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George William Aaron
- Alleged coverup
- was a former Mormon bishop in a college ward in Provo, Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters in the 1980s and early 1990s; found civilly liable in 2001 to have "inflicted emotional distress," "breached fiduciary duty," and behaved with "reckless disregard" toward his younger daughter; paid $25,000 in punitive damages.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, Liable,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,
- Case report »
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Jose Antonio Arias
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church missionary in Palm Desert, California; accused of sexual abuse; civil suit filed against LDS church and Arias; judge awarded judgment by default for the plaintiff (victim) against Arias in 2017 in the amount of approximately $4.2 million; the LDS church was not found liable.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in California,
- Case report »
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Bishop Baldwin
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishop in Pittsburg, California in 1989; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly lasted from 1989 to 1997, when the victim was 5 to 13 years old; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church activity, LDS church building, Recreational trip/outing,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Case report »
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Timothy Blain Ballard
- was a Mormon anti-sex trafficking activist; claimed to be friends with LDS apostle Russell Ballard (no relation); accused in 2023 of sexual misconduct by at least eight women and a couple; in June 2024, one civil case was dismissed; in July 2024, a lawsuit said his DNA was found on a victim’s skirt.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Curt Boyack
- was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly said he would turn himself in to police; died by suicide.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Case report »
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Peter Curtis Brackner
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Purvis, Mississippi; served as second counselor in an LDS ward bishopric, and as scoutmaster; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Mississippi,
- Case report »
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William Carstensen
- was a Mormon church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; charged; died by suicide.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation, Suicide,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Case report »
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Christopher James Church
- was a Mormon high priest and anesthesiologist in Arizona; had his license revoked in 2011 for a pattern of touching women's breasts while they were unconscious; 2012 civil suit was dismissed.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Arizona,
- Case report »
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John Doe
- was a Mormon bishop in or near Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy; the alleged sexual assault took place in the Salt Lake Temple in the 1980s (approximately 1986), during a visit to perform baptisms for the dead.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, LDS temple,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Case report »
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John Doe
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Tacoma, Washington; sexually abused a preschooler in his ward in the 1980s; the LDS church settled with the abuse survivor for $1.1 million in 2023.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Washington,
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LDS church payment: $1,100,000
- Case report »
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John Doe
- was an LDS church member and former Mormon bishop in Alabama, Alaska and Texas; in 2022 or 2023, confessed to child sexual abuse to his LDS bishop and stake president in Texas, according to a person familiar with the case; they reported him to local police in 2023; in 2024, a plaintiff filed a civil lawsuit against him.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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John Doe
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Cambridge, Massachusetts; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Case report »
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John Doe
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Case report »
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John Doe
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS stake mission president; accused by Mormon leader Vaughn Featherstone in 1975 of child sexual abuse of "many, many Aaronic Priesthood boys" in Doe's stake.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Case report »
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John Doe
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Failed attempt to sue LDS church,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Australia,
- Case report »
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Verd Jene Erickson
- was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Riverton, Wyoming who moved to Utah; was accused of sexual misconduct and lost his dentistry license in 2010; died in 2022.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Case report »
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William Sterling Evans
- Alleged coverup
- was a prominent Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; was bishop twice of the Grant 6th ward; from 1957 to 1962, was in the Utah State Legislature; served as Salt Lake County Clerk from 1968 to 1983; died in 1991; allegedly raped a relative in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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David Brian Farley
- was a former doctor and LDS church member in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients; the alleged abuse occurred over a span of many years, during which Farley was an LDS stake high council member for some time; never criminally charged; in February 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Case report »
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Samuel Howard Gardner
- was an LDS bishop in the Oklahoma City First Ward in the early 1960s; accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the bishop's office at a Mormon chapel in about 1961; died in 1968.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Case report »
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Kevin Stacy Garn
- Alleged coverup
- was a former Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Floyd Keith Godfrey
- was a Mormon church member and sexual orientation conversion therapist in Arizona; accused of sexual misconduct by two employees; in 2023, Godfrey was forced to surrender his license.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Mark Gum
- was an LDS church member and scout leader; accused of sexual abuse; could not be located, so the plaintiff filed against the Boy Scouts of America; plaintiff won his case.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in California,
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LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- Case report »
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Douglas Edwin Holyoak
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishop in Sycamore, Illinois from about 1999 to 2004; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexual assault of an underage girl in his office at church when she reported sexual harassment by other youth; allegedly covered up the assault with the help of a stake presidency counselor (Michael John Evans).
