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- Benjamin Adcock was a lifelong Mormon church member and youth leader in the Ipswich ward, Ipswich Stake, England, and a returned missionary who served in the Norwich mission; a businessman from Felixstowe, Suffolk, he was jailed for sexual offences
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Chad Denis Maughan was a Mormon church member in Lacey, Washington who held multiple leadership callings and was serving in either an elders quorum presidency or a Young Men's presidency at the time of his arrest; was arrested at his home while his family was holding family home evening; his wife was pregnant with their seventh child
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Corum Gibson was a Mormon church member in Lakeside, Arizona; a person who reported the case to FLOODLIT states that from around 2012 he abused their sister, then six years old, in the library of an LDS meetinghouse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- (1963 – ) David B; his teaching licence was revoked in December 1998, and on 7 March 1999 he was sentenced to nine months in jail on two second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse, one of them reduced from a first-degree rape charge under a plea bargain
- Convicted: 1999,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal,
- 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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- (1943 – 2026) Don Purcell (1943-2024) was a Mormon church member in Sweetgrass County, Montana; was convicted of sexual assault in the early 2000s; his adopted daughter was the person who went to authorities
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- 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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- (1975 – ) Frank Perkins (born 1975) molested a seven-year-old boy in California and was tried as a juvenile for it; joined the LDS church in 1995
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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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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- (1937 – 2024) Grahame Ernest Code (1937-2024) was a long-standing and active Mormon church member in Victoria, Australia, who held many positions across two wards and was moved to a neighbouring ward to bolster its numbers; was convicted of abusing three boys and sentenced to six months in custody; press coverage records that he confessed to a priest decades before he was sentenced
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- (1977 – ) Jacob Bunting (born 1977) is a Mormon church member and returned missionary who served a Spanish-speaking mission in South America; california's Megan's Law registry lists him for going to an arranged meeting with a minor with intent to commit a specified sex offence, and for oral copulation with a minor under 18, both with a last conviction year of 2016 and a last release in 2018
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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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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- (1958 – ) Joel Patrick Kinney, also recorded as Kenney (born 1958), was a Mormon church member in the Chandler Arizona 7th Ward who served as a youth leader and road show director, and a former actor; molested four boys in Scottsdale, Arizona in the 1980s and was excommunicated
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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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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- Lindsey "Mike" Michael Montgomery was baptised into the Brush Prairie ward in Vancouver, Washington, having been living with a local LDS family who gave him the missionary lessons; was convicted of two counts of child rape and multiple counts of child molestation in the second degree for offences in 2014, and was released from prison in August 2025 pending a further trial over the assault of another victim from the same year
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: High-level official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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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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- (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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- (1953 – ) Stephen Mark Gragert (born 1953) was a Mormon church member, scoutmaster and Young Men's leader in the Wellington, Kansas ward; was convicted of lewd molestation of a minor for an offence committed on a camping trip in August 2002 in Woodward, Oklahoma, and appears on the Kansas sex offender registry
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Tara Leigh Jones is a Mormon church member in the Burley or Paul area of Idaho who has held various callings; was a high school vice principal and had sexual contact with two female students
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- (1994 – ) Tayler Anderson (born 1994) is a Mormon church member from Layton, Utah; in November 2019 he was arrested for purchasing and distributing child sexual abuse material on the dark web and charged with eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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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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- (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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- Scott Abraham (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member in Powell, Wyoming; set up a hidden camera in women's bathroom at work place; convicted in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Wyoming as a registered sex offender
- Convicted: 2020,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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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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- Leizza Adams was the wife of Paul Douglas Adams, a Mormon church member in Bisbee, Arizona, who sexually abused two of their daughters; she was never accused of a sex crime; in 2018, pleaded no contest to two felony counts of child abuse for failing to protect the children and agreed to sever parental rights to all six; sentenced to 2.5 years in prison plus four years of probation; released in October 2020
