928 LDS sex abuse cases found
defendant was convicted
- Criminal case result: Convicted
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- Cade Boyle (2004 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; convicted February 2026 of five counts ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR a 1st degree felony and six counts of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR a 2nd degree felony; sentenced to 1-15 years for each count; all prison terms to be served concurrent; is an inmate in the Utah Department of Corrections as of February 2026
Convicted:
2026, 
Positions: Missionary, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, - Alleged church actions: Released from church position,
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"While he was serving an religious mission in Hawaii he had stared [sic] an inappropriate conversation with a 15 year old and his religious leaders had to send him home for his actions in Hawaii."Cade dropped his head and exclaimed im a pedo. (slang for pedophile)-
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- Douglas Bray was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Allen Brinkerhoff (1929 – 2019) was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2007,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
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- Rachel Brock was a Mormon church member in Arizona; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the same boy that her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of molesting
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Susan Brock (1962 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona; 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2011,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
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- Ronald Brockner (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; moved to Idaho; convicted in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Bishop, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Michael Bronson (1964 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Vineyard, Utah County, Utah; sentenced to prison in 2017 for first-degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2017,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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"A lot of what I was involved with, I was very selfish"-
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- Douglas Brooks was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- James Broom (1947 – ) was a LDS church member in Scotland; jailed in 2009 for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl
- Convicted:
2009,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- John Brost was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Keith Brown (1955 – ) 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
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- David 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; a victim sued the Mormon church in 2003
- Convicted:
2003, 2005,
- Positions: Music leader, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Gary Brown (1967 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing one of his scouts
- Convicted:
2006,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Brandon Brown (1978 – ) was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused in 2024 of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately at a mall in Chubbuck, Idaho; also accused of inappropriately touching a third teenage girl; in 2025, entered Alford pleas to felony and misdemeanor counts of sexual battery of a child; a judge rejected the plea agreement
- Convicted:
2025,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- William Bruhn (1924 – 1985) was an LDS church member and civic leader in Utah; accused of masturbating in a public restroom; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Jason Brumble (1972 – ) 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
- Convicted:
2015,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Paul Bryant (1968 – 2024) was an HOA president and former Mormon primary teacher in Lehi, Utah; was a branch president during an LDS mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; died by suicide in December 2024
- Convicted:
2016,
- Positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Jared Buckley (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member and charter school director (Leadership Learning Academy) in Clearfield, Utah; was a Mormon missionary in the Philippines from 2004-2006 (Quezon City Mission); arrested in April 2025 on suspicion of child sexual exploitation; was reportedly a stake young men's president when arrested; pleaded guilty to producing, distributing & possessing CSAM; sentencing June 17, 2026
- Convicted:
2026,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"For the group, I created flyers which stated: 'This group is for parents who have little girls ages 0-9 only.' I required three steps of verification to join the group."Buckley was reportedly an LDS stake young men's president when arrested-
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- Eddie Bunch (1943 – ) 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
- Positions: Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Ted Bundy (1946 – 1989) was baptized into the LDS church in 1975, but was not an active participant in church services and ignored most church restrictions; accused of rape and murder of dozens of women and girls; convicted of murder; executed by electric chair in Florida in 1989
- Positions: Not active LDS,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
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- Robert Bunker (1990 – ) 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- Paul Burdick (1972 – ) 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Bishop, Elders quorum president/counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
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- Gerald Burgie (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; charged in 1981 with third-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
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- Tony Burleson was an LDS church member; accused of a sex crime
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Ralph Burlingame (1947 – ) was an LDS church member in Minnesota; sentenced in 1989 to work release for six months, convicted of 2nd degree criminal sexual abuse of a child in 1989
- Convicted:
1989,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Work release,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Revere Burnett (1972 – ) 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
- Convicted:
2019,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Unknown result,
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- John Burrell was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Sheril Burton (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of two underage girls; sentenced to up to 15 years in prison; as of January 2024, lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah; is not a registered sex offender