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Illinois,
- Case report »
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Melvin Kay Johnson
- Alleged coverup
- was a seminary teacher, BYU religion professor; accused by his children of sexually abusing his daughters; excommunicated, rebaptized; confessed to sexual abuse, but has not been arrested or criminally charged.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in Utah,
- Case report »
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Thomas Smith Kimball
- was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse by multiple women; died by suicide in October 2020, shortly after allegations became public.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Case report »
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Paul H Lewis
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Seattle, Washington; accused of sexual abuse; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2006.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Mikel Christain Massey
- was an LDS church member in Lufkin, Texas; accused of child sexual abuse; police investigated, but no charges were filed.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Texas,
- Case report »
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Bill McKay
- was an LDS church member and mayor of Kennewick, Washington; admitted in 2023 to police he paid for sexual services at multiple massage parlors in Kennewick; was not criminally charged.
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Washington,
- Case report »
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Darrell McNeill
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Case report »
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Lynn Alvin Mickelsen
- was a former Mormon general authority (member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy) in Utah; accused in the 2010s of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Case report »
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Brenda Nelson Miles
- was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Case report »
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Timothy Bradbury Monzello
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishop in Azusa, California (Azusa 1st Ward, Glendora California Stake) from about 2005 to 2010; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexual abuse that allegedly took place between 2008 and 2010, starting when the victim was seven years old; the alleged abuse took place in the bishop's office at church and at Monzello's home.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
- Case report »
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Gerald Elbert Mortimer
- was an OB/GYN doctor in Idaho and former Mormon temple president and mission president in the Philippines; admitted in 2019 to secretly using his sperm to artificially inseminate multiple women; a civil suit against him was dismissed with prejudice in 2021, possibly because of a private settlement agreement.
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Keven Brad Nelson
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of grooming and/or sexual abuse by multiple boys in his scout troop; in 1988, his BSA registration was suspended.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
- Case report »
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Hugh Winder Nibley
- was a prominent LDS scholar in Utah; in 2005, was publicly accused by his daughter of childhood sexual abuse against her; died in 2005 in Provo, Utah; was never charged with a sex crime.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Spencer John Palmer
- was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; posthumously accused of child sexual abuse by his grandson.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Kenny Van Parcell
- was an LDS church member and president of the National Association of Realtors; former Mormon ward young men's leader in Utah and bishopric counselor at BYU-Provo; accused in 2023 of sexual harassment by three women; resigned.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Derrick Evan Pickering
- was a Mormon church member and nurse practitioner in Utah; accused in 2024 by multiple former patients in a civil lawsuit of touching them in sexually inappropriate ways.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Case report »
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Brian Richard Pickett
- was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Hawaii,
- Case report »
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Carl Dee Pratt
- was a Mormon bishop in San Manuel, Arizona; allegedly sexually abused a boy in his ward, in the bishop's office at an LDS chapel; died in 2006.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Case report »
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Gary Fuller Reese
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy scoutmaster; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Washington,
- Case report »
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Lowell Robison
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998) when he allegedly sexually abused multiple missionaries; accused in 2018 of the alleged abuse; two months later, died by suicide.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Mexico,
- Case report »
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Jack Lund Schofield
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member, school administrator and state senator in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual harassment; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT he sold her repeatedly to sex trafficking clients at a motel in Las Vegas.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
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Thomas Theron Schofield
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishop in Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a 16-year-old child in 2004-05 while he was a Mormon Bishop; some of the alleged abuse took place in the Salt Lake City and Oakland LDS temples and the bishop's office at church.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church activity, LDS church building, LDS temple,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
- Case report »
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Philander Knox Smartt
