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Leizza Alcantara Adams
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Alleged coverup- 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).
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
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Glen Douglas Borst
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- was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2004 for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004,
- Case report »
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Jack Earl Bowers
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- 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: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010, 2010s,
- Case report »
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Jason Carl Brumble
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- 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: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
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Charles Lynn Camper
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- was a Mormon church member in Layton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2004; charged in 2023 with aggravated child sexual abuse, voyeurism and sexual exploitation of a minor; convicted in June 2024.
- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004, 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
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Jonathan Raymond Carver
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- was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 17-year-old girl at a counseling center where he worked; pleaded guilty and sentenced in 2009 to prison; as of 2023, lives in Clearfield, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
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Raymond Casillas
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- was a Mormon bishop and middle school teacher in San Antonio, Texas; arrested in 2014 and charged with felony aggravated sexual assault of a child; via a plea agreement, pleaded no contest to indecent contact with a child and agreed to a fine of $1,500; was sentenced in 2016 to 8 years in prison; as of March 2024, lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
- Case report »
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Mark Chapman
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Case report »
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Kami Lee Chesnut
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- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
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Gerald Arthur Collingwood
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- was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Curtis Reed Crittenden
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- was a Mormon church member and LDS full-time missionary in Guatemala in 1993-1995; admitted to sexually abusing boys while on his mission and later when he was the head of 4-H in Tooele County; sentenced to prison in 2007 in Utah for child sexual abuse of several boys in his care as their 4-H leader.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
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Buckland Lee Darrell
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- was an LDS church member and former LDS Primary children's teacher in the Redmond, Washington area; charged with first-degree felony child molestation in 2022 and 2023 (5 total victims, all young boys); admitted to sexually abusing around 6-8 children; pleaded guilty; sentenced in September 2024 to at least 8 years in prison.
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Victim's home,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Washington,
- Case report »
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Adam Robert Dimond
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- was an LDS church member and dancer in Farmington, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2020 to a second-degree felony charge of enticing a minor by Internet or text; sentenced to 40 days in jail and 4 years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
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John Doe
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Lake Elsinore, California; arrested in 1997; pleaded guilty to committing lewd acts with a child under age 14; spent three years in state prison; in December 2022, the LDS church paid $995,000 to settle its part of a related civil lawsuit wherein a jury awarded the victim $2.28 billion.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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LDS church payment: $995,000
- Case report »
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Todd Mitchell Edwards
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for child sexual abuse that occurred in 2006 and 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Ryan Frandsen
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- was an LDS church member and fireman in Davis County, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2010 to five counts of lewdness involving a child; child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was found on his computer; sentenced in 2010 to 90 days in jail and three years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2010, 2010s,
- Case report »
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Cory Richard Gaylor
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- was an Idaho school teacher and LDS deacons quorum adviser; arrested and charged with lewd conduct and enticing a child via the Internet; in July 2023, pleaded guilty; sentenced in September 2023 to 60 years in prison, with 13 years fixed before being eligible for parole.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
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Thomas Alan Gibby
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- was an LDS church member and dentist in Salt Lake County, Utah; sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy; pleaded guilty to two felony counts: one second-degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child, and one third-degree charge of attempted sex abuse of a child.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Released,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Connor Hammond
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- was a Mormon church member and BYU student in Utah; in 2019, pleaded guilty to rape of a child and was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
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Elwood Bruce Haws
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- was a longtime employee and vice president of an LDS church-owned trust company in Utah; charged in 2020 with 13 second degree felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor (related to possession of child pornography); admitted that he viewed child pornography 3-4 times a week over a 3-4 year span; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three counts and was sentenced to 180 days in jail; in 2023, violated probation.
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Violated parole/probation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
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Brandon Osorio Hernandez
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- was an LDS church member in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing a victim inside a Mormon church; convicted of four fourth degree felony counts of abuse of a child or vulnerable adult.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
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Craig Aaron Housley
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- was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty in 2018 of child sexual exploitation; sentenced to 210 days in state prison and five years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
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Harry O. Jones IV
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- was a Mormon church member in Buffalo Grove, Illinois; convicted of possessing CSAM; is a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Illinois,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
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Dennis L Judd
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- was an LDS church member and Uintah County, Utah attorney; charged with voyeurism and stalking in October 2023 after allegedly filming his female employees in his law firm's bathroom; in January 2024, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of stalking; plea held in abeyance; in June 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of voyeurism.
- Criminal: Plea agreement, Probation,
- Civil: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
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Louis Darrell Kinyon
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- was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2005 of aggravated murder.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
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Eric Lee Knight
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- was an LDS church member; former physician; pleaded guilty in 2021 in New Hampshire to two felony counts of second-degree assault in a plea deal that would allow him to get his medical license back and avoid the sex offender registry.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in New Hampshire,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
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James Steven Larsen
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- was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; accused of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Victim's home,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
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Frank Cornelis Lefrandt
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- was an LDS church member in Honolulu, Hawaii; served a Mormon mission to Guatemala; accused of sexual abuse; admitted in 2007 to sexually molesting a 13-year-old newspaper carrier; pleaded guilty in November 2008; disappeared while out on bail awaiting sentencing.
