79, with five counts of forcible sexual abuse; sexually assaulted three young girls; convicted of all five counts; died in 1988 in Orem, Utah; ran "Grandpa Grant's Memory Club," a neighborhood study group for up to 175 LDS children; Grant sometimes had "students" spend the night at his apartment
- Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Lincoln Gygi (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy
- Convicted: 2020,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Ryan Hall (1970 – ) was a former Mormon bishopric member and veteran sheriff's department detective in Maryland; in 2024, arrested and charged with several sex crimes related to child sexual abuse
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Douglas Hall (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and real estate agent in Idaho; pleaded guilty in 2025 to first-degree felony object rape in Utah, and to lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16 in Idaho; other charges in both cases were dropped via plea agreements; sentenced to five years to life in prison in Utah, and to eight years to life in prison in Idaho, per court documents
- Convicted: 2025,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Brandon Halley (1996 – ) Brandon Carl Halley was a Mormon church member and returned missionary who served in Canada, and who taught youth and worked in nursery in his ward in Esparto, California; was arrested, served two weeks in the county jail, and in February 2008 was charged with felony lewd acts on a child for the first incident; the second charge was reduced to a misdemeanour on the condition that he register as a sex offender for life
- Convicted: 2008,
- Positions: Missionary, Nursery, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
- Alleged church actions: Disfellowshipped,
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- Brandon Halley (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Esparto, California; convicted of LEWD & LASCIVIOUS ACTS W/CHILD UNDER 14 and MOLEST/ANNOY CHILD in 2007; is a registered sex offender living in Springville, Utah
- Convicted: 2007,
- Positions: Nursery, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Disfellowshipped,
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- David Hamblin (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and former elders quorum president in Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse in three separate cases; investigated along with ex-wife Roselle Stevenson (arrested in 2023) for alleged ritualistic sexual abuse; in 2025, a court dismissed one case with prejudice after "discovery issues;" one case remained as of March 2025
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
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- Vance Hein (1951 – ) was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison; the Mormon church settled a related lawsuit in 2014
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $unknown
- Convicted: 1999, 2000, 2012,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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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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- Wilford Honsvick (1930 – 2022) Wilford Honsvick (1930-2022) was a Mormon church member in Bountiful, Utah, who held many callings including president of an elders quorum and leadership positions working with children; according to the report, church leaders were told by the reporting grandchild and by two adult relatives who had been abused as teenagers, and nothing was done; he died holding a full temple recommend, denying the abuse
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor, Other leader, Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Christopher Jensen (1991 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah and West Virginia; sentenced to 35 to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing two children; local LDS church coverup alleged; LDS church settled civil lawsuit mid-trial in 2018 for $32 million, also spending over $27 million on legal fees; FLOODLIT.org discovered the settlement details in 2025 and made them public for the first time
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $32,000,000
- Convicted: 2013,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn stake members, Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated, Stake official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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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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- Brent Johnson (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member in Cedar Hills, Utah; charged in 2024 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; police said they found three videos of Johnson in 2013 where he was recording himself sexually abusing an 11-year-old child while she was sleeping
- Convicted: 2025,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Ronald Jones (1937 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, stake president and temple presidency counselor; Military Relations director for the LDS church from 1989 to 1991; convicted of sex solicitation in Utah in 1990 and 1995; charged in 2025 with three first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, one first-degree felony child kidnapping count, and two related misdemeanors
- Positions: Bishop, Branch president, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Temple worker, Unknown position, Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): 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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- David Keller (1970 – ) was a Mormon temple worker, Sunday school teacher and former stake presidency member in Paradise, Cache Valley, Utah; admitted in 2024 to child sexual abuse and was charged with seven related felonies; pleaded no contest in Feb. 2026 to two counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD 2nd degree; sentenced May 2026 to 12 years to life in prison
- Positions: Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): No contest,
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- Scott Kidman (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member in Cache County, Utah; investigated in 2015-16 for alleged sexual abuse of multiple children, but charges were never filed; arrested in 2025 for alleged object rape; allegedly repeatedly sexually abused at least four young girls over a period of several years
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Alleged church actions: Financial support for victim,
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- Jason Kilgore (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Mountain Green, Utah; charged in 2024 with four felony counts of aggravated child sexual abuse and four felony counts of sodomy upon a child
- Positions: Sunday school teacher, Young Mens Leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Timothy Kimball (1979 – 2023) was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2022 with child sexual abuse; died by suicide in June 2023 while awaiting indictment
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Primary, scouts, Temple worker, Young men’s council, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
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- Neil Kimball (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member and sheriff's detective in Agoura Hills, CA, Los Angeles; was accused and admitted to sexually abusing a 15-year-old in 2017, while he was investigating her sexual assault she experienced from another person previously; charged in 2018; convicted in 2019; sentenced 3 years; ordered to register as sex offender; as of June 2026 is not a registered sex offender
- Convicted: 2019,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Gordon Krengel (1951 – ) was a Mormon church member in Centerville, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing 3 girls, in 2020.