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2018,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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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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- Michael Adamson (1945 – ) was a Mormon church caretaker and organist in York, England; allegedly abused at least four children as young as seven years old between 1966 and 1982; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2008,
- Positions: ever-church-building-supervisor, ever-organist, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
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- Benjamin Adcock was a Mormon church member in Felixstowe, Suffolk, UK; admitted attempted sexual communication with a child and attempting to arrange a child sex offence after chatting online in December 2023 with an undercover officer posing as a 12-year-old boy; sentenced in October 2025 to two years and 10 months in prison, an eight-year sexual harm prevention order, and sex-offender registration
- Convicted: 2025,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Elic Agler was a Mormon church member in Snohomish County, Washington; allegedly confessed to child sexual abuse in 2001; accused in the 2010s of planning to molest another child; convicted; released from probation in 2021
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Probation, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Mark Aitken (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Falkirk, Scotland; found guilty in 2022 of raping a 16-year-old girl after allegedly sending her manipulative and threatening messages; sentenced to seven years in prison
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Nicholas Alahverdian (1987 – 2026) was an LDS church member in Rhode Island and Orem, Utah; allegedly sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in Rhode Island in 2006; she told Floodlit in 2025 that she reported to Mormon officials, and that two missionaries overheard; Alahverdian was convicted in two rape trials in 2025
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2008, 2025,
- Positions: Not active LDS,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Terry Alexander (1942 – 2021) was a Mormon church member in Roosevelt, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; was a registered sex offender in Roosevelt, Utah as of 2007; died in 2021
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Brady Allen (1990 – ) was a Mormon church youth leader and Utah teacher in Davis County, Utah; admitted to trying to meet 13-year-old for sex; convicted; sentenced to 1-15 years in Utah State Prison
- Convicted: 2020,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1987,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction, Church position after excommunication, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Meghan Alt (1989 – ) was a Mormon church member in Irvine, California; arrested in 2015 and charged witch CSAM related charges; pleaded guilty of possessing CSAM and lewd acts with a child in 2017; sentenced 10 months in jail, 3 years probation and lifetime sex offender registration; Meghan is a registered sex offender living in Santa Ana, California as of August 2026
- Convicted: 2017,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Benjamin Alyk (1997 – ) was an LDS church member from Utah and a missionary in Dominican Republic; confessed to making child sexual abuse material (CSAM); LDS church leaders allegedly knew about but did not report his criminal behavior to law enforcement
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Elwood Anderson (1967 – ) was a LDS bishopric counselor in Gig Harbor, Washington; allegedly downloaded and shared more than 9,000 images of young children engaged in sexually explicit activity; convicted; sentenced in 2014 to five years in jail
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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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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- 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
- Convicted: 2019,
- Positions: Missionary, Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Darcy Anderson (1951 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl; sentenced in 2022 to serve a minimum of 16 years in prison
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Mark Anderson (1959 – ) was a Mormon church branch president and dentist in Woodland, California; accused by 27 former female patients of touching them inappropriately in office visits; found guilty in 2009 of 11 felony counts and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery for sexual abuse of several of his female patients; sentenced to six years in prison; required to register for life as a sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2009,
- Positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Michael Anderson (1975 – ) was a Mormon church member and youth soccer coach in American Fork, Utah; charged with 8 charges relating to sexual abuse of a child Nov. 28, 2022 in Utah, charged with LEWD ACTS TO CHILD UNDER 16 in Oklahoma Dec. 1, 2022; pleaded guilty in Utah in April 2023 and no contest in Oklahoma in Oct. 2024 sentenced to 25 years to life in prison
- Convicted: 2023, 2024,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Peter Anderson was a Mormon church member in Denmark; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- View report »
- Emily Anderson was a Mormon Primary president in the New Braunfels, Texas area; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Joseph Anderson (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member attending BYU Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho and Lincoln Nebraska; convicted of CSAM related charges in Idaho in 2008 and in Nebraska in 2015; is a registered sex offender living in Lincoln, Nebraska; reportedly actively attends LDS Pioneer Ward in Lincoln, Nebraska
- Convicted: 2008, 2015,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Disfellowshipped,
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- Dale Andreason (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2023 to three counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD (a 1st Degree Felony) and was sentenced to six years to life in prison
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Primary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Cortney Andrew (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member and bishopric counselor in Logan, Utah; in 2023, pleaded guilty to two third-degree felony counts of enticing a minor; sentenced in 2024 to 60 days in jail; as of May 2026, is a registered sex offender living and possibly attending an LDS ward in Trenton, Utah