- was a Mormon mission president in Puerto Rico; accused of sexually manipulating some of his sister missionaries; LDS church sent him home and called his behavior "immoral and sinful," but no criminal charges or civil lawsuits resulted.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Puerto Rico,
- Case report »
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Joseph Smith
- was the founder of the LDS church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon church); accused during his life (1805-1844) of adulterous affairs with girls under the age of 18 and women; never charged with a sex crime.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged crime: 1800s, in Illinois,
- Case report »
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UNKNOWN Smith
- was a Mormon bishop in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with two Melchizedek priesthood holders in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
- Case report »
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Michael Terry Stillman
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon Tabernacle Choir member and professional scouter with the Boy Scouts of America in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah; accused in 1989 of having sexually abused a boy between the ages of 13 and 15 in the mid-1970s; decided to resign as district scout executive as long as it did not imply guilt; was never reported to police or charged with a crime.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Utah,
- Case report »
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Stephen Wayne Stokes
- was a Mormon church member and Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) professor; accused of sexual assault by a former student; died in 2016; in 2022, civil lawsuit against BYU-I was dismissed with prejudice.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Case report »
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Arthur Stout
- was a Mormon church member in Littlerock, California; in 2024, a civil lawsuit said he sexually assaulted a girl "on a weekly basis" from 1991 to 1997, starting when she was 5 years old; some of the alleged abuse took place in an LDS church building.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Perpetrator's home, Vehicle, Victim's home,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in California,
- Case report »
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- Criminal: Convicted, Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1800s, 1900 to 1949, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Case report »
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Glendon Templeton
- was a Mormon bishop, Sunday school teacher and scout leader in Arizona; accused but never prosecuted for alleged sex crimes.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in Arizona,
- Case report »
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Jay Toombs
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and private investigator in Benson, Cache Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; allegations of his abuse were reportedly known to three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother), who never reported it to police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison.
- Criminal: Never charged, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000, 2000s,
- Case report »
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Kendall Doyle Traxler
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Gallman and Hazelhurst, Mississippi; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT that Traxler sexually abused them when they were a child; the abuse allegedly took place during Sunday branch meetings; the branch president and stake president allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report it to law enforcement.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, LDS Sunday meetings,
- Case report »
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Bob UNKNOWN
- was a Mormon church member and Melchizedek priesthood holder in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with a Mormon bishop and another Melchizedek priesthood holder in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
- Case report »
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Jim UNKNOWN
- was a Mormon church member and Melchizedek priesthood holder in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with a Mormon bishop and another Melchizedek priesthood holder in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
- Case report »
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Mark S Webster
- was a branch president in New Mexico; accused of rape in a civil lawsuit.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Robert Lewis White
- was a Mormon missionary in South Dakota in the late 1960s; accused in a civil lawsuit in 2008 of sexually abusing a boy while on his mission.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in South Dakota,
- Case report »
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Emmett White
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Florida; was caught in 1966 by local police soliciting an adult sex worker (prostitute); denied any inappropriate behavior around scouts.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in Florida,
- Case report »
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Kenneth Wilstead
- was an LDS church member in Garland, Texas; accused of sexual misconduct.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Texas,
- Case report »
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Sean David Woolf
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and full-time missionary; accused of sexual abuse of a child; the alleged abuse occurred during his mission; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2020; the church settled with the victim.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Chauncey Joseph Worthley
- was a former LDS bishop in Orange County, California; admitted to sexual abuse and had his foster parent license taken away.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Orson Davis Wright
- was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Australia,
- Case report »
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Brigham Young
- Second president of the Mormon church; married 56 women, including a 15-year old and three 16-year-olds.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged crime: 1800s,
- Case report »
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