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Scott G. Abraham
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
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James F. Adams
- Alleged coverup
- was an elder in the LDS church in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison for sexually abusing multiple children.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Crime: 1980s, in West Virginia,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- Case report »
Leizza Alcantara Adams
- Alleged coverup
- was the wife of sexual abuser Paul Douglas Adams; sentenced in 2018 in Arizona to 2.5 years in prison after pleading no contest to two felony counts of child abuse (not sexual abuse).
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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Michael Adamson
- Alleged coverup
- was a church caretaker and organist in York, England; abused at least four children as young as seven years old; convicted; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
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Nicholas Alahverdian
- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; accused of rape; recently extradited from Scotland; has a lengthy history of criminal behavior.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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Brady Glen Allen
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Online,
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Terry George Allen
- Alleged coverup
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, in California, Connecticut,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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Benjamin Aaron Alyk
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member from Utah and a missionary in Dominican Republic; confessed to making child porn; LDS church leaders allegedly didn't report his crime.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Online,
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Elwood Anderson
- was a LDS church member in Washington state; allegedly downloaded and shared more than 9,000 images of young children engaged in sexually explicit activity; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
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Jared Anderson
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Sleepover,
- Crime: 2010s, in Texas,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
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Noel Young Anderson
- was an LDS church primary teacher in McKinney, Texas; sentenced in 2019 in Texas to 50 years in prison for molesting children.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2010s, in Texas,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
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Darcy Finlinson Anderson
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
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Mark Kevin Anderson
- 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 California state prison; required to register for life as a sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in California,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
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Dale Lynn Andreason
- was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; found guilty of three counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD a 1st Degree Felony and was sentenced 6 years to life.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
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Michael Dennis Antrobus
- 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; our sources report that he had at least a dozen victims.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021, 2022,
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Adam Brent Archibald
- was a Mormon church member in Yakima, Washington; accused of sexual abuse of an adult woman for several years; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Washington,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2014,
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Manuel Joseph Archibeque
- Alleged coverup
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Larren Bybee Arnold
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen (molested a nine year-old boy) in Idaho; convicted in October 1984; received a five year suspended sentence and three years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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Mathew Legrand Arrington
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
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Scott Oscar Ashton
- was an LDS church member in Pasco, Washington; charged with prostitution-Patronizing a Prostitute 04/30/2015; Ashton's sentence was modified on 1/29/2016 to Disturbing the Peace.
- Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho, Washington,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2016,
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Arlo Kay Atkin
- Alleged coverup
- 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, served time in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed with prejudice, lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona,
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Kayla Kehaunani Atkin
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
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Joseph Carlton Atwater
- was an LDS church member in Australia; pleaded guilty to trafficking and kidnapping.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Australia,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
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Eric Patrick Avant
- was a Mormon church member and cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; convicted on 14 counts of aggravated sexual battery; sentenced in 1988 to 26 years in prison for molesting eight boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1970s, in Virginia,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979,
- LDS church payment: $2,000,000
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John Ray Baca
- was an LDS church member in California; found guilty of LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1990s, in California,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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Rodney L Bailey
- was an LDS church member in Medora, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Richard Curtis Baker
- was an LDS church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of voyeurism and child sexual exploitation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
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Lynn Earl Baldwin
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Coy Glen Ball
- was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; was charged with 11 various abuses to a child; pled guilty to 3 counts of Molestation of a child.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2014,
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Norman Carl Barber
- Alleged coverup
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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Melvin Eugene Barhite
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Michigan,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2001,
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Bryan A Barner
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, in New York,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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Wanda Barzee
- was an LDS church member in Utah; with Brian David Mitchell, held Elizabeth Smart captive.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
James Chalmers Bayless
- Alleged coverup
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
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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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2006,
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Christian Robert Bearnson
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; the LDS church settled, reportedly for millions of dollars (US).
- Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS youth activity,
- LDS church payment: $2,000,000
- Case report »
Brandon Kyle Bednarz
- was an LDS church member; found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Gary Lee Bell
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
David William Bennett
- Alleged coverup
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Robert Ersol Berchtold
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Keith Kenneth Bergstresser
- was an LDS church member in Oregon and Idaho; convicted in 2002 in Oregon of contributing to sexual delinquency of a minor; made a registered sex offender; in 2019, was assigned a position in an elders quorum presidency in Idaho.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Cristifer Kalen Biggs
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
Donald Nelson Bills
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
Layne Schuyler Bingham
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
Arthur Gary Bishop
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Andrew Mack Bishop
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2016,
- Case report »
Stanley Lyn Bitsoi
- was a Mormon church member in Rigby, Idaho; convicted of .
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
Thomas Grant Black
- was an LDS church member and BYU greenhouse manager in Provo, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in Utah in 2003 for rape.
- Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Released,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
David Michael Blackner
- was an LDS church member in or near Washington Terrace, Weber County, Utah; registered sex offender who used an alias while in leadership positions.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Donald Mark Blanchard
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Wyman C Blankenship
- was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys.
- Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1960s, in California,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
Charles John Blome
- Alleged coverup
- 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; Blome died in 2005.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church, LDS church found negligent, LDS church ordered to make payment, Liable,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Texas,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- LDS church payment: $4,000,000
- Case report »
Gordon Brent Bodily
- was a Mormon bishop and physical education teacher in Hyrum, Cache Valley, Utah; accused in 2000 of luring a 17-year-old North Carolina girl to Utah for sex while serving as an LDS bishop; sentenced in 2001 to 21 months in federal prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2001,
- Case report »
Ferrin Kay Bodily
- was a Mormon church member; convicted of sexual abuse; died in 2023.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Nelson Bogero
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and Primary children's teacher in Cordoba, Argentina; accused in 2017 of sexual abuse of two girls who were in his Primary class; a local LDS leader allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police; in August 2024, Bogero was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Police investigation, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 2010s, in Argentina,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
David James Borg
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader; pleaded guilty to molesting multiple boys; sentenced to 34 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Donnie Rue Boring
- was a Mormon bishop and stake high council member in California / Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2017 to a felony charge of sexual abuse; died in December 2017.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
Glen Douglas Borst
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2004 for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004,
- Case report »
Timothy William Bothell
- was a LDS church employee and LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 for sexual abuse of 2 girls ages 11 and 13.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013,
- Case report »
Dennis Bough
- was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, in Washington,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Douglas Ray Bowen
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Washington, California, Utah and Idaho; was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1970s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Gerald Wayne Bowen
- was an LDS church member in Tennessee; convicted in 2008 of: SOLICITATION TO COMMIT SOLICITATION OF A MINOR, AGGRAVATED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS .
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Tennessee,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
Jack Earl Bowers
- was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2010 to two second degree felony counts of child sex exploitation; sentenced to two consecutive terms of 1 to 15 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010, 2010s,
- Case report »
Kevin Gerald Bowman
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's workplace,
- Case report »
Brian Gordon Briggs
- was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges; sentenced to a year in jail; violated probation and was sentenced to one to 15 years in the Utah State Prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Allen J Brinkerhoff
- was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; in 2007, found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
Rachel Katherine Brock
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the same boy that her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of molesting.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Susan Marie Brock
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member; was sentenced in April 2011 to 13 years in prison for engaging in a three-year-long sexual relationship with a boy, beginning when he was 14 years old; was released in December 2021.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Ronald Terry Brockner
- was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; found guilty in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Michael Lynn Bronson
- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2017 for first-degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
James Broom
- was a LDS church member in Scotland; jailed in 2009 for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Scotland, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
Keith Brown
- was an LDS church member; father of five famous piano playing children; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his daughters when they were children; sentenced to a minimum of ten years and up-to-life in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
David Neil Brown
- was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Missouri,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Gary Wade Brown
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing one of his scouts.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2006,
- Case report »
Jarom Christopher Brown
- was a Mormon church member and Utah Valley University professor; accused in 2021 of voyeurism and electronic communication harassment; convicted and sentenced in 2022.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
William Guymon Bruhn
- was an LDS church member and civic leader in Utah; accused of masturbating in a public restroom; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Public building,
- Crime: 1970s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
Jason Carl Brumble
- was a Mormon church member and stake Sunday school presidency member in Oregon; convicted in 2015 of child sexual abuse of multiple children; is in prison in Oregon as of March 2023.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
Paul J Bryant
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2016,
- Case report »
Eddie Aulton Bunch
- was an LDS church member in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2016 of misdemeanor lewdness involving a child and misdemeanor sexual battery; one victim was 16 years old and the second victim was 12 years old; served 135 days in jail and had 36 months of probation; as of March 2024, is a registered sex offender living in St. George, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Ted Bundy
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Robert Thomas Bunker
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in McCammon, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; sentenced to 33 days in jail; as of 2023, is a registered sex offender living in Idaho.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Paul Douglas Burdick
- was an LDS bishop and drivers education teacher in Oregon; arrested in 2019 and charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to third-degree sex abuse involving underage female students in his job as a drivers ed teacher.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Gerald Wayne Burgie
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; charged in 1981 with third degree felony foriclbe sexual abuse; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child.
- Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Tony Lee Burleson
- was an LDS church member; accused of a sex crime.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Case report »
Ralph Hayden Burlingame
- was an LDS church member in Minnesota; sentenced in 1989 to prison for 2nd degree criminal sexual abuse of a child.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Revere Wedekind Burnett
- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse and found guilty of multiple felonies; appealed and received a lesser conviction sentence for misdemeanors; was not required to register as a sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
John Haws Burrell
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1990s, in Tennessee,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Sheril Dale Burton
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
William Butcher
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
Samuel Heber Butler
- was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2020 to 15 years to life in prison for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
Timothy Morgan Butler
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Roland Shea Byrd
- was an LDS church member in Caldwell, Idaho; convicted of sexual abuse of a child under 16 years; as of 2024, lives in Toquerville, Utah as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
Raphael Giuseppe Caccioppoli
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality).
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in New Zealand,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
Cory Clyde Campbell
- was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexually abusing five underage girls; sentenced in 2010 to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010, 2010s,
- Case report »
Charles Lynn Camper
- was a Mormon church member in Layton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2004; charged in 2023 with aggravated child sexual abuse, voyeurism and sexual exploitation of a minor; convicted in June 2024.
- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004, 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
Brett Candelaria
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Colorado,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
Samuel Wallace Cantrell
- was an LDS church member in Farmington, Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Jon Rick Carpenter
- was an LDS church member; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the day after sentencing, injured himself to avoid serving longer in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Jonathan Raymond Carver
- was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 17-year-old girl at a counseling center where he worked; pleaded guilty and sentenced in 2009 to prison; as of 2023, lives in Clearfield, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
Raymond Casillas
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
- Case report »
Dustin Scott Cassady
- was a Mormon church member in the Sacramento, California area (Carmichael); accused of child sexual exploitation; pleaded guilty; as of March 2024, lives in Roseville, California as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in California,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2011,
- Case report »
David M Chadwick
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Eagle Mountain, Utah; convicted in 2019 of sex abuse of a child.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Mark Chapman
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Case report »
Max Todd Cheatham
- was an LDS church member in Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Kami Lee Chesnut
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
David Gerald Chesser
- was an LDS church member and track and field athlete in Texas and at BYU-Provo; joined the airforce and moved to Japan; In 2016, was convicted of 2 counts of child sexual abuse and was sentenced to 13 years of confinement accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2016,
- Case report »
Bret Anthony Chesworth
- was a Mormon church member in Australia; pleaded guilty to 7 charges of child abuse and bestiality including downloading images; he was caught in an international sting operation involving Australian and US agencies.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Prue Jeremy Christopher
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Tanner Paul Clark
- was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced in 2019 to 90 days in jail for two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16 or 17 year old, two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to minors; may have had over 100 victims; arrested in 2021 (while on probation) for enticing a minor; convicted and sentenced to 1 to 5 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Prison, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Michael James Clay
- was an LDS church member and BYU professor in Provo, Utah; charged with sexually abusing three students; entered a plea bargain in May 2023 in which he agreed to plead no contest to three class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery, complete 24 months of probation, do 50 hours of community service, and take a sexual boundaries course; sentenced in June 2023 according to the plea deal.
- Criminal: Community service, Convicted, No contest, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Stephen J Coleman
- was an LDS church member and analyst in the Utah state Office of Planning and Budget; accused of sexual abuse in 2011; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2016, was serving two sentences of 15 years to life in prison in Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Case report »
Gerald Arthur Collingwood
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Dennis David Collins
- was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, in Washington,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
Martyn Conway
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, in United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Keldon Severn Cook
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
Allan Colman Cook
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2020 to three second degree felony charges of aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in 2020.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Kenneth Ray Copple
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced in 2019 to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Donald Marden Cornell
- was an LDS church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Alfred Francis Cote
- was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in New Hampshire and Nauvoo, Illinois; convicted in the 1980s and in 2020 of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, in Illinois, New Hampshire,
- Case report »
Benjamin Covey
- was a Mormon church member in the 1840s and 1850s; in 1848, was excommunicated for having sexual intercourse with two girls "less than Twelve years of age" who were his foster daughters; was rebaptized and soon thereafter was made bishop of the Salt Lake City Twelfth Ward from 22 February 1849 until 1856.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1800s, in Nebraska,
- Case report »
John Lee Cox
- was a Mormon church member in Clackamas County, Oregon; convicted of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
David Otis Cox
- was an LDS church member in Seminole County, Florida; found guilty of Lewd or lascivious molestation victim under 12 years offender 18 or older and LEWD,LASCIVIOUS CHILD U/16; F.S. 800.04 (PRINCIPAL IN ATTEMPT); also found guilty of LEWD,LASCIVIOUS CHILD U/16; F.S. 800.04 (PRINCIPAL IN ATTEMPT) Adjudication Date : 03/23/2000 .
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Justin Thayne Crawley
- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; convicted in 2019 of enticing a minor / 3rd degree felony and sexual exploitation of a minor / 3rd degree felony attempted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Curtis Reed Crittenden
- was a Mormon church member and LDS full-time missionary in Guatemala in 1993-1995; admitted to sexually abusing boys while on his mission and later when he was the head of 4-H in Tooele County; sentenced to prison in 2007 in Utah for child sexual abuse of several boys in his care as their 4-H leader.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
Clark Elwood Crookston
- was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; found guilty of attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Alan Lee Croshaw
- was a Mormon bishop in Utah in the 1990s; admitted to having a lifelong sexual addiction with a preference for prepubescent girls; downloaded and distributed child pornography; in 2015, sentenced to 30 days in jail for felony voyeurism and misdemeanor lewdness; violated probation by downloading porn.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
Russell George Crosland
- was a Mormon church member in Fillmore, Utah; tried meeting a 13 year old that he chatted with online for sex; it was an undercover agent; he was arrested.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
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: Admitted guilt, Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime: 2010s, in England, United Kingdom,
- Case report »
Kevin F Curlew
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Methuen, Massachusetts; accused of sexually abusing a child in an LDS chapel; convicted and sentenced to prison; in 2008, a victim's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the the Mormon church, claiming the church allowed the accused to babysit children despite his prior convictions for child sexual abuse, and that LDS leaders failed to report her child's abuse to police.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, Claims against LDS church dismissed, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 2000s, in Maine, Massachusetts,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2006,
- Case report »
Franklyn Richard Curtis
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Pennsylvania and Oregon; excommunicated in 1983 in Pennsylvania for sex abuse; rebaptized in 1984; molested five boys in Oregon; local LDS bishop knew but didn't report to police; convicted in 1995 in Oregon of sexual abuse; died in 1995.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS church payment: $3,000,000
- Case report »
John Scott d'Aquin
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member; convicted in 1994 in Louisiana of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles performing sexually immoral acts; convicted in 2007 in Louisiana of indecent behavior with juveniles.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 1990s, in Louisiana,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
Luke Elbert Dalton
- was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Montana, Ohio, Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Troy Dameron
- was a Mormon church member, electrician and sheriff's deputy in Teton County, Idaho; lived in Rexburg, Idaho; a 911 dispatcher said he asked her sexually charged questions, shared sexual fantasies and masturbated in a bathroom near her work desk; pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure; sentenced in May 2024 to 15 days in jail (with work release) and two years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
James Rowley Danenon
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in American Fork, Utah; guilty of sexual abuse of a minor abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Buckland Lee Darrell
- was an LDS church member and former LDS Primary children's teacher in the Redmond, Washington area; charged with first-degree felony child molestation in 2022 and 2023 (5 total victims, all young boys); admitted to sexually abusing around 6-8 children; pleaded guilty; sentenced in September 2024 to at least 8 years in prison.
