Criminal Result: Admitted guilt

39 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

Criminal case result: Admitted guilt

- Stephen Boyd was a Mormon church member in Colorado and Eagle Mountain, Utah; graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1991; accused in 2023 asking a person he thought was a 13 year old girl in an online chat to meet up for sex; April 2025 plead guilty; May 2025 plea was held in abeyance; Boyd was ordered to register as sex offender for 36 months and serve 90 days in jail with credit for 7 days
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Jail, Plea agreement, plead held in abeyance, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2023-11-27: charged in Utah with one felony count of enticement of a minor; lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah
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- Allen Brinkerhoff 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
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Nevada,
- Convicted: 2007,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1929
  Died: 2019
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2019: died in Nevada
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- Mark Cram was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor, and city manager in Riverton, Utah; charged in 2006 with voyeurism; admitted climbing a 9-foot wall at a tanning salon to watch a 16-year-old girl undress; pleaded guilty; plea was held in abeyance; he completed the terms set by the court, charge was dismissed and case was expunged in 2008; as of February 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Expunged, Not convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Church employee, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor,
- Alleged crime: 2006, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: 2008: case dismissed, expunged
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- Daniel Cupyrna was a Mormon assistant stake clerk and stake technology specialist in Middlesbrough Ward, Billingham Stake, UK; accused of possession of child sexual abuse material; admitted to wrongdoing; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Other leader, Stake clerk,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
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- Buckland Darrell was a former LDS Primary teacher in Redmond, Washington; accused of molesting young boys in sacrament meeting and at their homes; charged with first-degree felony child molestation in 2022-23 (5 victims); admitted to sexually abusing around 6 to 8 boys; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2024 to at least 8 years in prison; faced two additional counts in March 2025 after two more victims came forward
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Primary,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1979
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: March 2025: facing two additional charges after two new victims came forward
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- Richard Dilley 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
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Scout activity,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Greece, Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Airway Heights, Washington
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- John Doe was an LDS church member and former Mormon bishop in Alabama, Alaska and Texas; in 2022 or 2023, confessed to child sexual abuse to his LDS bishop and stake president in Texas, according to a person familiar with the case; they reported him to local police in 2023; in 2024, a plaintiff filed a civil lawsuit against him; Doe and the church settled with the victim in 2025
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Settlement,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1961
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Alabama, Alaska, Texas,
- Places when accused: Texas,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: civilly sued for alleged child sexual abuse
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- Joseph Dunlop was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Primary,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1983
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: April 2024: charged with five felony counts related to child sexual abuse
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- Alan Dunn was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Venice, California (Los Angeles); accused in 1978 of child sexual abuse; confessed to the police
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1941
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
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- Gerald Elison was an LDS church member and junior high school drama teacher in Orem, Utah; accused in 2014 in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy student in the early 1980s; died in 2019
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1930
  Died: 2019
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: 2019: died
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- Samuel Faber was an LDS church member in Sandy, Utah; charged in 2022 of sexually assaulting a woman he met on an LDS dating app called Mutual; in 2024, admitted to sexually assaulting three women and pleaded guilty to amended first-degree felony charges of rape and forcible sodomy, and third-degree felony aggravated sexual assault and two counts of third-degree felony forcible sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2024: pleaded guilty
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- John Fanning was a former Mormon bishop and scout leader in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987 of a teenage boy during an overnight scouting activity; two victims later sued the Mormon church; died in 2012
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Branch president, Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1932
  Died: 2012
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- Kevin Garn was a former Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Sunday school,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1955
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Joseph Hastings was a Mormon church member in Clevedon, UK; sentenced to prison for sending child pornography to an undercover police officer online in 2015; sentenced to 13 years and eight months in prison, including a custodial term of eight years and eight months
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1987
- Mission: Germany
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
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- Elwood Haws was an employee and vice president of an LDS church-owned trust company in Utah; charged in 2020 with 13 second degree felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor (related to possession of child pornography); admitted that he viewed child pornography 3-4 times a week over a 3-4 year span; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three counts and was sentenced to 180 days in jail; in 2023, violated probation
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Violated parole/probation,
- Church positions: Church employee,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1951
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: January 2023: violated probation
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- Paul Jellum was a Mormon scout leader in Logan, Utah in the 1980s; suspended by the BSA in 1987 after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Boy Scout in his troop during a 1986 Scouting event at Camp Hunt near Bear Lake, Utah; in 1990, Jellum became a scoutmaster in a Nevada LDS ward despite his prior suspension; in 1991, Jellum admitted to the abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada, Utah,
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- Bruce Jeppesen was a Mormon elders quorum president when he sexually abused a child; sentenced to two concurrent terms of 15 years in the Utah State Prison
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Melvin Johnson 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Church positions: BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1936
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Larry Judd 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1936
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Places when accused: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- David Keller was a Mormon temple worker, Sunday school teacher and former stake presidency member in Paradise, Cache Valley, Utah; admitted in May 2024 to child sexual abuse and was charged with seven first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: May 2024: admitted to child sexual abuse and was charged with seven first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child
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