Criminal Result: Plea agreement

154 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

Criminal case result: Plea agreement

- Leizza Adams was the wife of sexual abuser Paul Douglas Adams; sentenced in 2018 in Arizona to 2.5 years in prison after pleading no contest to two felony counts of child abuse (not sexual abuse)
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Cortney Andrew was a Mormon church member and bishopric counselor in Logan, Utah; charged in 2023 in Utah with four second degree felony counts of enticing a minor by internet or text; pleaded guilty to reduced charges in December 2023; sentenced in January 2024 to 60 days in jail
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1984
- Mission: United States Lansing
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: January 2024: sentenced to 60 days in jail with work release
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- Arlo Atkin was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, spent 132 days in jail
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
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- Coy Ball was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; was charged with 11 counts related to child sex abuse; in 2014, pleaded guilty to three counts of molestation of a child
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Convicted: 2014,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1954
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Places when accused: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- John Baysden was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors; sentenced to 180 days in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2006,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: 2005-2005 United States Ogden
- Places lived: North Carolina, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- Wyman Blankenship was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California,
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- Charles Blome was a Mormon church member and US Army veteran in or near Houston or Beaumont, Texas; admitted to sexually molesting at least five boys; pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child; sentenced to 15 years in prison; the LDS church was ordered to pay $4 million to a 13-year-old boy victim; Blome died in 2005
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $4,000,000
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1928
  Died: 2005
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Texas,
- Latest update: 2005: died
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- David Borg was a Mormon church member and scout leader; pleaded guilty to molesting multiple boys; sentenced to 34 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Donnie Boring was a former Mormon bishop and stake high council member in California / Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2017 to a felony charge of sexual abuse; died in December 2017
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1950
  Died: 2017
- Mission: 1969-1971 United States Northern California
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Latest update: died in December 2017
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- Glen Borst was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2004 for child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2004,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1958
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Timothy Bothell was a LDS church employee and stake high council member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 to two years in jail for sexual abuse of two girls, ages 11 and 13
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Church employee, Stake high council,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1969
- Mission: 1989-1991 United States Texas Dallas
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: Pleaded guilty
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- Dennis Bough was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Jack Bowers was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2010 to two second degree felony counts of child sex exploitation; sentenced to two consecutive terms of 1 to 15 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Convicted: 2010,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Latest update: released from prison; 2021: living in northern Utah; 2023: registered sex offender in Kearns, Utah
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- Stephen Boyd was a Mormon church member in Colorado and Eagle Mountain, Utah; graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1991; accused in 2023 asking a person he thought was a 13 year old girl in an online chat to meet up for sex; April 2025 plead guilty; May 2025 plea was held in abeyance; Boyd was ordered to register as sex offender for 36 months and serve 90 days in jail with credit for 7 days
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Jail, Plea agreement, plead held in abeyance, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2023-11-27: charged in Utah with one felony count of enticement of a minor; lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah
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- Rachel Brock was a Mormon church member in Arizona; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the same boy that her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of molesting
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- Keith Brown was an LDS church member; father of five famous piano playing children; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his daughters when they were children; sentenced to a minimum of ten years and up-to-life in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Thailand, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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- David Brown was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years; a victim sued the Mormon church in 2003
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Music leader, Scout leader,
- Convicted: 2003, 2005,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Missouri,
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- Brandon Brown was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused in 2024 of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately at a mall in Chubbuck, Idaho; also accused of inappropriately touching a third teenage girl; in 2025, entered Alford pleas to felony and misdemeanor counts of sexual battery of a child; a judge rejected the plea agreement
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea agreement,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2024, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1978
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2025:
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- Jason Brumble was a Mormon church member and stake Sunday school presidency member in Oregon; convicted in 2015 of child sexual abuse of multiple children; is in prison in Oregon as of March 2023
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Sunday school,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Latest update: March 2023: is in prison in Oregon
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- Paul Bryant was an HOA president and former Mormon primary teacher in Lehi, Utah; was a branch president during an LDS mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; died by suicide in December 2024
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2016,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1968
  Died: 2024
- Mission: 1987-1989 Argentina Argentina Cordoba
- Places lived: Argentina, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: December 2024: died by suicide
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