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Victim's home,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Washington,
- Case report »
Scott Alan Darrington
- was a former LDS bishop and assistant school principal in Fallon, Nevada; convicted of possession of child pornography, spent a year in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Nevada,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
Michael Davies
- was a Mormon church member in Wales; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in United Kingdom, Wales,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Michael Adam Davis
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Minnesota, Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2003, 2006, 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
George S Davis
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Rhode Island; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place in an LDS chapel.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jury trial, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Rhode Island,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Robert Lewis Davis
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Eugene, Oregon; convicted of 5 counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree and sentenced to 75 months in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
Thomas Eugene Dawkins
- was an LDS church member in Columbia, South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1986; the conviction was later overturned.
- Criminal: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity,
- Crime: 1980s, in South Carolina,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
David R Dawson
- was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Logan, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Prescott Louis De Jean
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Randall Craig Deaton
- was an LDS church member in the Holmes Lake Ward, Lincoln Nebraska Stake; convicted in 2002 of attempted 1st degree sexual assault of a minor; the abuse took place before Deaton joined the LDS church; subsequently called as counselor in a YSA ward bishopric.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Nebraska,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
Broch Clyde DeGraff
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Case report »
James Edrick Denos
- was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four of his granddaughters living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Larry Deutsch
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Online,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Missouri,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
Gregory Scott Dew
- was a former Mormon bishop, chiropractor and gymnastics teacher in Ohio; sexually abused multiple children; convicted and sentenced to prison in 2008; as of November 2022, serving prison time in Ohio for sexually abusing teenage girls.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Ohio,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
Richard Lloyd 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: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Scout activity/event,
- Crime: 1980s, in Greece, Washington,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Adam Robert Dimond
- was an LDS church member and dancer in Farmington, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2020 to a second-degree felony charge of enticing a minor by Internet or text; sentenced to 40 days in jail and 4 years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
Richard Elliott Doan
- was a Mormon church member in Douglasville, Georgia; found guilty of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Case report »
John Doe
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Lake Elsinore, California; arrested in 1997; pleaded guilty to committing lewd acts with a child under age 14; spent three years in state prison; in December 2022, the LDS church paid $995,000 to settle its part of a related civil lawsuit wherein a jury awarded the victim $2.28 billion.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- LDS church payment: $995,000
- Case report »
John Doe
- was an LDS church member in Adelaide, Australia; sentenced in 2021 to 10 years in prison for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, in Australia,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
Sean Stirling Dotson
- was an LDS church member in Oregon; convicted of a sex crime.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Matthew Thomas Doyle
- was an LDS church member in Texas; found guilty of sexual assault.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Michael Driggs
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon missionary in Brazil in the early 1970s; allegedly sent to a different mission in the United States after being found having inappropriate relationships with young boys; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1985 in Arizona; convicted again of child sexual abuse in 2013 in Utah; he met his victim in the Utah case at church, according to court documents.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s, 2000s, 2013,
- Case report »
James Marlo Duffin
- was an LDS church member in California; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; incarcerated 2006 to 2011; allegedly groomed female students ages 7-10 with attention and candy and then forcing sexual contact in his classroom after school.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2006,
- Case report »
Alan Craig Dunlap
- was a Mormon church member in Fresno, California; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1970s, in California,
- Case report »
Nathan J Dupuis
- was a Mormon church member in New York; sentenced in 2018 to four and a half years in prison for molesting a child.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in New York,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
Timur Van Dykes
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; in about 2009, the Mormon church paid $350,000 to a victim to settle its portion of a civil lawsuit.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS church payment: $350,000
- Case report »
Oliver Dean Eames
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Frederick Merlin Edvalson
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon in Utah and Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland; convicted 3 times of sexual abuse in Maryland in the 1980s; third conviction: while on probation, groomed a 10-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her in a room inside a Mormon chapel on multiple occasions from 1983 to 1984; reportedly told her he was giving her "special religious training;" sentenced to 8 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Case report »
Todd Mitchell Edwards
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of an 18-year-old in 2006 and a child in 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse; in 2024, two victims sued the LDS church in separate lawsuits; one said a stake presidency member failed to report to law enforcement in 2006 when she told him Edwards had assaulted her.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Vehicle,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in California,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013,
- Case report »
Chet Barry Egley
- was a Mormon church member in Weston, Idaho; tried to meet a 13 year old girl for sex; pleaded guilty and convicted to one count sexual abuse of a child and two counts o f entice a minor by internet or text.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
Michael Blair Ehlert
- was a Mormon church member and former BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse in Guam in 2017.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
David Eldredge
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Jay Benjamin Elggren
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
Anthon Taylor Ellsworth
- was an LDS bishopric counselor and returned missionary in Arizona; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
Rowan Joseph Ellsworth
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Arizona; molested a 14-year-old girl at an LDS girls camp in mid-1990; the abuse was reported to a bishop Burgess, who allegedly failed to report to police, but instead encouraged the victim to forgive; sentenced to prison in 1999 for two counts of child sexual abuse; released in 2007.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS youth activity,
- Case report »
Karl Monsen Elvik
- was a Mormon church youth leader in Glasgow, Scotland; admitted indecency offences against eight boys; was jailed for 18 months..