- Positions: BYU,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Paydan Bussey (1998 – ) was a Mormon church member in Washington and Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse charges while a minor in Washington; removed from sex offender registries in Washington and Utah; allegedly molested a child in 2019 while on a trip to Spain paid for by the Mormon church; charged in Washington and Utah in 2024 with child sexual abuse felonies; named in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- William Butcher was a Mormon church member in Provo, Utah; turned himself in to police in 2013, three days before he was planning to begin a Mormon mission, and admitted to sexually abusing 12 boys and girls; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2014 to 18 years to life in prison; as of 2025, lives in Provo, Utah
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Samuel Butler (1995 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2020 to 15 years to life in prison for child sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Timothy Butler (1959 – ) was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Roland Byrd (1971 – ) 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
- Convicted:
2008,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Raphael Caccioppoli (1971 – ) was a Mormon 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)
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2008,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Dwight Cahoon (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; charged with 10 counts aggravated sex abuse of a child and 10 counts forcible sex abuse; statue of limitations ran out on some charges, so the state amended charges to 10 counts of sex abuse of a child; sentenced in 2010 to one to 15 years in prison; as of May 2026, is a registered sex offender living in Logan, Utah
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Jason Calder (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member and mental health counselor in Utah; accused of raping a teenage patient; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to seven years to life in prison
- Convicted:
2018,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Guy Caldwell (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member in Washington and Arizona; convicted in 1990 in Washington of child sexual abuse; as of May 2026, is a registered sex offender living in Mesa, Arizona
- Convicted:
1990,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Cory Campbell (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexually abusing five underage girls; sentenced in 2010 to prison
- Convicted:
2010,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Cory Campbell (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member in Boise, Idaho; pleaded guilty and sentenced to 40 years/20 years minimum in prison for battery with the intent to commit rape; 10 different victims ranging in age from 14-17
- Convicted:
2019,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Charles Camper (1961 – ) 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
- Convicted:
2004, 2024,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Brett Candelaria (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse on multiple occasions; sentenced in 2008 to two consecutive terms of 10 years to life in prison; later sentenced to 36 more years to life
- Convicted:
2008,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- David Cannata (1965 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Tucson, Arizona in 2005 when he sexually abused a child who was 5 or 6 years old; was a stake high council member sometime in the 2010s; was confronted by the victim and turned himself into the police; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison; was excommunicated from the Mormon church because of the abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2019,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
- View report »
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- Samuel Cantrell (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Farmington, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Craig Capron (1965 – ) was a podiatrist; Mormon branch president in Macy, Nebraska (1999-2002), then a stake/ward executive secretary in Wyoming; allegedly sexually abused at least five children over a span of 20-plus years, despite LDS officials allegedly knowing of the first victim and prohibiting Capron from teaching kids; convicted in 2024 in Wyoming; sentenced to six to 12 years in prison; convicted again in 2025
- Convicted:
2024,
- Positions: Branch president, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Released from church position, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward officials restricted accused from working with children,
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"I just want what's best for you."Mormon officials allegedly assigned Capron to leadership positions despite forbidding him from teaching children - more than 20 years prior to his conviction-
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- Albert Carlson (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah, New Mexico and Texas; arrested in the 1980s in Utah on a molestation charge after allegedly molesting an underage boy who he met through the church; the case was dropped to a lewdness charge which did not require him to register as a sex offender; in 2025, sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, No contest, Prison,
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- Michael Carnegie (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Kitsap, Washington; convicted in 2017 of one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation; sentenced to 30 days in jail
- Convicted:
2017,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- James Carnegie was a Mormon bishop in Silverdale, Washington in the mid-1980s (Silverdale 3rd Ward, Silverdale Washington Stake); convicted in 2009 and sentenced to jail for child molestation
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2009,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- John Carpenter (1964 – ) was an LDS church member; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the day after sentencing, injured himself to avoid serving longer in prison
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Niles Carr was a Mormon missionary in Ireland in the late 1980s, originally from California; convicted of child sexual abuse charges; Mormon leaders allegedly assigned Carr to work with Boy Scouts after knowing he was sent home from his mission due to child sex abuse allegations
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Released from church position, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Thomas Carter (1941 – 2025) was a Mormon church member in Weber County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; in 1995, Carter pleaded guilty to one third-degree felony count of attempted forcible sexual abuse; died in 2025
- Convicted:
1995,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Jonathan Carver (1979 – ) 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
- Convicted:
2009,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
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- Jack Cash (1934 – 2023) was a Mormon bishopric counselor and stake high council member in San Luis Obispo, California; was a practicing chiropractor for over 30 years; between 1979 and 1995, allegedly fondled at least 11 women's breasts during chiropractic visits; license suspended in 1985; in 1995, convicted by jury of seven misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; sentenced to 2 months in jail, 3 years probation; died in 2023
