853 LDS sex abuse cases found
defendant was convicted
- Criminal case result: Convicted
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- Edward Hunter (1953 – ) 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
Crime: 2010s, 
Crime county:
AZ - Maricopa, - Crime state:
Arizona,
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- Convicted:
2016,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result, - View report »
Crime county:
Crime state:
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- Cotton Hunter (2002 – ) was a Mormon church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Music leader, - Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- Craig Huntington (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
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- Keith Huntsman (1945 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2002,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- Loren Hurd (1964 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender as of 2023; lives in Ogden, Utah
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, -
- Jesus Hurtado (1953 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
1994, 
LDS positions: Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Civil case(s): Settlement, 
Alleged failure to reportper a 2016 lawsuit, a victim told two bishops, who did not alert police; she said one told her to repent and the other said he would no longer allow Hurtado to be her Sunday school teacher
"Nobody did anything. Nobody called the police."
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- Etienne Iriberry (1975 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Lance Jacks (1994 – ) was a Mormon church member in Roy, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing a 4 year old girl; had just gone through the temple right before sexually abusing the child
- Crime: 2010s,
Convicted:
2013, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Robert Jackson (1942 – ) 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
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2006, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, BYU, Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Albert Jackson (1906 – 2010) was a Mormon church member in Lewiston, Utah and Centerville, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2002 (at age 96) via plea agreement to two second-degree felony counts of sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to two concurrent prison terms of one to 15 years each
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime county:
UT - Cache,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2002, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Was Utah's oldest prison inmate when released to home confinement at age 99
"You're in pretty good health for a 99-year-old man. We don't want you touching anybody anymore, OK?"
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- Cecil Jacobson (1936 – 2021) was a Mormon church member and fertility doctor in Virginia; found guilty of secretly using his own sperm to artificially inseminate patients
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Rowland James (1968 – ) 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
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- View report »
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- Richard James (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Potomac, Maryland; accused of sexually abusing a boy from 1995 to 1999 at billionaire Bill Marriott's home, an LDS church and other locations; pleaded guilty to reduced child abuse charges; sentenced to 10 years in prison (nine suspended); was a registered sex offender; the victim sued the church, Marriott and six others in 2024
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime city:
MD - Bethesda,
- Crime state:
Maine, Maryland, North Carolina,
Crime city:
Convicted:
2002, LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- William Jansen (1983 – ) was an LDS church member and police officer in Twin Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Ángel Jaramillo was an LDS church member and city councilor in El Carmen, Jujuy, Argentina; arrested on child pornography and abuse charges (which includes distribution, tenancy, and production of material); in 2025, sentenced to two years of "prisión condicional" (akin to probation)
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime city:
Argentina - Jujuy,
- Crime country:
Argentina,
Crime country:
Convicted:
2024, LDS positions: Church employee, Stake clerk, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Alleged failure to report-
- Ronald Jenkins (1942 – ) was a 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; registered sex offender
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- Kelly Jenkins (1982 – ) was an LDS church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
- Crime: 2000,
- Crime city:
Boise,
- Crime county:
Ada,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2004, LDS positions: Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Registered sex offender, -
- Gordon Jenkins (1945 – ) was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; pled guilty to Sexual Battery Of Minor Child 16/17 Years Of Age in 2002; was sentenced to 2-14 years; in 1992 was disbarred as an attorney for professional misconduct and unauthorized solicitation; in 2016 the SEC permanently barred him from serving as a director or officer of any public company for offenses related to investment fraud
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime city:
Idaho Falls,
- Crime county:
Bonneville,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2002, LDS positions: Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, pled guilty, -
- Kenneth Jenks (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); was a ward executive secretary and ward librarian; charged with 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
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Other leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Floyd Jennings (1947 – 2025) was a former Mormon bishop and school bus driver in St. George, Utah; was a senior missionary in Nauvoo, Illinois and Fort Cove, Utah; arrested in 2017 for soliciting sex from two girls he thought were 13 years old; convicted in 2019; died in 2025
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Senior missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender, -
- Christopher Jensen (1991 – ) 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 mid-trial in 2018 for $32 million, also spending over $27 million on legal fees; FLOODLIT.org discovered the settlement details in 2025 and made them public for the first time
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah, West Virginia,
Convicted:
2013, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- Gail Jensen (1931 – ) was a Mormon church member in Wellsville, Cache County, Utah; in 1997, pleaded guilty to one second-degree felony count of sexual abuse of a child; sentenced to six months in jail with work release, and probation (ended in 1998); charge was reduced to a third-degree felony in 2001; in 2008, a woman filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Jensen; the case was settled in 2010
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime county:
UT - Cache,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
1997, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender, Civil case(s): Settlement, -
- Bruce Jeppesen (1956 – ) was a Mormon elders quorum president when he sexually abused a child; sentenced to two concurrent terms of 15 years in the Utah State Prison
- LDS positions: Elders quorum,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- View report »