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Scotland, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2014,
- Case report »
Dennis Joe Empey
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Blackfoot, Idaho; accused of sexually abusing many children; his stake president allegedly knew Empey was abusing kids; convicted of child molestation in May 1991; sentenced to two years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Robert Bruce Epling
- was an LDS church member in Sacramento, California; convicted in 1991 of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Case report »
Gary Edward Erickson
- was an LDS church member, boy scout leader and Mesquite, Nevada police detective; was arrested in 2018, pleaded guilty to a charge of crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct; convicted in Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Kelly Stephen Erickson
- was an LDS church member and US Air Force military member in Washington; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2023, incarcerated in Tucson, Arizona.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Carlos Escalante
- was an LDS branch president in San Nicolas, Argentina; sexually abused his stepdaughter for 5 years, including while branch president; the victim asked local LDS leaders for support, but allegedly received none; she was punished by the church for "refusing to forgive" and for "failing to comply with worthiness standards;" the accused was sentenced in 2018 to 14 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Case report »
Miguel Angel Estudillo
- was an LDS primary teacher in Baker City, Oregon; arrested for crimes related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Oregon,
- Case report »
Thomas Evans-Southall
- was an LDS bishop in Charlottesville, Virginia; originally from England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Virginia,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
Samuel Whitney 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: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
Matthew LeRoy Faerber
- was an LDS church member and high school choir director in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1990 or 1991 to two counts of attempted sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in February 1991 to six months in jail (two of those months under house arrest) followed by three years of supervised release.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation, Released,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Scott Fredrich Farr
- was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; found guilty in 1981 of forcible sexual abuse and 1991 of sex solicitation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Frank Paul Ferrara
- was a Mormon church member and doctor in Northern Virginia; convicted in 1997 of four counts of forcible sodomy.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Virginia,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Stephen D Field
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Michael James Fischer
- was a Mormon church member and young men's president; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, Vehicle,
- Crime: 1980s, in Washington,
- Case report »
Christopher Lee Fleming
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Chesapeake, Virginia; found guilty of 10 counts of various sexual abuse to a minor; currently incarcerated in Virginia.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Case report »
Armando Flores
- was a Mormon branch president in West Valley City, Utah for five years; accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl on two separate occasions at their local LDS chapel: once in his office and once in another room; convicted in 2012 of misdemeanor forcible sexual abuse and unlawful detention; sentenced to zero to one year in jail.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2012,
- Case report »
Thomas C Forrest
- was an LDS church member in Mississippi; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Vernon Foster
- was an LDS church member in Louisiana; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; was convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, in Louisiana,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Harry Max Fougeron
- was a Mormon church member in Richmond Hill, Georgia; currently in an ongoing trial accused sexually abusing teenage girls.
- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2010s, in Georgia,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
Richard Oren Fowler
- was a Mormon church member in Sandy Point, Idaho; pleaded guilty to two felony counts of Children-Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in 20.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
Jeffrey Vern Fox
- was a former state legislator (1977-1982) in Utah; convicted federally for possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2013 and placed on probation for 15 years; in 2019, probation was terminated for completing terms; in 2022, arrested and charged in Utah with 8 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; case dismissed without prejudice due to a federal charge.
- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013,
- Case report »
Patrick Brady Fox
- was a Mormon church member in Saratoga Springs, Utah; found guilty of a sex crime; registered sex offender in Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Case report »
Ryan Frandsen
- was an LDS church member and fireman in Davis County, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2010 to five counts of lewdness involving a child; child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was found on his computer; sentenced in 2010 to 90 days in jail and three years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2010, 2010s,
- Case report »
Richard Freeman
- was an LDS church member and high school teacher in Fresno, California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; moved to Provo, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in California,
- Case report »
Michael W Fritchen
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison twice for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2010s, 2011,
- Case report »
Leeroy Fry
- was a former Mormon bishop in Farmington, Utah; in 1982-83, was an LDS bishop in the Hunter 1st Ward of the Hunter Central Stake in Magna, Utah; in 2012, pleaded guilty to two charges of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a 1st degree felony.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2012,
- Case report »
Francis Heber Fuller
- was a Mormon bishop in Highland, Utah in 1993; also was a stake high council member in Utah; in 2018 or 2019, pleaded guilty to two second degree felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2019 in Utah to two years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Jayne Allen Furness
- was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Arroyo Grande, California; accused of sex abuse; found guilty of voyeurism charges in or before 1972, and found guilty of sexual abuse charges in 1976; sentenced in 1976 or 1977 to prison; died in 1987.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1970s, in California,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
Rex Lyle Furness
- was a former Idaho state senator and Mormon bishop in Idaho; in 1996, pleaded guilty to sexual battery for fondling an underage girl; was sentenced to 60 days in jail; given a withheld judgment: if he did not violate the terms of his probation, the felony conviction would be kept from his record.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Don Furtys
- was an LDS church member in Tallahassee, Florida; accused sexual abuse; had 14 charges brought against him 14 2014-02-12 and 5 charges 2014-06-13.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Florida,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
Brad Gale
- was an LDS church member; sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for photographing a teenage boy engaging in sexual acts.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2006,
- Case report »
Daniel Adam Galloway
- was an LDS church member in Arizona City, Pinal County, Arizona; found guilty of sexually abusing an 8 year old foster child.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Jeffrey Alan Gatlin
- was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of aggravated sexual abuse of a child/1st degree felony; as of October 2023, serving in Central Utah Correctional Facility Housing in Boulder, Utah, CUCF Boulder.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Cory Richard Gaylor
- was an Idaho school teacher and LDS deacons quorum adviser; arrested and charged with lewd conduct and enticing a child via the Internet; in July 2023, pleaded guilty; sentenced in September 2023 to 60 years in prison, with 13 years fixed before being eligible for parole.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
Thomas Ray Gibbons
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000, 2000s,
- Case report »
Thomas Alan Gibby
- was an LDS church member and dentist in Salt Lake County, Utah; sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy; pleaded guilty to two felony counts: one second-degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child, and one third-degree charge of attempted sex abuse of a child.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Released,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Lawrence Wayne Gilbert
- was a Mormon church member and high priest group leader in California; convicted of sexually abusing three girls; sentenced to 10 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Gabe Ryan Gilbert
- was an LDS missionary; convicted in 2021 of five counts of first-degree felony aggravated sexual extortion of a child and four counts of second-degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor; was sentenced to terms of five years to life in state prison for each of the first-degree felonies.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
William W Gillespie
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Alabama; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; conviction was reversed on appeal.
- Criminal: Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1980s, in Alabama,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Keith Lorraine Gillins
- Alleged coverup
- was a former mayor, LDS bishop and high school teacher in Fillmore, Utah; arrested on charges of having sex with a 17-year-old girl; convicted in 2009 of first degree felony attempted rape, first degree felony attempted sodomy and second degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 2009 to three sentences of three years to life in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
Farrell Nephi Gledhill
- was an LDS church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Scott Logan Gollaher
- was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Luis Gonzales
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishop in Sacramento, California; charged with 20 counts of child molestation, battery, rape, bigamy, stalking, and fraud; in 2002, was found guilty of bigamy, spousal abuse (battery) and child molestation.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Jonathan A Gonzalez
- was an LDS church member in Layton, Utah; found guilty of BURGLARY - 2nd Degree Felony, LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD - Class A Misdemeanor, LEWDNESS - FIRST OR SECOND OFFENSE - Class B Misdemeanor.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Kenneth Robert Good
- was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of molesting 4 underage girls; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1991 to 8 years in prison; released on parole in December 1993; as of 2023, lives in Taylorsville Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Georgia,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Stephen Andrew Goode
- was a Mormon church member; found guilty of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime: 2010s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
Shawn Cory Gooden
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges.
- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Prison, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
John Earl Goodrich
- Alleged coverup
- was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024.
- Criminal: Convicted, Criminal charges dropped, Withheld judgment,
- Civil: civil-lds-payment-victim-out-court, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Crime: 2000s, in Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
Alan R Grant
- was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in August 1998 to two months in jail.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, Perpetrator's home,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Jeffrey Allen Graton
- was a Mormon church counselor in a bishopric in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2018 for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
Stanley Benjamin Green
- was a former Mormon bishop in Athens, Texas (in or before 1998 to 1999 or later); accused of sexual abuse; convicted; died in 2009.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Case report »
Gene Audra Guinn
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Victim's home,
- Crime: 1990s, in Texas,
- Convicted: 2000, 2000s,
- Case report »
Roger David Gunn
- was an LDS church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; found guilty of SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD - 2nd Degree Felony; currently lives in Bonita, California.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Andrew James Gwilliam
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2003,
- Case report »
Lincoln A Gygi
- was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
Matthew John Hack
- was a Mormon church member and stake high council member in Oklahoma; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse; pleaded no contest to an amended charge of child neglect.
