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100 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Queensland, Australia; accused of sexual abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
- Places when accused: Australia,
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- UNKNOWN Doe was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, LDS temple,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2025: lawsuit filed against Mormon church
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1930
  Died: 2019
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: 2019: died
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1936
  Died: 2022
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, New Mexico, Rexburg (Idaho), Utah, Wyoming,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: 2022: died
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- Pierre Euvrard was a Mormon mission president from 1991 to 1994 in the Mascarene Islands mission / South Africa Durban mission; died in 2000; accused in a 2020 Arizona lawsuit of sexually abusing two underage teen boys for years while working as a mission president
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace, Public,
- Born: 1949
  Died: 2000
- Mission: 1969-1971 Italy Italy
- Places lived: ever-madagascar, ever-south-africa,
- Documents available: yes (free download)
- Latest update: 2000: died
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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1909
  Died: 1991
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: 1991: died
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- 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
- Church fought in court to keep records on Farley secret
- "When I was assaulted, I thought I was alone, I thought I had misread things."— Katie Medley
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Ongoing,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Oregon,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1958
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon, Utah,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in Nephi, Utah; February 2024: the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley
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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1932
  Died: 1968
- Mission: 1951-1953 United States Central States
- Places lived: Oklahoma,
- Latest update: August 8, 1968: died in Utah
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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Sunday school,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1955
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2023: forced to surrender his license after sexual misconduct allegations by two employees
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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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1957
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California, Colorado,
- Latest update: 2012: named in a lawsuit won by the plaintiff, who accused Gum of molesting him; the Boy Scouts of America and the LDS church were also named and paid settlements
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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Washington,
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Settlement, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1938
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: Died in 2015
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Church positions: Bishop, Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
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- Arlin Hatch was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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