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George Aaron
- 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.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Jose Arias
- 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.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in California,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Bishop Baldwin
- 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.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Timothy 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.
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- Positions: Missionary,
George Barnett
- was a Mormon church member in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Alleged coverup
Joseph Bishop
- was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- Alleged coverup
Herman Blom
- was a Mormon church member in the Netherlands and in Pleasant Grove, Utah; allegedly sexually abused a child in 2018; died in 2023.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Netherlands, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
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.
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Ronald Boyce
- was a Mormon church member in New York; accused of sexual abuse in a 2024 civil lawsuit against the LDS church.
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Peter Brackner
- was second counselor in an LDS bishopric in Purvis, Mississippi, and a scoutmaster; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Mississippi,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
Carlfred Broderick
- was a Mormon stake president in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Alleged coverup
Christopher 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.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Arizona,
Robert Dahle
- was an LDS church member, Utah Highway Patrol trooper; alleged rapist of a 13-year-old girl.
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- Positions: Elders quorum, High priest, Scout leader, Sunday school,
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.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Temple worker,
- Alleged coverup
John Doe
- 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.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Washington,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
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.
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- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
John Doe
- was an LDS church member in Cambridge, Massachusetts; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: Unknown timeframe, in Massachusetts,
- Alleged coverup
John Doe
- was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged coverup
John Doe
- 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.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Unknown location,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Alleged coverup
John Doe
- was an LDS church member in Queensland, Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Australia,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Alleged coverup
Doe
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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John Doe
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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John Doe
- was a Mormon temple worker in Los Angeles, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the LDS church of sexually assaulting a man in 1984 while performing a private anointing ritual in the Los Angeles LDS temple.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in California,
- Positions: Temple worker,
- Alleged coverup
Gerald Elison
- was an LDS church member and junior high school drama teacher in Orem, Utah; accused in 2014 in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy student in the early 1980s; died in 2019.
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- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council,
Verd 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.
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- Positions: Bishop,
William Evans
- 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.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Alleged coverup
David 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.
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- Alleged crime: Unknown timeframe, in Oregon,
- Positions: Primary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
Samuel 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.
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, in Oklahoma,
- Positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Alleged coverup
Kevin Garn
- 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.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Sunday school,
- Alleged coverup
Floyd 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.
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Juan Guerrero Regalado
- was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 civil lawsuit against the Mormon church.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, in California,
- Alleged coverup
Mark Gum
- was a Mormon scout leader in Oxnard, California; a 2011 lawsuit against the LDS church and the Boy Scouts of America accused him of sexually assaulting a boy scout; while the boy was living with Gum (with the consent of the boy's parents), church members visited and accepted the living arrangement, the suit said; in 2012, the Mormon church made a settlement payment for an undisclosed amount.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in California,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
Dustin Hall
- was a Mormon church member and Boy Scout leader in Washington; accused of sexually abusing boys in the Shelton Ward near Olympia; a lawsuit filed against the Mormon church in 2009 claimed church leaders knew Hall posed a risk to boys but failed to prevent him from working with them.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Washington,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
Brent Hansen
- was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; was also mayor of Spanish Fork and president of its chamber of commerce; accused in a civil lawsuit of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; his dentistry license was suspended for 30 days; died in 2015.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
Jeremiah Hatch
- was a Mormon bishop and scout leader in American Fork, Utah (12th Ward) in the 1970s and early 1980s; accused of sexual abuse of six children that allegedly took place in 1976 during an overnight camping trip, and at his home during a sleepover; allegedly abused up to 30 or more children around the same time.
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- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader,
Arlin Hatch
- was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church.
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- Alleged crime: Unknown timeframe, in California,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
Douglas Holyoak
- 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).
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Illinois,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Paul Jellum
- was a Mormon scout leader in Logan, Utah in the 1980s; suspended by the BSA in 1987 after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Boy Scout in his troop during a 1986 Scouting event at Camp Hunt near Bear Lake, Utah; in 1990, Jellum became a scoutmaster in a Nevada LDS ward despite his prior suspension; in 1991, Jellum admitted to the abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Nevada,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
Melvin Johnson
- was a Mormon seminary teacher and Brigham Young University (BYU) religion professor; accused by multiple victims of sexually abusing them when they were children; excommunicated and rebaptized; reportedly confessed to sexual abuse, but was not criminally charged; two victims filed lawsuits against him; one named the Mormon church as a defendant; it settled out of court.
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in California, Utah,
- Positions: BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Alleged coverup
Gary Jones
- was a Mormon church member in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Alleged coverup
Thomas 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.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
George Koford
- was a Mormon bishop in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Alleged coverup
Paul Lewis
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Seattle, Washington; accused of sexual abuse; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2006.
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
Mikel Massey
- was an LDS church member in Lufkin, Texas; accused of child sexual abuse; police investigated, but no charges were filed.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Texas,
Edwin McClellan
- was a Mormon bishop in Cottonwood, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing 3 female family members from the 1980s-2000s.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Arizona,
- Positions: Bishop,
Keith McDowall
- was a Mormon church member in Canberra, Australia; accused of sexual abuse of relatives, including an infant.
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- Alleged coverup
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.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Washington,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Darrell McNeill
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Brenda Miles
- was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: ever-bishop-wife, ever-mission-president-wife, ever-relief-society-president,
Trevor Milton
- was a Mormon church member and former technology billionaire (Nikola) in Utah; accused in a 2020 lawsuit of sexual assault of two minors.
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- Alleged coverup
Timothy Monzello
- 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.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Gerald 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.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
- Positions: Mission president, Missionary, Temple president,
Keven Nelson
- 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.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
Hugh 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.
