64 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Crime scene: Unknown crime scene
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- Nicholas Alahverdian (1987 – ) was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; accused of rape; recently extradited from Scotland; has a lengthy history of criminal behavior
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Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
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Convicted: 2008,
Was Unknown position,
Convicted,
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- Terry Allen (1943 – ) was an LDS church member in California; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison; was assigned to multiple trusted church positions, including Sunday school president, despite the Mormon church being aware that he had raped a teenager; LDS leaders were accused of hiding his abuse from local church members; as of 2024, lives in Grapevine, Texas
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California, Connecticut, Texas,
- Crime state: California, Connecticut,



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- Noel Anderson (1996 – ) was an LDS church primary teacher in McKinney, Texas; sentenced in 2019 in Texas to 50 years in prison for molesting children
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,



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- Michael Antrobus (1947 – 2023) was a former Mormon branch president (similar to a bishop) and bishop in Connersville, Indiana for 10 years (approximately 1974-84); convicted of child sexual abuse charges (9 counts, 6 victims) in Sacramento County, California in 2021-2022; sentenced to 8 years in San Quentin State Prison; died by suicide in prison in September 2023; allegedly had at least a dozen victims
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Convicted: 2021, 2022,
Was Bishop, Branch president, Missionary,
Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
Alleged failure to report
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- Larren Arnold (1935 – 2017) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under 16; convicted, received a five-year suspended sentence and three years probation; Mormon leaders allegedly covered up Arnold's abuse; the Mormon church made a $50,000 settlement payment to a victim in 2001, and a payment to another victim in 2012; died in 2017
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Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,




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- Bryan Barner (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in New York in the 1980s; scout leader, molested a 12-year-old boy and two 13-year-old boys; sentenced to no more than one year in prison
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: New York,
- Crime state: New York,


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- Samuel Baugh (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Kingston, Idaho; charged in 2025 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; allegedly molested two children for many years; his defense attorney noted Baugh was active in the church while requesting a reduction in the bond amount; Floodlit is seeking court documents
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Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Crime county: ID - Shoshone,


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- John Baysden was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors; sentenced to 180 days in jail
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Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: North Carolina, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,



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- Arthur Bishop (1952 – 1988) was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988
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Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,


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- Andrew Bishop (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah (Manila Creek Stake); arrested in 2015 and admitted to sexually abusing 5 individuals in 10 years; convicted of sexual abuse of a minor in the first and second degree in February 2016; sentenced in 2016 to prison in Utah
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Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,



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- Wyman Blankenship was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys
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Crime: 1960s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,


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- Herman Blom (1948 – 2023) was a Mormon church member in the Netherlands and in Pleasant Grove, Utah; allegedly sexually abused a child in 2018; died in 2023
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Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Netherlands, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime country: Netherlands,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,



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- Charles Blome (1928 – 2005) was a Mormon church member and US Army veteran in or near Houston or Beaumont, Texas; admitted to sexually molesting at least five boys; pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child; sentenced to 15 years in prison; the LDS church was ordered to pay $4 million to a 13-year-old boy victim; another lawsuit was filed against the church in 1998; Blome died in 2005
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Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,




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- David Borg was a Mormon church member and scout leader; pleaded guilty to molesting multiple boys; sentenced to 34 years in prison
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,


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- Dennis Bough was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,


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- Curt Boyack was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly said he would turn himself in to police; died by suicide
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Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
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- Allen Brinkerhoff (1929 – 2019) was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019
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Convicted: 2007,
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
Alleged failure to report
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- Gary Brown (1967 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing one of his scouts
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Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,



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- Paul Bryant (1968 – 2024) was an HOA president and former Mormon primary teacher in Lehi, Utah; was a branch president during an LDS mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; died by suicide in December 2024
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Convicted: 2016,
Was Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Gerald Burgie (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; charged in 1981 with third-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child
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Was Scout leader,
Convicted, Probation,
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- John Burrell was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
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Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Tennessee,
- Crime state: Tennessee,


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- Sheril Burton (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of two underage girls; sentenced to up to 15 years in prison; as of January 2024, lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,


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- Samuel Butler (1995 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2020 to 15 years to life in prison for child sexual abuse
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Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,



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- Cory Campbell was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexually abusing five underage girls; sentenced in 2010 to prison
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Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,