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, High priest, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Senior missionary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation,
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- Raymond Casillas (1970 – ) was a Mormon bishop and middle school teacher in San Antonio, Texas; arrested in 2014 and charged with felony aggravated sexual assault of a child; via a plea agreement, pleaded no contest to indecent contact with a child and agreed to a fine of $1,500; was sentenced in 2016 to 8 years in prison; as of March 2024, lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender
- Positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
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- Dustin Cassady (1981 – ) 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
- Convicted:
2011,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
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- Danny Cassidy (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- David Chadwick (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Eagle Mountain, Utah; convicted in 2019 of sex abuse of a child
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2019,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Dennis Chadwick (1939 – 2023) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted in 1999 of multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse and sentenced to six months in jail and three years of probation; required to register as a sex offender; in 2013, convicted of failure to register as a sex offender; sentenced to three months in jail and one year of probation; died in 2023
- Convicted:
1999, 2013,
- Positions: ever-hill-cumorah-pageant, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Mark Chapman (1971 – ) was an LDS church member, church janitor 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
- Convicted:
2022,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- James Chapman (1935 – 2022) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted via plea agreement in 1991 of third-degree felony attempted sexual abuse of a child; sentenced to two weeks in jail and 18 months probation; pleaded guilty in 2000 to two second-degree felony counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child; sentenced to one to 15 years in prison; registered sex offender; died in 2022
- Convicted:
1991, 2000,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Max Cheatham (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Kami Chesnut was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Convicted:
2022,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal,
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- David 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
- Convicted:
2016,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Bret 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
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Al Childress was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- Kevin Christensen (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member and judge in Brigham City, Utah; accused of receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to individuals he believed to be minor children; pleaded not guilty in July 2025; convicted via plea agreement in April 2026
- Positions: Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View report »
"We can't have it in our lives. It's the only way I can protect my kids. [...] He was a judge. He was a member of the LDS Church. He was a father. He was a grandfather. I mean, he saw his grandkids and his kids every day."Allegedly sent young child's LDS directory photo to adult for rape fantasy-
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- Jacob Christensen (1974 – ) was a Mormon church member; convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child in Oct. 2018
- Convicted:
2018,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Chad Christensen (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member in Kaysville, Utah ; convicted of 3 counts of ENTICE SOLICIT SEDUCE OR LURE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT 3rd degree felony and 1 count ENTICE SOLICIT SEDUCE OR LURE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT a 2nd degree felony in 2017; is a registered sex offender living in Brigham City, Utah; reportedly actively attends LDS ward
- Convicted:
2017,
- Positions: Boyscouts, librarian,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: excommuncated, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Wade Christofferson (1953 – ) was accused, per FLOODLIT's sources, of sexually abusing up to 12 children in Illinois, Ohio and Utah between 1985-2025, including while in bishopric; excommunicated in 1996 for child sexual abuse; rebaptized in 1997, was bishopric counselor 2006-11, 2016-19; charged in 2025 (alleged abuse between 2016-25); his brother, apostle Todd Christofferson, knew by around 2020 of abuse; convicted in 2026
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Not convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Church position after excommunication, Excommunicated, High-level official accused of failure to report, Rebaptized, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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"I went to my bishop. I reported it. I was a child expecting safety, expecting protection. [...] Instead, I was given a punishment.""I am deeply sorry for what I have done and will be meeting with my bishop to start the repentance process." - Wade Christofferson, Nov. 6, 2025 text message to an alleged victim's father-
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- Tanner Clark (1993 – ) 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
- Convicted:
2019,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Prison, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
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- Michael Clay (1974 – ) 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
- Convicted:
2023,
- Positions: BYU, Church employee, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation,
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- Shannon Clifton (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member in Warrensburg, Missouri; convicted of sexual abuse related crimes; sentenced to 30-40 years in prison; is currently serving time in Jefferson City Correctional Center, a maximum security prison
- Convicted:
2022,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Melvin Cloward (1931 – 2014) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted 1998 via plea agreement of third-degree felony sex abuse of a child (reduced in 2000 to a Class A misdemeanor); sentenced to three years of probation; registered sex offender as of 2007; died in 2014
- Convicted:
1998,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Francis Cochran (1921 – 2005) was a Mormon high priest in the Seattle 6th Ward in Seattle, Washington in the 1980s; convicted twice in the 1980s of crimes related to sexual abuse of multiple children; allegedly assaulted multiple young girls on LDS property, including during church meetings; a 2025 lawsuit (Floodlit broke the story) said stake president Paul Diehl & multiple ward bishops covered up allegations against Cochran
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1987, 1988,
