110 LDS sex abuse cases found
not convicted
- Criminal case result: Not convicted
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- Bruce Van Horn was a Mormon bishopric counselor 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
Alleged failure to report- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, - Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Mark Webster was a branch president in New Mexico; accused of rape in a civil lawsuit
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
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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
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Kenneth Wilstead was an LDS church member and dentist in Garland, Texas; accused of sexual misconduct
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Sean Woolf (1974 – ) 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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- Gary Woolstenhulme (1933 – 2002) 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report, - View report »
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- Orson Wright (1928 – 2017) 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Brigham Young (1801 – 1877) was the 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 convicted
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Apostle, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Karey Zimmerman (1962 – ) 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; as of June 2026, the civil case was proceeding through pre-trial motions
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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"After sexually abusing PLAINTIFF when she was around the ages of seven to nine, PLAINTIFF reported the abuse to [MZ] who then reported the ongoing sexual abuse to the presiding bishop within the Utah Ward that PLAINTIFF’s family attended. However, the bishop and the ward did nothing to protect PLAINTIFF or report to law enforcement the sexual abuse that had occurred."a Mormon bishop failed to report child sexual abuse to civil authorities, the 2025 lawsuit alleged-
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