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- Brett Candelaria (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse on multiple occasions; sentenced in 2008 to two consecutive terms of 10 years to life in prison; later sentenced to 36 more years to life
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Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Crime state: Colorado,



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- Albert Carlson (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah, New Mexico and Texas; arrested in the 1980s in Utah on a molestation charge after allegedly molesting an underage boy who he met through the church; the case was dropped to a lewdness charge which did not require him to register as a sex offender; in 2025, sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse
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Crime: 1980s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: New Mexico, Texas, Utah,
- Crime state: Texas, Utah,



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- Jon Carpenter (1964 – ) was an LDS church member; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the day after sentencing, injured himself to avoid serving longer in prison
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,


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- Oliver Eames (1948 – 2005) was an LDS church member, sixth grade teacher and Mormon Tabernacle Choir singer in Farmington, Utah; admitted to trying to fondle several children he had been hired to tutor; pleaded guilty in 1988 to two felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; local police had documented 52 alleged child sexual abuse incidents involving him
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,


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- Harry Fougeron (1990 – ) was a Mormon church member in Richmond Hill, Georgia; currently in an ongoing trial, accused of sexually abusing teenage girls
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: France, Georgia,
- Crime state: Georgia,



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- Richard Fowler (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Sandpoint, Idaho; pleaded guilty to two felony counts of Children-Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in 20
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Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,


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- Adam Friel (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in Provo, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Unknown position,
Convicted,
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- Thomas Gibbons (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton, Utah; worked as a police officer; pleaded guilty to two felony charges of forcible sex abuse; sentenced in 2000 in Utah to prison
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Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Tennessee, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,



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- Martin Gillen was a Mormon church member in Nevada and Colorado; in 2002, Gillen was convicted of sexual assault of a 6-year-old and sentenced to eight years in prison in Colorado; in 2016, arrested and charged again with child sex abuse, but case was dismissed
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Convicted: 2002,
Was Ministering/home teacher,
Convicted, Prison,
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- David Gomez (1946 – ) was a former LDS bishop and department of corrections administrator in or near West Valley City, Utah; arrested in 2004 and charged with 125 counts of sexual abuse; charges were dropped in 2005 due to issues related to the statutes of limitations
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Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,



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- Juan Guerrero Regalado was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 civil lawsuit against the Mormon church
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Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,



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- Ronald Hall (1931 – 2023) was an LDS church member and former Mormon Tabernacle Choir member in Utah and Washington; accused of sexually molesting three underage girls in 1997 or 1998; acquitted in 2000; accused of sexual abuse of a fourth victim, an underage girl, in approximately 2003; convicted in 2005 of third-degree felony attempted child sexual abuse; died in 2023
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Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah, Washington,
- Crime state: Utah,



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- Melvin Hansen (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member, school music teacher and former Tabernacle Choir member in Utah; convicted in 2021 in Utah of first degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; also accused of sexual abuse in Arizona
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Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,



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- Russell Harbin (1974 – ) was a Mormon church member in Polson, Montana; convicted of sexual intercourse without consent with an 11-year-old child; the alleged abuse lasted from 2022 to 2024; he allegedly was assigned to be a Primary teacher sometime after the abuse began; sentenced in 2025 to 40 years in prison; the judge suspended 20 years of the 40-year term
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Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Montana,
- Crime state: Montana,




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- Devin Hartman (1975 – ) was an LDS church member in Mableton, near Atlanta, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; given two consecutive sentences of life in prison
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Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Georgia, Utah, Utah County (Utah), Washington,
- Crime state: Georgia, Utah,




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- James Haskell (1982 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and practicing attorney in Vacaville, California; charged with 14 felonies and three misdemeanors for allegedly sexually abusing four children; was an LDS stake high council member when charged; pleaded not guilty; in June 2024, found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child
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Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,


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- Bruce O'Dell (1970 – ) was a Mormon bishop and dermatologist in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona; in 1999, was charged with 48 counts of sexual abuse
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Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,



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- Greg Orton (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in La Grande, Oregon; accused and arrested for alleged sexual abuse with a minor who was under 14 at the time of the alleged abuse
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Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,


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- Grant Packer (1925 – 2008) was an LDS church member in Idaho; served a full-time mission to Canada in 1946-48 and two senior missions to Atlanta, Georgia and San Bernardino, California; charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation; died in 2008
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Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,