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- James Johannes (1982 – ) 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
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Texas,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, -
- Carl Johnson (1945 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and former mayor of West Bountiful, Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexually abusing several children between 1983 and 1997; pleaded guilty in 2023 to four felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2023 to three consecutive terms of nine years to life each for first-degree felonies, plus one term of one to 15 years on a second-degree felony
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2023, LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Timothy Johnson was a Mormon church member in Oregon; pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree sexual abuse and was sentenced to 15 years in prison; a lawsuit against the Mormon church was dismissed with prejudice
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Oregon,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Allen Johnson (1965 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; drove from Utah to Idaho to meet up with a person he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex; sentenced in 2015 to eight years in prison; as of March 2024, is a registered sex offender living in Provo, Utah
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2015, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, -
- Les Johnson (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in northern Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; was granted parole in 1984 in Utah after serving 7 months of a 0-5 year prison sentence; as of 2023, lives in Bountiful, Utah
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released, -
- Bryce Johnson (1984 – ) was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; convicted of three counts of aggravated child sex abuse/1st degree felony and sexual exploitation of a minor/2nd degree felony; sentenced to prison
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Missionary, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, -
- Brent Johnson (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member in Cedar Hills, Utah; charged in 2024 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; police said they found three videos of Johnson in 2013 where he was recording himself sexually abusing an 11-year-old child while she was sleeping
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Unknown result, -
- Ronald Johnson was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Jordan Jolley (1987 – ) was an LDS church member in Syracuse, Utah; convicted of voyeurism in January 2024
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2024, LDS positions: Primary, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, -
- Harry Jones (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Illinois; sentenced to 30 months of probation for possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material or CSAM)
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Illinois,
Convicted:
2015, LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation, -
- Eric Jones (1981 – ) was an LDS church member in Blackfoot, Idaho; arrested for alleged sexual contact with a toddler; convicted in January 2024 of battery with the intent to commit lewd conduct of a child after a one-day trial; sentenced in March 2024 to two to 20 years in prison; required to register as a sex offender
- Convicted:
2024,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
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- John Jones (1933 – 2020) was a Mormon church member in American Fork, Utah; convicted of forcible sodomy in or before 1988; sentenced to five years to life in prison; registered sex offender in Utah as of 2007; died in 2020
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
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- Harry Jones IV (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Buffalo Grove, Illinois; convicted of possessing CSAM; is a registered sex offender
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Illinois,
Convicted:
2015, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender, -
- Michael Jordan (1980 – ) was an LDS church member in West Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2015 of 33 felonies related to child sexual abuse (CSA)
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2015, LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, -
- Larry Judd (1936 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; admitted to molesting 12 girls over a period of about 20 years; some of the alleged abuse took place at church and at church-sponsored summer camps
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- Daniel Justice (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member in Vernal, Utah; convicted of rape; sentenced to five years to life in prison
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2024, Criminal case(s): Convicted, -
- Neil Karl (1974 – ) was a Mormon church member in Midway, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- Spencer Kartchner (1965 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2009 and 2021
- Crime: 2000s, 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2009, 2021, LDS positions: Ward mission leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, -
- Stephen Kay (1940 – ) was a Mormon church member, school teacher and scout leader in Brisbane, Australia; charged multiple times with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1996 and was sentenced to jail
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime country:
Australia,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, -
- That Keeng was a Mormon missionary in Accra, Ghana; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2010 and sentenced to prison, along with his missionary companion, Omale Ojonugwu Uwa; in 2011, an Accra High Court acquitted them, ruling that the trial court was wrong in convicting the missionaries
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime country:
Ghana,
Convicted:
2010, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Convicted, Prison, -
- Isaac Kemp was a Mormon church member in Draper, Utah; allegedly sexually abused children in Draper and Nebraska; sentenced to prison in Nebraska until 2038
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Nebraska, Utah,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Prison, -
- Lon Kennard (1941 – 2019) was a former Mormon bishop in Heber City, Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2011, LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Ronald Kerlee was a Mormon seminary teacher, Sunday school leader and youth leader in Corvallis, Oregon; convicted of Sodomy III (Class C Felony) for sexual abuse of a child; accused of sexually abusing multiple children; was also a licensed counselor in Oregon until his license was revoked in 2014 after he allegedly engaged in sexual activities with a male client
- LDS positions: Seminary teacher, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- Jimmy Kilpatrick was a Mormon church member in Alabama; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2015 to 10 years in prison
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Alabama,
Convicted:
2015, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Willis King was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Louis Kinyon (1954 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2005 of aggravated murder