- Positions: High priest,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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"Despite numerous red flags, Defendants continued to give High Priest Cochran access to minor church members. Defendants allowed High Priest Cochran to continue to attend and volunteer at church events, including those attended by minors. Defendants also allowed High Priest Cochran to continue to transport young girls, including vulnerable refugee girls, to and from church events."Stake president and two LDS bishops allegedly covered up abuse allegations-
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- Huey Cole was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Stephen Coleman (1971 – ) 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
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Gerald Collingwood (1943 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Dennis Collins was an LDS church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Glynn Collins (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lovell, Wyoming; entered Alford plea to sexual abuse charges and was sentenced to 3-6 years in Prison January 22, 2026
- Convicted:
2026,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"She presented video clips from when authorities originally questioned Collins. In one, after being asked if there was any truth to the allegations made by KF, Collins says, “That’s what I really can’t say. That will incriminate me. I can’t tell you.” "-
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- John Conway was a Mormon church member in Cambridge, UK; accused of child sexual abuse after his twin brother Martyn Conway was convicted of child sexual abuse; in both cases, the victim was the same underage boy
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Martyn Conway was a Mormon church member in England; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; twin brother of John Patrick Conway, who also perpetrated child sexual abuse against the same victim
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Keldon Cook was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2015,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Allan Cook (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member in West Jordan, 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
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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"What we felt had happened, though serious, was nothing that warranted a felony charge."-
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- Stephen Cooper (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member; convicted of ATTEMPTED - SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR and DEALING IN MATERIALS HARMFUL TO MINOR-DEFENDANT18 AND OLDER, both 3rd degree felonies
- Convicted:
2024,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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"“Again, this wasn’t a crime of opportunity that found you and you got caught up in it or made a wrong turn. You went looking anyway, deep down that rabbit hole.”"-
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- Kenneth Copple was a Mormon church member in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced in 2019 to prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2019,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
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- Brandon Cordero was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Donald Cornell was an LDS church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Alfred Cote (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in New Hampshire and Nauvoo, Illinois; convicted in 1986 (New Hampshire) and 2020 (Illinois) of child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in 2020 in Illinois; as of May 2026, is incarcerated at the Big Muddy River Correctional Center in Jefferson County, Illinois; Mormon church let him be scoutmaster despite prior conviction
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1986, 2020,
- Positions: Elders Quorum President, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
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- John Cox was a Mormon church member in Clackamas County, Oregon; convicted of child sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- David Cox (1961 – ) 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
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Michael Coy was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Seminary teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Dennis Crawford (1946 – ) was a Mormon church member in Twin Falls, Idaho and in Utah; convicted in 2022 of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD - 1st Degree Felony; sentenced to six years to life in prison; as of May 2026, is a prisoner at Utah State Correctional Facility
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2022,
- Positions: Missionary, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Justin Crawley (1993 – ) 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
- Convicted:
2019,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Curtis 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
- Convicted:
2007,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Daniel Croney (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Pocatello, Idaho; convicted in 1998 of felony lewd conduct with a minor child under 16; as of January 2026, lives in Pocatello as a registered sex offender
- Convicted:
1998,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Clark Crookston (1949 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2022,
- Positions: Bishop, High priest, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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"I assumed I was alone. I felt guilty even to question his worthiness. [...] I buried the hurt and kept it secret for over 30 years. [...] The children who came forward are my heroes. These are the brave souls [who] broke the curse that has been happening for nearly 60 years."-
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- Alan Croshaw (1946 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Springville, Utah from at least 1991 to 1995; 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
- Convicted:
2015,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
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- Russell Crosland (1962 – ) was a Mormon church member in Fillmore, Utah; tried meeting with a person he thought was a 13-year-old child that he chatted with online for sex; it was an undercover agent; he was arrested
- Convicted:
2024,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Michael Cunningham (1947 – ) was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse; a judge sentenced Cunningham to ten years imprisonment and told him that he must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Daniel Cupyrna was a Mormon assistant stake clerk and stake technology specialist in Middlesbrough Ward, Billingham Stake, UK; accused of possession of child sexual abuse material; admitted to wrongdoing; convicted
- Positions: Other leader, Stake clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted,
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- Kevin Curlew 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2006,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
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