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- Jeffery Parks was a Mormon church member in Tennessee; in 2003, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, two counts of incest, and two counts of statutory rape; sentenced to prison
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Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Tennessee,
- Crime state: Tennessee,



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- Chesley Pierson (1928 – 2021) was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
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Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,



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- James Raborn (1989 – ) was an LDS church member in Iowa; convicted of four misdemeanor counts related to child sexual abuse and exploitation; 2023: registered sex offender living in Boone, Iowa
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Iowa,
- Crime state: Iowa,



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- Lowell Robison (1944 – 2018) was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998) and stake president of the Provo, Utah Edgemont Stake (2001-2006); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide
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Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Mexico, Utah,
- Crime country: Mexico,



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- Shane Ross was an LDS church member and public school teacher in Salem, Oregon; accused of child sexual abuse of a former student; convicted in 2018 and sentenced to prison
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,



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- Wayne Sells was a Mormon church member in South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse
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Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: South Carolina,
- Crime state: South Carolina,


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- Stewart Singley (1937 – ) was an LDS church member in Ohio; convicted in 1975 of child molestation that occurred in 1974; in 1997, convicted and sentenced to one year in jail or prison; as of 2024, is a registered sex offender; lives in East Waterford, Pennsylvania
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Crime: 1970s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Ohio, Pennsylvania,
- Crime state: Ohio,


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- Philander Smartt was a Mormon mission president in Puerto Rico; accused of sexually manipulating some of his sister missionaries; in 2014, the LDS church sent him home and called his behavior "immoral and sinful," but no criminal charges or civil lawsuits resulted
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Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Alabama, Puerto Rico,
- Crime country: Puerto Rico,



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- Sidney Spencer was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in 1984 of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop approved his application to be a scout leader despite his prior sex crime conviction
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,



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- Terry Stidd (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Kearns, Utah; in 1998, pleaded guilty to rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree and was sentenced to 10 years in prison; as of 2024, is out on parole and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah
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Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,

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- Larry Strain was a Mormon church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse
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Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Missouri,
- Crime state: Missouri,


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- Jason Strong was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; a victim sued the Mormon church after a bishop and stake president allegedly failed to report the abuse to police; the claims against the church were dismissed by a trial court, and the Utah Supreme Court upheld the dismissal in 2001, citing the First Amendment
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Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,




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- Mark Swanson was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in the 1980s of child sexual abuse; in 1988, Darwin Matthews, a Mormon bishop in Shelley, Idaho, recommended Swanson for a scout leader position, reportedly because he felt Swanson was "completely rehabilitated"
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,



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- Keaton Tanner (1995 – ) was a Mormon church member and school teacher in Pleasant Grove, Utah; accused and arrested for alleged rape of a child; authorities requested no bail because they feared he might flee to Germany, where he was once a Mormon missionary
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Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,


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- James Tolman (1972 – ) was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah and Cheyenne, Wyoming; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE in 1994 in Utah and SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE in Wyoming
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Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah), Wyoming,
- Crime state: Utah, Wyoming,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,


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- Jay Toombs (1956 – ) was an LDS scout leader and private investigator in Benson, Utah; allegedly told his stake president (a Cache County prosecutor) in 1994 that he had molested boys; three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother) allegedly knew of abuse but did not tell police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to five years to life in prison; released in 2025; lives in Logan, Utah
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Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,




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- Curtis Ware (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member and football coach for Grantsville High School in Utah; convicted in June 2018 of one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, all class A misdemeanors; also pleaded guilty to class B misdemeanor tampering with a witness in a separate case
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,



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- Mark Webb (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2014 to two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,



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- Orson Wright (1928 – 2017) was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal
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Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,



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- Timothy Wright was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara, California; convicted in 1994 of one or more felonies related to child sexual abuse; a 1994 civil lawsuit against the Mormon church said he molested a boy between 1989 and 1992, when the boy was 14 to 17 years old (actions for which he was convicted); the suit was dismissed in 1995 for failure to appear by the plaintiff's attorneys
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Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,



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- Scott Zaugg (1970 – ) was allegedly a Mormon church member in Utah; was raised in the Mormon church; convicted in 2000 of second-degree felony sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to one to 15 years in prison; as of 2025, was a registered sex offender living in Roy, Utah
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Convicted: 2000,
Was Unknown position,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
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