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Michael Andrew (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member, former LDS church employee and part-owner of a children's gymnastics academy in or near Prescott, Arizona; accused in 2024 of child sexual abuse; convicted via a plea agreement in 2025; set to be sentenced Oct. 29
- Convicted: 2025,
- Positions: Church employee, Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Alan Andrus (1963 – ) was a Mormon bishop in California from 2004 to 2009 (El Dorado Hills / Silva Valley Ward, El Dorado Stake); in 2020, arrested and accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2019; in 2025, found guilty by a jury of one misdemeanor count of simple battery; sentenced to 32 days in jail and probation; registered sex offender; as of February 2026, defendant in ongoing lawsuit
- Convicted: 2025,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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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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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2021, 2022,
- Positions: Bishop, Branch president, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Stake official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- John Archer was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Adam Archibald (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member in Yakima, Washington; accused of sexual abuse of an adult woman for several years; sentenced to prison
- Convicted: 2014,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Daniel Archibald Daniel Gary Archibald was a Mormon church member in Rexburg, Idaho; received a 12-year federal prison sentence for distributing child pornography
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Manuel Archibeque (1971 – ) was a Mormon church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; allegedly admitted to his bishop that he had sexually touched a child; charged in two cases in 2006 with sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of molestation of a child, all class two felonies; one case was dismissed in 2006 without prejudice; in the other, pleaded guilty to two reduced charges of child abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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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 knew as early as 1964 about 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $50,000
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
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- Mathew Arrington (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member and foster child advocate in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2021 to 15 years in prison
- Convicted: 2021,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Geoffrey Ashdown (1947 – ) was a Mormon bishop and deputy school principal in Australia; convicted after alleged sexual abuse of two boys; the alleged abuse took place while Ashdown was a bishop; died in 2012
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1994,
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
- 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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- Kayla Atkin (1993 – ) was an LDS church member and therapist in Lehi, Utah; charged in 2022 with three felony counts of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in April 2023 to one count of attempted object rape (victim was 14-15 years old at the time of the crime); sentenced in September 2023 to 180 days in jail
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- View report »
- Joseph Atwater (1954 – ) was an LDS church member in Australia; pleaded guilty in 2005 to trafficking and kidnapping
- Convicted: 2005,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- View report »
- Eric Avant (1959 – ) was a Mormon cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; convicted in 1979 of sodomizing an 11-year-old; Mormon leaders allegedly knew of his sexual attraction to young boys but did not check police records; convicted in 1988 of 14 counts of aggravated sexual battery and sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting nine boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims; the church settled a lawsuit in 1992
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $2,000,000
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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- John Baca (1954 – ) was an LDS church member in California; found guilty of LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- View report »
- Daniel Bachmeier (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Flint, Michigan; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
- Rodney Bailey was an LDS church member in Medora, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- View report »
- Steven Bain/Baine was allegedly a Mormon church member in Southport, England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Arnel Baird (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in and optometrist in Idaho Falls, Idaho; convicted of lewdness involving a child and sex abuse of a child; sex abuse of a child charge was stayed after he completed probation successfully; was a doctor of optometry in Pocatello, Idaho
- Convicted: 1996,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Daniel Bake (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member in Fernley, Nevada; in February 2021 was convicted of two counts of LEWDNESS W/CHILD, UNDER 14; is a registered sex offender living in Fallon, Nevada as of March 2026
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2021,
- Positions: Young Mens Leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse,
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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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- Richard Baker (1978 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor in Clearfield, Utah; accused of voyeurism and child sexual exploitation
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Lynn Baldwin (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted of lewdness in 1996 and sexual exploitation of a minor in 2002 (attempted); released in 2006; is a registered sex offender
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Remington Baldwin (1993 – ) Remington Lewis Baldwin (born 1993) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary from Safford, Graham County, Arizona; was charged in August 2021, aged 28, and in October 2022, aged 29, pleaded guilty to four counts of attempted sexual conduct with a minor and two further unrelated counts
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Coy Ball (1954 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; was charged with 11 counts related to child sex abuse; in 2014, pleaded guilty to three counts of molestation of a child