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Eric Hacking
- was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Case report »
Billy Joe Hagen
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison; died in 2005.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1970s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
Douglas Bruce Hall
- was an LDS bishop and retired Utah Highway Patrol sergeant; pleaded guilty in 2001 to two third degree felony counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2002 to one second degree felony count of sex abuse of a child.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2001, 2002,
- Case report »
Ronald Devere Hall
- 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; sentenced.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found not guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Frank Laine Hall
- was an LDS church member in Utah; former award-winning first grade schoolteacher; sentenced in 2007 to prison for sexually abusing his students.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
Albert Dee Halladay
- was a former LDS bishop in Sandy, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1988; pleaded guilty in 1989 to one second degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Timothy James Hallows
- was a Mormon bishop in Utah when he perpetrated sex crimes; sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM); released in January 2023; as of February 2024, lives in Pleasant View, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
Jake S Hally
- was an LDS church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Colorado, Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho), Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
Leroy Ball Hamblin
- was a Webelos scout leader in Kaysville, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1987 to lewdness with a child; served prison time.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Steven LeRoy Hammock
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1983 to two counts of forcible sex abuse of a child and served six months in an inpatient treatment facility; the LDS church excommunicated him, but during a civil suit filed in 1989 by the victim, it refused to divulge information that Hammock had previously revealed to church officials; in 1994, a federal judge awarded damages to the victim.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Connor Hammond
- was a Mormon church member and BYU student in Utah; in 2019, pleaded guilty to rape of a child and was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Melvin Eugene Hansen
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
William Scott Hanson
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon youth leader; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the Mormon church settled a civil lawsuit in which the victim accused it of failing to protect him.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- Case report »
Jeffrey Lee Hardin
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted of lewd conduct with a minor in October 1991.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Michael Colby Hare
- was an LDS church member in Tooele, Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Marvin Ross Harker
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; sexually assaulted several young girls; confessed to his bishop and a mission president, who told him not to report to police; convicted in 2019; sentenced in September 2020 to five years in prison and made to register as a sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Larry E Harmston
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse which allegedly took place at a Mormon chapel in Orem, Utah; convicted; charged again (result unknown).
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005, 2010s,
- Case report »
Harvey William Harper
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and deputy county district attorney in Los Angeles, California; arrested in 1984 and charged with child sexual abuse; jumped bail; found guilty; sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison; lived secretly in Colorado for 20 months until federal investigators found him; local LDS church coverup alleged.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Kenneth Morgan Harper
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Lynn William Harrison
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Devin Richard Hartman
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Mableton, near Atlanta, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; given two consecutive sentences of life in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Georgia, Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2016,
- Case report »
Craig Allen Harward
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building, LDS Sunday meetings, Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in California,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004,
- Case report »
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: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
Elwood Bruce Haws
- was a longtime 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: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Violated parole/probation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
James Hayes
- was an LDS bishop in the Timmins - North Bay area, Ontario, Canada; convicted of sexual exploitation in November 2001; molested an underage girl in his ward while serving as her bishop.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Crime: 2000s, in Canada,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2001,
- Case report »
Darren John Haymond
- was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah and a custodian at Provo High School; pleaded guilty to voyeurism, a class B misdemeanor; sentenced in 2011.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's school,
- Crime: 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2011,
- Case report »
Jeffrey Byron Head
- was an LDS bishop in Utah; committed sex crimes while serving as a Mormon bishop; convicted of attempted forcible sexual abuse, two counts of lewdness and sexual battery; sentenced to four months in prison and four years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Dale Harland Heath
- was an LDS church member and chiropractor in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jury trial, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Samuel M Heavilon
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Frankfort, Indiana; convicted in 2018 of child exploitation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Indiana,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
Vance Paul Hein
- was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Canada, Pennsylvania,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000, 2000s, 2010s, 2012,
- Case report »
Matthias Heinrichs
- was an LDS church member and missionary from the Netherlands, serving his mission in England; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred during his mission; pleaded guilty; jailed for two years.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2012,
- Case report »
Daniel Smoot Henshaw
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl; sentenced to seven months in jail; arrested in 2023 and found competent to stand trial on charges of plotting to rape and murder a Logan, Utah woman.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
David Henry Herget
- was a Mormon church member in Washington; convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to prison; released; arrested and charged with sexually abused more children; died by suicide while awaiting trial.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Washington,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s,
- Case report »
Brandon Osorio Hernandez
- was an LDS church member in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing a victim inside a Mormon church; convicted of four fourth degree felony counts of abuse of a child or vulnerable adult.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Roger Franklin Hester
- was an LDS church member in Rockwall, Texas; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual with intent to cause bodily harm.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Christopher Todd Hettinger
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in California,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Michael William Hiatt
- was a Mormon church member in Clinton, Utah; charged in Utah in March 2023 with two second degree felony counts of enticing a minor, and one third degree felony count of dealing in materials harmful to a minor; pleaded guilty in June 2023 to one second degree felony count of enticing a minor; sentenced in August 2023 to 45 days in jail, with credit for 15 days served, and 4 years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Michael L Hicks