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- Positions: BYU, Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Sunday school,
Spencer Palmer
- was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; lived in Utah; posthumously accused of child sexual abuse by his grandson.
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- Positions: Bishop, BYU, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Temple president,
Kenny 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.
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- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
Terry Parker
- was a former Mormon bishop and school teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington; in 1996, two former students filed a civil lawsuit against the school district, Parker and the school's former principal, saying Parker sexually abused them; they said they reported to the school district, which then allegedly did nothing to protect them; the suit was dismissed with prejudice in Feb. 1998.
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Washington,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Youth leader,
Derrick 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.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Brian Pickett
- was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit that also named the LDS church; the suit was dismissed with prejudice after a settlement in 2016.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Hawaii,
- Positions: Branch president, Stake high council,
- Alleged coverup
Plaintiff Jane Roe RW 100 Napa 24CV001526 - John Doe
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Carl 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.
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- Positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged coverup
Gary Reese
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy Scout leader in Washington; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops; never charged; died in 2014.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Washington,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- Alleged coverup
Lowell Robison
- was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Mexico,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
UNKNOWN Ross
- was an LDS high priest and stake seventy in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Positions: High priest, Stake seventy,
- Alleged coverup
Ramiro Saenz
- was an LDS mission president and temple president in Bolivia; accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls.
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- Positions: Bishop, Mission president, Stake high council, Stake president, Temple president,
Vernon Sanford
- was an LDS church member in San Diego, California; died in 2000; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his son, Vernon Sanford Jr; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged abuse occurred between 1961 and 1970; the Sanfords were the plaintiff's LDS home teachers.
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in California,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Alleged coverup
Vernon Sanford
- was an LDS church member in San Diego, California; died in 2000; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his father, Vernon Sanford Sr; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged abuse occurred between 1961 and 1970; the Sanfords were the plaintiff's LDS home teachers.
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in California,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
Jack Schofield
- 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.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
Thomas Schofield
- 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.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
William Shubeck
- was a Mormon church member in San Bernardino, California; accused in 2003 of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit against the LDS church.
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, in California,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
Philander Smartt
- was a Mormon mission president in Puerto Rico; accused of sexually manipulating some of his sister missionaries; in 2014, the LDS church sent him home and called his behavior "immoral and sinful," but no criminal charges or civil lawsuits resulted.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Puerto Rico,
- Positions: Mission president, Other leader, Stake president,
Joseph Smith
- was the founder of the LDS church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon church); was publicly accused during his life (1805-1844) of sexual misconduct, including adultery and illegal polygamy; in May 1844, a Hancock County, Illinois grand jury indicted Smith for perjury, fornication and polygamy; died in June 1844.
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- Alleged crime: 1800s, in Illinois, Missouri, Ohio,
- Positions: Apostle,
- Alleged coverup
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.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Michael Stillman
- 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.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Alleged coverup
Stephen 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.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, BYU, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
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.
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, in California,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Alleged coverup
Todd Summers
- was an LDS church member and videographer for local children's events in Costa Mesa, California; accused of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in a Mormon chapel and other locations; a 2009 civil suit against him ended with a $100,000 settlement payment by the Mormon church to the plaintiff.
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, in California,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Unknown Survivor
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- Crime: 1800s, 1900 to 1949, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
Glendon Templeton
- was a Mormon bishop, Sunday school teacher and scout leader in Arizona; was bishop of the Maryvale Ward in West Phoenix from 2014 to 2019; excommunicated in 2019; also was a volleyball coach for high school-aged girls; accused numerous times and arrested, but never prosecuted for alleged sex crimes; sued in 1997 for alleged sexual abuse; allegedly sexually assaulted multiple teenage girls.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Positions: Bishop, Sunday school,
Kendall Traxler
- 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.
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- Alleged crime: Unknown timeframe, in Mississippi,
- Positions: Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
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.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
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.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Alleged coverup
Bruce Van Horn
- was a Mormon church member in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Alleged coverup
Mark Webster
- was a branch president in New Mexico; accused of rape in a civil lawsuit.
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- Positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- Alleged coverup
Robert White
- was a Mormon missionary in South Dakota in the late 1960s; in 2008, a civil lawsuit filed against the Mormon church said he sexually abused a boy while on his mission.
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, in South Dakota,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
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.
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, in Florida,
- Positions: Scout leader,
Kenneth Wilstead
- was an LDS church member in Garland, Texas; accused of sexual misconduct.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Texas,
Sean Woolf
- 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 later sued or planned to sue the Mormon church in 2020; the church settled with the victim, according to a person familiar with the case.
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- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Gary Woolstenhulme
- was a Mormon bishop in Imperial Beach, California in 1978; died in 2002; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church (plaintiff John Roe JB 65 - San Diego 24CU008107, CASD 3:24-cv-02349-AJB-MSB); allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy in his office at church.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, in California,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Alleged coverup
Chauncey Worthley
- was a former LDS bishop in Orange County, California; admitted to sexual abuse and had his foster parent license taken away.
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- Alleged crime: Unknown timeframe, in California,
- Positions: Bishop,
Orson 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.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Australia,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged coverup
Brigham Young
- Second president of the Mormon church; married 56 women, including a 15-year-old and three 16-year-olds; was publicly accused during his life (1801-1877) of sexual misconduct, including adultery and illegal polygamy; never charged with a sex crime; arrested and charged with adultery in 1871; not found guilty; died in 1877.
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- Alleged crime: 1800s, in Illinois, Utah,
- Positions: Apostle, Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Karey Zimmerman
- was a Mormon church member in Utah and Nevada; in 2025, was accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in Nevada and Utah; the Mormon church was also named as a defendant; the lawsuit said a Utah bishop failed to report abuse allegations to police.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Nevada, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup

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