- Criminal: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Hawaii,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
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Michael James Lister
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- was an LDS church member in or near Cedar City, Utah and Bunkerville, Nevada; accused in Utah in 2023 of sexual abuse of two young girls; pleaded guilty to one count of sodomy on a child; sentenced in June 2023 to 25 years to life in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
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Leslie Brandt Loveland
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- was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty of rape in 2019; sentenced to one year in prison and three years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
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Robert Matthews
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- was a Mormon church member and singer in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; arrested in 2006, after police received evidence that he swam naked with four young boys during a trip in July 2006; he took pictures of the nude swim and later processed the images on his computer; charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and lewdness involving a child; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Erick Allen Mosteller
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- was a Mormon church member and former youth leader in Utah; was caught downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM); admitted to soliciting sex acts from trafficked women at Asian massage parlors; pleaded guilty in March 2023 to two second degree felony charges of child sexual exploitation; sentenced in August 2023 to 250 days in jail, with credit for 79 days served; placed on 4 years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
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Aaron Mark Nelson
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- was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; charged with 3 counts of Battery-Actual, Intentional and Unlawful Touching or Striking of Another Against their Will and 3 counts of Disturbing the Peace; accepted plea deal and found guilty of Disturbing the Peace; died 31 days after convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
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Rand Darrell Newby
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Washington, Oregon and San Francisco, California; had a career as a schoolteacher; charged in Oregon in 1986 with sexual abuse of two children; convicted of two counts, one class C felony and one class A misdemeanor; sentenced in 1987 to 5 years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Robert Henry Paisola
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2008 and sentenced to 90 days in jail.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea agreement,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
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David Roy Phipps/Verity
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- was an LDS church member and dentist in Sacramento, California; pleaded nolo contendere in 1987 to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery involving two of his patients; In 1994, also pleaded nolo contendere two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery; served time in jail and had dental license revoked.
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement,
- Civil: Liable,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Case report »
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Kent Daniel Prestwich
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- was an LDS church member and nursery leader (Primary teacher/worker) in Lewiston, Utah; arrested in 2023 for allegedly downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for 15 years "because it aroused him;" pleaded guilty to two 2nd degree felony counts of child sexual exploitation; January 2024: sentenced to two concurrent terms of one to 15 years in prison, with credit for 91 says served.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
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Kenneth Merlin Richens
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- was an LDS church member and chief information officer (CIO) of Central Valley Medical Center in Nephi, Utah; accused in 2023 of child sexual exploitation; pleaded guilty in February 2024 to two felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; in April 2024, sentenced to two consecutive terms of one to 15 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
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Chad Kaye Robertson
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- was an LDS church member and high school assistant basketball coach in Parowan, Utah; accused in 2023 of unlawful sexual activity with a child; admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old boy on five separate occasions; in March 2024, pleaded guilty to two felonies; in June 2024, was sentenced to one year in the Iron County Jail, with credit for time served, and four years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Lance Mark Rushton
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- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Provo; accused of photo shopping faces of family members, ward church members of adults and children on to pornographic material and distributed them; convicted in 2007 and sentenced to three months in jail and three years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
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Wade Lee Schvaneveldt
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- was an LDS church member and high school girl's basketball coach in or near Grace, Idaho; accused of raping a child numerous times over a period of several years, including at his home while his family was attending LDS church meetings; in April 2023, accepted a plea deal to two felony counts of rape; in June 2023, was sentenced to 8 to 18 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
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Carl Edward Sepos
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- was an LDS temple worker and high priest in Payson, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexually abusing an adult woman with Down syndrome and autism at a hotel swimming pool; he blamed his sex crime in part on an addiction to pornography; sentenced to 150 days in jail, 36 months of probation and 100 hours of community service.
- Criminal: Community service, Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
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Stewart Leroy Singley
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- was an LDS church member in Ohio; convicted in 1975 of child molestation that occurred in 1974; in 1997, convicted and sentenced to one year in jail or prison; as of 2024, is a registered sex offender; lives in East Waterford, Pennsylvania.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1970s, 1990s, in Ohio,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979, 1990s,
- Case report »
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Kent Charles Staheli
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- was an LDS church member in California and Utah; served as first counselor in a Mormon bishopric; convicted in federal court in 2010 of charges related to child sex trafficking.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010, 2010s,
- Case report »
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Robert Eugene Stahn
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- was an LDS church member and therapist in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused in April 2023 of sexual abuse; once served as clinical director of Operation Shield, counseling child sexual trauma survivors; pleaded guilty in October 2023 to felony sexual abuse or exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Michael Francis Whitehead
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- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; convicted in 2004 of ENTICING A MINOR OVER THE INTERNET - Class A Misdemeanor.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Probation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004,
- Case report »
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Stephen Anderson Wold
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- was a Mormon church member and former full-time missionary (to Panama) who lived in Highland, Utah; convicted in 2017 of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a 10-year-old girl and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
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Lamar Woodbury
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- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of sexual abuse on a child under the age of 14, a second degree felony.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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