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, in Washington,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Grant Joel Hildreth
- was an LDS church member in Montana; sentenced to prison in 1992 for felony child sexual abuse; in 2011, pleaded guilty to two class A misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; died in 2022.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Montana,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2010s, 2011,
- Case report »
Clayton Ray Hildreth
- was a Mormon stake president in Butte, Montana; from Dillon, Montana; arrested in June 2004 by Boise, Idaho police for soliciting sex from a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl online; was stake president at the time of his arrest; pleaded guilty in October to a charge of interstate travel with intent to have sex with a minor; sentenced in 2005 to three years and five months in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Kyle Mark Hill
- was a Mormon church member; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to 15 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
James Francis Hogan
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; released in 1994; in 2011, a victim filed a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, seeking $5.2 million.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- Case report »
David Oliver Homack
- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; convicted of sexual abuse in 2009 in Colorado.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Colorado,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
Evan Douglas Hopper
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Paul Bernard Horlacher
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Texas,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Caleb Horner
- was an LDS church member in Melbourne, Australia; arrested in November 2021 and accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy he met in 2020; found guilty in 2024 of two counts of sexual assault by touch of a child under 16; sentenced in October 2024 to three years "community corrections," avoiding additional jail time.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Ongoing,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Craig Aaron Housley
- was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty in 2018 of child sexual exploitation; sentenced to 210 days in state prison and five years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
Allan Turner Howe
- was an LDS church member and Utah politician; accused of a sex crime; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1970s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
Christine Shreeve Hubbs
- was an LDS church member in California; was charged with sexual abuse of two underage boys (ages 14 and 15); convicted in 2011, sentenced to five years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Violated parole/probation,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in California,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2011,
- Case report »
Lawrence Steven Huffman
- was an LDS church member in Mound City, Kansas; pleaded guilty to charges related to sodomizing a minor; as of 2024, lives in Hutchinson, Kansas as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Kansas,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
Erik Wayne Hughes
- was a Mormon bishop in Mapleton, Utah and a Mormon church senior product manager when he sexually abused two underage children in his LDS ward dozens of times; was sentenced to prison in 2017; released in 2023; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
Roy Webb Hunt
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; former city manager in Snowflake and Holbrook and a public finance banker at the National Bank of Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse in 2004; pleaded guilty in 2005 to a reduced charge; sentenced to prison in Arizona in 2005.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Stanley Lloyd Hunt
- was an LDS church member in St. George, Utah; Hunt was a custodian in the Washington County School District in St. George Utah; Hunt was found guilty of 2 counts of SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD - 2nd Degree Felony.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Hayden Hoss Hunter
- was a Mormon missionary in California; he was from Pleasant Grove, Utah; arrested in 2020 for distribution of child sexual abuse material (child pornography) while on his mission; convicted of possession of CSAM in 2021.
- Criminal: Convicted, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime: 2020s, in California,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
Edward Ralph Hunter
- was a Mormon church member in Peoria, Arizona; accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who was his patient; pleaded guilty to three counts of child abuse; sentenced to two years in prison and lifetime probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2016,
- Case report »
Loren Hurd
- was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender as of 2023; lives in Ogden, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Robert Bentley Jackson
- was a former assistant BYU professor and Mormon bishopric member (second counselor) in Provo, Utah; sentenced to two years in prison in 2006 for video recording a 14-year-old undressing.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Cecil Bryan Jacobson
- was a Mormon church member and fertility doctor in Virginia; found guilty of secretly using his own sperm to artificially inseminate patients.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Rowland Wayne James
- was an LDS church member in Lansing, Michigan; found guilty of sexually abusing young girls and a young boy he met at church; serving time in prison as of January 2024.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
William Anthon Jansen
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and police officer in Twin Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Ronald Alvin Jenkins
- was a former Mormon scout leader, bishopric counselor and stake high council member in Idaho; worked as a high school teacher; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1996 of 10 counts of lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to 17 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Kenneth Enos Jenks
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); accused of sexual abuse; convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about Jenks's abuse but allowed him to work with children.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building, Recreational trip/outing,
- Case report »
Floyd C Jennings
- was a former Mormon bishop and school bus driver in Utah; arrested in February 2017 for soliciting sex from two girls he thought were 13 years old; convicted in 2019.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Christopher Michael Jensen
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Utah and West Virginia; sentenced to 35 to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing two children; local LDS church coverup alleged; LDS church settled civil lawsuit out of court for an undisclosed amount.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in West Virginia,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013,
- LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- Case report »
Bruce T Jeppesen
- was a former Mormon elders quorum president; sentenced to two concurrent terms of 15 years in the Utah State Prison for raping a child .
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Thad Andrew Jesperson
- was an LDS church member in Murietta, California; accused of sexually abusing 8 of his elementary students at Toler Elementary School.
- Criminal: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's school,
- Crime: 2000s, in California,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2003, 2004,
- Case report »
James Frank Johannes
- was a Mormon youth leader and US Army soldier assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA) in San Antonio, Texas; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison for spying on two teenage sisters and recording them preparing to attend LDS seminary classes.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Carl Matthew Johnson
- was a former mayor of West Bountiful, UT; former Mormon bishop in Utah; arrested for and charged with sexually abusing several children; pleaded guilty in January 2023 to four felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in March 2023 to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,