- Convicted: 2020,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Colton Larsen (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member in Kearns, Utah; accused of sexually abusing two girls, ages 10 and 13 for the last five years; arrested and charged with 35 various counts related to child sexual abuse; court records state he is being held in jail with no bail; due back in court June 29, 2026
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Virgil Larson was a Mormon church member and first counselor in an LDS ward bishopric in Chubbuck, Idaho; arrested in September 2024 and charged with sexual abuse of five boys, ages 12-15; he knew the boys from LDS ward activities and was their priesthood leader; as of March 2025, a jury trial was scheduled for April 8
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Gannon Larson (2003 – ) Gannon Reece Larson (born 2003) was a Mormon church member in Taylor, Arizona; was convicted and is held in the Arizona Department of Corrections
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Karl Lusk (1965 – 2026) Karl James Lusk (1965-2026) was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; was not charged until December 1999; the Utah Supreme Court held in 2001 that the four-year statute of limitations in effect at the time of the offenses had already expired before a 1996 amendment extended it, and reversed and remanded, effectively ending the prosecution as time-barred
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Nicholas Mason (1989 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; p.c. affidavit states found multiple videos of CSAM on his iPhone, CD evidence and icloud storage with CSAM
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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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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- Paul Mayer (1975 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Sandy, Utah; accused of recording a 16-year-old in a bedroom and bathroom on a GoPro; charged with 19 counts related to sexual abuse of a minor; pled guilty to aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and voyeurism; sentenced in 2025 to 1-15 years in prison and 0-364 days in jail
- Convicted: 2025,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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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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- David McConkie (1978 – ) was a Mormon bishop (approximately 2013-16), stake president (2016-21) and deputy district attorney in Colorado; paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; allegedly confessed child sexual assault to a Mormon church leader in 2008; in July 2025, sentenced to five years probation
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Maynard McFarland (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in California and Minnesota; sentenced in 2005 to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for many years; released from prison in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2005,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Robert McKell (1961 – ) Robert Clark McKell (born 1961) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Springville, Utah; in November 2017 he pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual battery; a related civil case, McKell v
- Convicted: 2017,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting,
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- Jerry Mills Jerry Reid Mills was a Mormon church member and returned missionary, and a career US State Department diplomat who retired to the San Antonio, Texas area; an investigation began in January 2023; when he learned of it, Mills fled the state and was later arrested in Oklahoma City
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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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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- Timothy Monzello was a Mormon bishop in Azusa, California (Azusa 1st Ward, Glendora California Stake) from about 2005 to 2010; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexual abuse that allegedly took place between 2008 and 2010, starting when the victim was seven years old; the alleged abuse took place in the bishop's office at church and at Monzello's home
- 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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- Shawn Mortensen (1965 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency member in Albuquerque, New Mexico; in February 2021, admitted to police that he had sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in January 2021; convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to prison in New Mexico
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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