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2005, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Kevin Kirkland (1959 – ) was a Mormon seminary teacher and school teacher in the Redlands, California area; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2016 to molesting four female students from May 2015 to May 2016; sentenced to two years in jail; released in June 2017
- LDS positions: Seminary teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Civil case(s): Settlement,
- View report »
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- Marion Klingler (1944 – ) was an LDS church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; now lives in Springville Utah as registered sex offender
- LDS positions: Primary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
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- Eric Knight (1968 – ) was an LDS church member; former physician; pleaded guilty in 2021 in New Hampshire to two felony counts of second-degree assault in a plea deal that would allow him to get his medical license back and avoid the sex offender registry
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
New Hampshire,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, -
- Justin Knight (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Tucson, Arizona; in 2023, pled guilty to one third-degree count of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR and one fourth-degree felony charge of Aggravated Taking Id Of Another Person Or Entity; sentenced to prison; registered sex offender as of Oct. 2025
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime city:
AZ - Tucson,
- Crime county:
AZ - Pima,
- Crime state:
Arizona,
Convicted:
2023, LDS positions: Primary, Scout leader, Ward executive secretary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, -
- James Knudsen (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member in Nampa, Idaho; pleaded guilty in 2015 of sexual abuse of a child under 16
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2015, LDS positions: Primary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released, -
- Keith Knutson (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lynnwood, Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges in 1995; a Mormon bishop allegedly failed to report abuse allegations to police
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime county:
WA - Snohomish,
- Crime state:
Washington,
Convicted:
1995, LDS positions: Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- Dion Labadie was a Mormon church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- View report »
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- Antonio Lacy (1994 – ) was an LDS church member and BYU student in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2012 of forcible sexual abuse
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2012, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, -
- Jeffrey Lamborn (1974 – ) was a Mormon church member in Washington and Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1999 in Washington; registered sex offender, lives in Idaho as of 2025
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- Daniel Landeros (1970 – ) was a Mormon missionary; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal,
- View report »
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- Robert Lant (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah County, Utah; convicted in 2018 and again in 2023 of crimes related to child sexual abuse; as of January 2026, is the defendant in an ongoing civil lawsuit
- Crime: 1980s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime city:
Mapleton,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Civil case(s): Ongoing, -
- Cody Lara (1990 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona City, Pinal County, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse in 2018; convicted in 2019 of three reduced counts of abuse of a child or vulnerable adult
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- Thomas Larkin was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- View report »
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- Michael Larsen (1963 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; convicted in the 1980s of child sexual abuse; as of 2023, lives in Tooele, Utah
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- James Larsen (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member (possibly a ward clerk or bishop) in Magna, Utah; accused in 2017 of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to prison; released; as of 2025, lives in Magna, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2018, LDS positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, -
- Robert Larsen (1965 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD in 1993, and SEX ABUSE CHILD in 1998, as well as POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in 2009
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2009, LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Released, -
- Gannon Larson (2003 – ) was an LDS church member in Taylor, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- Arthur Laws (1946 – 2014) was a Mormon church member in West Bountiful, Utah; convicted of ATTEMPTED - SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD - 3rd Degree Felony in 2010
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime city:
UT - West Bountiful,
- Crime county:
UT - Davis,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2009, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, librarian, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Steven Layland (1946 – ) was a Mormon church member in Tampa, Florida; in 2000 was federally convicted for sending child pornography in the mail
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2000, LDS positions: High priest group leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, guilty, -
- Derek Layton was an LDS church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse in the late 1980s; convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison for "sexual conduct with minor and dangerous crimes against children"
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- Francois Le Corguille was an LDS church member in France; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison in 2011
- Convicted:
2011,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- View report »
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- Tammy Leask (1981 – ) was an LDS church member in Forks, Washington; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- George Lee (1943 – 2010) was a Mormon general authority in Utah; member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1975 to 1989; in 1994, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a child, a third-degree felony; registered sex offender; died in 2010
- LDS positions: General authority, Mission president, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- Frank Lefrandt (1961 – 2009) was an LDS church member in Honolulu, Hawaii; served a Mormon mission to Guatemala; accused of sexual abuse; admitted in 2007 to sexually molesting a 13-year-old newspaper carrier; pleaded guilty in November 2008; disappeared while out on bail awaiting sentencing
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Hawaii,
Convicted:
2008, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Kurt Leppert (1958 – ) was a former LDS church primary teacher in Spokane Valley, Washington; found guilty in 2018 by a jury of seven counts of sexually abusing 3 children between the ages of 8 and 12; sentenced in 2018 to 21 years and 4 months in prison
- LDS positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- View report »
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- Nicholas Lewis (1992 – ) was a Mormon church member and BYU student; accused of sexually abusing young girls and attempting to solicit sex from a teen online; sentenced in 2017 to jail and probation; 2023: registered sex offender living in Bremerton, Washington