- Convicted: 2014,
- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school, Ward Santa Claus,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Eugene Ballantyne (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and middle school teacher; pleaded guilty in July 2012 to one count of attempting to entice a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity; as of April 2026, is a registered sex offender living in Riverside, California
- Convicted: 2012,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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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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- 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
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Paul Barnes (1955 – ) was a Mormon stake patriarch and former stake presidency counselor in Queen Creek, Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse that took place in 2022 in Idaho; convicted in 2023 or later and sentenced to prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Stake patriarch,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Wanda Barzee was an LDS church member in Utah; with Brian David Mitchell, held Elizabeth Smart captive from 2002 to 2003; sentenced in 2009 to 15 years in federal prison; granted early release in 2018
- Convicted: 2009,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- James Bayless (1946 – ) was a Mormon church member in Gilbert, Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2015 to two counts of molestation of a child; as of 2024, is a registered sex offender living in Mesa, Arizona
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
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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
- Convicted: 2006,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Christian Bearnson (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; in 1993, the Mormon church was found liable for child sexual abuse by a jury in a civil lawsuit; the LDS church then settled with the two plaintiffs, reportedly for millions of dollars (US), and had the court records sealed
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $2,000,000
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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- Brandon Bednarz (1982 – ) was an LDS church member in Kansas; convicted of sexual abuse of a minor
- Positions: Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Douglas Bee (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Santaquin, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison
- Positions: Church employee,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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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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- David Bennett (1954 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in California and Korea; convicted in 1987 in California of child sexual abuse; moved to Korea; was assigned to be an LDS young men's president and scoutmaster; was accused of molesting several boys; disappeared in 1991; FLOODLIT is attempting to locate him
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
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- John Bennett was a Mormon elders quorum president in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Patrick Bennett was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to nine years in prison
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- View report »
- Gail Benroth (1942 – 2015) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
- Robert Berchtold (1936 – 2005) was a Mormon church member in Idaho; sexually abused a child; in 1986, was found guilty of rape of a child and spent one year in jail
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- Karl Bergen (1921 – 2019) was a Mormon church member in Brigham City, Utah; was in multiple bishoprics; in 1997, was convicted in Colorado of sexual assault on a child; remained a registered sex offender until his death in 2019
- Convicted: 1997,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, ever-stake-missionary, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Keith Bergstresser (1975 – ) was an LDS church member in Oregon and Idaho; convicted in 2002 in Oregon of contributing to sexual delinquency of a minor; in 2019, was assigned a position in an elders quorum presidency in Idaho; in 2019 became a registered sex offender, as of August 2026 lives in Star, Idaho
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2002,
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor, Resource Center Specialist,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
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- Isaac Berndt (1997 – ) was a Utah man; in 2017 pled guilty to Class B misdemeanor unlawful sexual activity with a minor; his plea was held in abeyance for one year, and the charge was then dismissed; was convicted of attempted sexual abuse 1st degree felony / pleaded guilty in 2022; is a registered sex offender; was arrested 12-23-2025 for OPERATE VEH W/O LICENSE OR REGIST (SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, is in Davis County jail
- Convicted: 2021,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Cristifer Biggs (1999 – ) was an LDS returned missionary and BYU-Idaho student; convicted in July 2023 of one first degree felony count of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor; sentenced to five years to life in prison; as of July 2026, is a registered sex offender incarcerated in the Utah State Correctional Facility
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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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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- Walter Billings (1947 – ) was a Mormon church member in Covington, Virginia and former stake high councilman; convicted of two counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY on a victim younger than 13 years old; is a registered sex offender living in Covington, Virginia as of May 2026
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Layne Bingham (1981 – ) was an LDS church member in Boise, Idaho; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2008; as of 2023, was a registered sex offender living in Boise
- Convicted: 2008,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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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
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
- View report »

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