Criminal Result: No contest

17 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

Criminal case result: No contest

- 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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- Albert Carlson was a Mormon church member in Utah, New Mexico and Texas; arrested in the 1980s in Utah on a molestation charge after allegedly molesting an underage boy who he met through the church; the case was dropped to a lewdness charge which did not require him to register as a sex offender; in 2025, sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, No contest, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1944
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: New Mexico, Texas, Utah,
- Places when accused: Texas, Utah,
- Latest update: 2025: sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse
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- Raymond Casillas 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
- Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Texas,
- Places when accused: Texas,
- Latest update: March 2024: lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender
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- Michael Clay was an LDS church member and BYU professor in Provo, Utah; charged with sexually abusing three students; entered a plea bargain in May 2023 in which he agreed to plead no contest to three class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery, complete 24 months of probation, do 50 hours of community service, and take a sexual boundaries course; sentenced in June 2023 according to the plea deal
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: BYU, Church employee, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1974
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: June 26, 2023: sentenced to two years of probation and no jail time after agreeing in May 2023 to a plea deal of three reduced misdemeanor charges of sexual battery
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- Matthew Hack was a Mormon church member and stake high council member in Oklahoma; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse; pleaded no contest to an amended charge of child neglect
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Oklahoma,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oklahoma,
- Places when accused: Oklahoma,
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- Lynn Harrison was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded no contest
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1935
  Died: 2016
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Weber County (Utah),
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- Robert Longman was a Mormon missionary in Corpus Christi, Texas; molested a three-year old in a bedroom while two other missionaries talked with the mother; pleaded no contest to charges filed in May 1989 of indecency with a child; sentenced to eight years probation, a $1,000 fine, and required to pay $400 in court costs
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Probation,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Texas,
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- Joseph Neipp was a former LDS bishop in San Jose, California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of convicted Mormon child sexual abuser Samuel Neipp
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
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- Samuel Neipp was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in California; once named "teacher of the year" by the Union School District in the San Jose, California area; son of convicted child sexual abuser Joseph Neipp; pleaded no contest in 2019 to 12 charges related to sexual abuse; sentenced to 56 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1982
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
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- Brent Noorda was a Mormon church member and chiropractor in St. George, Utah; arrested in 2019 and accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1980
- Mission: 1999-2001 Unknown country unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: March 2024: in prison in Utah
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- Robert Paisola was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2008 and sentenced to 90 days in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea agreement,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1967
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- David Phipps/Verity was an LDS church member and dentist in Sacramento, California; pleaded no contest in 1987 to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery involving two of his patients; In 1994, also pleaded no contest to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery; served time in jail and had dental license revoked
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea agreement,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
- Latest update: 2024: Lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and works as a business consultant to dentists offices; has legally changed his name to David Verity
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- Scott Phister was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Wyoming; later moved to Utah and worked as a massage therapist; pleaded no contest in 2022 to two class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery for touching a female massage client in a sexual manner
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Wyoming,
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- Dennis Schult was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1935
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
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- James Stringham was a Mormon church member and pediatric physician in Salt Lake City, Utah; in 1980, he made a video recording of a sexual nature involving a child patient; in 1982, pleaded no contest to a second-degree felony charge of sexual exploitation of a minor; sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $7,500 restitution; his medical license was suspended for 90 days
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1928
  Died: 2017
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2017: died
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- Mark Treter was a Mormon church member and environmental lawyer in Greendale, Indiana; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded no contest to one felony count; sentenced in 2023 to probation; local LDS church leaders allegedly knew of Treter's criminal behavior but did not report to police
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Probation,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1954
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Indiana,
- Latest update: 2023: convicted and sentenced to probation
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- James Ungricht was a Mormon church member and junior high school science and math teacher in San Diego, California; arrested in 2017 for lewd conduct in public; pleaded no contest in 2018 to a misdemeanor charge of lewd conduct in a public place; sentenced to serve 30 days in county jail, plus three years probation
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
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