29 LDS sex abuse cases found
perpetrator's workplace
- Crime scene: Perpetrator's workplace
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- Norman Barber (1947 – ) 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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Crime: 1980s, 
Crime state:
Utah,
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LDS positions: Scout leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, - Alleged failure to report
Crime state:
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- Donald Bills (1959 – ) 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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- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Crime county:
Convicted:
2015, 
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Kevin Bowman (1980 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
- Alleged failure to report
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- David Broadbent (1947 – ) was a Mormon and 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 charges, 2nd suit, up to nearly 450 alleged victims
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Alleged crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
Alleged crime city:
LDS positions: Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Civil case(s): Dismissed, Ongoing, -
- Brandon Brown (1978 – ) was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused in 2024 of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately at a mall in Chubbuck, Idaho; also accused of inappropriately touching a third teenage girl; in 2025, entered Alford pleas to felony and misdemeanor counts of sexual battery of a child; a judge rejected the plea agreement
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, -
- Raymond Casillas (1970 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
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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
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- Convicted:
2013,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Robert Dindinger (1970 – ) was an LDS church member, psychologist and pornography addiction book author in Orem, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Scotland 1995-97; worked at Brigham Young University; charged in 2025 with convincing child patients to undress so he could secretly record them; in 2018, his license was placed on probation after he "inappropriately touched" a 17-year-old during "masturbation satiation therapy"
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: BYU, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, -
- Verd Erickson (1936 – 2022) 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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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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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
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- LDS 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,
- Alleged failure to report
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- David Farley (1958 – ) was a former doctor in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing more than 200 patients over a span of many years, during some of which Farley was an LDS stake high council member; in 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley; in October 2025, a grand jury indicted him on 11 felony sexual assault charges
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Alleged crime city:
OR - West Linn,
- Alleged crime county:
OR - Clackamas,
- Alleged crime state:
Oregon,
Church fought in court to keep records on Farley secret
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council, Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Not convicted, Ongoing, Civil case(s): Ongoing, Alleged failure to report"When I was assaulted, I thought I was alone, I thought I had misread things."
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- Brad Gale was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for photographing a teenage boy engaging in sexual acts
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2006, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- 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
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Alleged crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Elders quorum, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Ongoing, Police investigation, Alleged failure to report-
- Brent Hansen (1938 – ) was an LDS bishop 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; twin brother of Kent Hansen, another accused Mormon dentist
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Settlement, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Maurice Harker (1969 – ) 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 crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Richard Harrison (1989 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Grantsville, Utah; pleaded guilty in November 2024 to sexually abusing one his students; the abuse happened in the 2017-2018 school year; as of 2025, is in Tooele County Jail
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2024, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Melvin Johnson (1936 – ) was a Mormon seminary teacher and Brigham Young University (BYU) religion professor; accused by multiple victims of sexually abusing them when they were children; excommunicated and rebaptized; reportedly confessed to sexual abuse, but was not criminally charged; two victims filed lawsuits against him; one named the Mormon church as a defendant; it settled out of court
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Alleged crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state:
California, Utah,
excommunicated, rebaptized with a church record flagging him as a sex offender; top Mormon officials later removed the annotation
LDS 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 failure to report"We didn't choose this. It happened to us. It wasn't our choice. But we're damn sure going to do something about it."
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- Dennis Judd (1954 – ) 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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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2024, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): No contest, Not convicted, Plea deal, Plea held in abeyance, Probation, Civil case(s): Ongoing, -
- Gerald Mortimer (1943 – ) 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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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
Idaho,
LDS positions: Mission president, Missionary, Temple president, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, -
- Gordon Neeley (1935 – 2018) was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018
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- LDS positions: High priest, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Eric Olsen (1977 – ) 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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- Convicted:
2007,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Terry Parker (1953 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and school teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington; in 1996, two former students filed a civil lawsuit against the school district, Parker and the school's former principal, saying Parker sexually abused them; they said they reported to the school district, which then allegedly did nothing to protect them; the suit was dismissed with prejudice in Feb. 1998
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Alleged crime state:
Washington,
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, -
- John Parkinson (1931 – ) 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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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- David Phipps/Verity was an LDS church member and dentist in Sacramento, California; pleaded no contest in 1987 to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery involving two of his patients; In 1994, also pleaded no contest to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery; served time in jail and had dental license revoked
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
California,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea deal, Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, -
- Derrick Pickering (1984 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
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- Douglas Richens (1972 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Church employee, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
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- Jeremy Rose (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member and police officer in Tremonton, Utah; accused and charged with 16 charges in Box Elder, County; case was transferred to Ogden, Utah courts
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime county:
UT - Weber,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2014, Criminal case(s): Convicted, -
- Neil Shumate (1945 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
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- Arturo Tenorio (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2013, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, Filters
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