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Donate »24 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Norman Barber
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- was a Mormon church member and dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide.
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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
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Donald Bills
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- was a school teacher (one-time "teacher of the year") and former Mormon bishopric member in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, including rape of a 17-year-old girl; sentenced in 2015 to a minimum of eight years in prison; as of January 2025, lives in Orem, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
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Kevin Bowman
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- was an LDS first counselor in a ward bishopric and a restaurant owner in Spanish Fork, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Taiwan 1999-2001; accused of sexual abuse of a teenage girl who worked in his restaurant; arrested in July 2023; in June 2024, found guilty by a jury of forcible sexual abuse (second-degree felony) and lewdness (class B misdemeanor); sentencing set for July 29, 2024.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Other leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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David Broadbent
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- was a Mormon and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; by 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward; in 2024, was charged with forcible sexual abuse, and the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the lawsuit could proceed; 2025: more criminal charges.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: Dismissed, Ongoing,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
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Brandon Brown
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- was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately .
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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Raymond Casillas
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- was a Mormon bishop and middle school teacher in San Antonio, Texas; arrested in 2014 and charged with felony aggravated sexual assault of a child; via a plea agreement, pleaded no contest to indecent contact with a child and agreed to a fine of $1,500; was sentenced in 2016 to 8 years in prison; as of March 2024, lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
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Broch DeGraff
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- 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace,
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Verd Erickson
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- was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Riverton, Wyoming who moved to Utah; was accused of sexual misconduct and lost his dentistry license in 2010; died in 2022.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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David Farley
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- was a former doctor and LDS church member in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients; the alleged abuse occurred over a span of many years, during which Farley was an LDS stake high council member for some time; never criminally charged; in February 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Primary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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Brad Gale
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- was an LDS church member; sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for photographing a teenage boy engaging in sexual acts.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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Brent Hansen
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- was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; was also mayor of Spanish Fork and president of its chamber of commerce; accused in a civil lawsuit of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; his dentistry license was suspended for 30 days; died in 2015.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Settlement, Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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Maurice Harker
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- was an LDS church member and therapist in Utah; accused of psychologically and physically harming sexual abuse victims who came to him as patients; charged in September 2023 with felony aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult and kidnapping.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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Richard Harrison
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- Richard Craig Harrison was a Mormon and high school teacher in Grantsville, Utah. Harrison pleaded guilty in November 2024 to sexually abusing one his students. The abuse happened in 2017-2018 school year. Harrison is in Tooele County Jail in Utah..
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
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Dennis Judd
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- was an LDS church member and Uintah County, Utah attorney; charged with voyeurism and stalking in October 2023 after allegedly filming his female employees in his law firm's bathroom; in January 2024, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of stalking; plea held in abeyance; in June 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of voyeurism.
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- Criminal: Plea agreement, Probation,
- Civil: Ongoing,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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Gerald Mortimer
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- was an OB/GYN doctor in Idaho and former Mormon temple president and mission president in the Philippines; admitted in 2019 to secretly using his sperm to artificially inseminate multiple women; a civil suit against him was dismissed with prejudice in 2021, possibly because of a private settlement agreement.
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- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Dismissed with prejudice,
- Positions: Mission president, Missionary, Temple president,
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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Gordon Neeley
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- was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; plead guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: High priest, Missionary,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's workplace,
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Eric Olsen
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- was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Bakersfield, California; admitted to Ontario, California police that he had sexually abused between 200 to 300 girls, with as many as 30 victims in Kern County; convicted in 2007 in California of 6 felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced to five years in prison; lifetime registered sex offender; as of 2023, lives in Brigham City, Utah.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
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John Parkinson
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- was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- Positions: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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David Phipps/Verity
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- was an LDS church member and dentist in Sacramento, California; pleaded nolo contendere in 1987 to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery involving two of his patients; In 1994, also pleaded nolo contendere two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery; served time in jail and had dental license revoked.
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- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement,
- Civil: Judgment for plaintiff,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
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Derrick Pickering
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- was a Mormon church member and nurse practitioner in Utah; accused in 2024 by multiple former patients in a civil lawsuit of touching them in sexually inappropriate ways.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Ongoing,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
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Douglas Richens
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- was former international director of the Mormon church's disability services and prison ministry; worked for the LDS church for 23 years; retired, became a professional life coach in Tooele, Utah; charged with sodomy on a child and aggravated sexual abuse; court ordered him held without bail as of Mar. 21, 2025.
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- Criminal: Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Church employee, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace,
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Jeremy Rose
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- was a Mormon church member in Tremonton, Utah; accused and charged with 16 charges in Box Elder, County; case was transferred to Ogden, Utah courts.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's home,
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Neil Shumate
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Pleasanton, California; was also a kindergarten teacher; arrested in 1994 and charged with molesting several of his students; convicted on all 16 counts; sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
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Arturo Tenorio
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- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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