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender, -
- Frank Lind (1956 – ) was a Mormon church member in California; sentenced before the early 2000s to 30 years to life in prison for sexually molesting a child; in the 2000s, a Mormon bishop allegedly supported Lind's decision to be baptized into the LDS church despite his prior conviction; in 2022, again convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison
- Convicted:
2022,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- Michael Lister (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in or near Cedar City, Utah and Bunkerville, Nevada; accused in Utah in 2023 of sexual abuse of two young girls; pleaded guilty to one count of sodomy on a child; sentenced in June 2023 to 25 years to life in prison
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2023, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Bryant Litchfield (1953 – 2023) was an LDS church member and physician in Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; acquitted; in 2008, was found guilty by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta of inappropriately touching women patients during breast and vaginal exams in 2001; stripped of his medical license
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime country:
Canada,
Convicted:
2008, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, -
- Brett Long (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in Nez Perce County, Idaho; convicted of sexually abusing a child under the age of 16
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Robert Longman was a Mormon missionary in Corpus Christi, Texas; molested a three-year old in a bedroom while two other missionaries talked with the mother; pleaded no contest to charges filed in May 1989 of indecency with a child; sentenced to eight years probation, a $1,000 fine, and required to pay $400 in court costs
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Texas,
LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation, -
- Rafael Lopez was a Mormon church member in Falls Church, Virginia; convicted of aggravated sexual abuse; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Boyd Lords was a Mormon church member in Winnemucca, Nevada; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2022 to one felony count of lewdness with a child under the age of 14; was sentenced to prison
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Nevada,
Convicted:
2022, LDS positions: High priest, Missionary, Ward executive secretary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Leonard Loschen (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2022 to prison in Utah for sexually abusing LDS missionaries
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2022, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Leslie Loveland (1994 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty of rape in 2019; sentenced to one year in prison and three years of probation
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2019, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, -
- Dennis Loveless was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1977 and 1984; sentenced to prison both times; died in 2016
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, -
- W Loveless (1979 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Andrew Loveless was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2023 of third-degree felony attempted forcible sexual abuse; as of 2025, registered sex offender living in Santaquin, Utah
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Mark Lowder was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- Stephen Lowe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Devin MacCabe was a Mormon church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Martin MacNeill was a former Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2014; convicted of murdering his wife
- Convicted:
2014,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Major Madon was an LDS church member in Mapleton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse; as of 2024, serving time in prison in Central Utah Correctional Facility
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Stake high council, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Nathan Madsen was a Mormon church member and University of Tampa, Florida music professor; pleaded guilty in 2017 to charges of enticing a child to produce child pornography and possessing child pornography; sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Florida,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, -
- Brandon Manning (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Georgia, Utah,
- Crime country:
Scotland, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2001, 2020, Unknown, LDS positions: Missionary, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Alleged failure to report-
- Benjamin Manning (1991 – ) was a Mormon church member in Massachusetts and Utah; in 2014, molested a child while living with her family in Salt Lake City, Utah; charged with child sexual abuse in 2019; was a Sunday school teacher at some point between 2014 and 2024; found guilty by a jury in February 2024; sentenced in April 2024 to 120 years in prison
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Massachusetts, Utah,
Convicted:
2024, LDS positions: Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, -
- Mikel Marshall was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Jayson Martineau (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Idaho and Tremonton, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in December 2023 in Utah and was sent on a one-year rider program
- Convicted:
2023,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Herbert Mataele (1967 – ) was an LDS church member in Bluffdale, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing a disabled girl he was caring for; sentenced in October 2023 to between three years and life in prison, but that prison sentence was suspended; the judge ordered him to serve three years in jail, with credit for the almost year and a half he had already served, followed by six years of probation
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
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- Craig Mathias (1960 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Santa Clarita, California; was in the Northridge 1st Ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting five boy scouts at his home; the alleged abuse involved up to 11 scouts; reportedly urged one victim on a recorded phone call not to tell police about the abuse; sentenced to six years in prison; released in 1990; registered sex offender (2025)
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime city:
CA - Los Angeles, CA - Santa Clarita,
- Crime county:
CA - Los Angeles,
- Crime state:
California,
Convicted:
1987, LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- Franklin Mathias (1934 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in La Grande, Oregon; had a career as a schoolteacher; accused in 1987 of sexual abuse; sentenced in 1988 to four years in prison for molesting a child; he said that he had 242 victims over a 30-year period; convicted in 1997 of failure to register as a sex offender and was placed on probation for 24 months
- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Crime county:
crime-county-or-union,
- Crime state:
Oregon,
Convicted:
1988, LDS positions: High priest, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Mathias reportedly admitted that he had 242 victims over a 30-year period
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