Criminal Result: No contest

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- 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)
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Convicted: 2018,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Albert Carlson (1944 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Texas, Utah,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, No contest, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Raymond Casillas (1970 – ) 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
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Michael Clay (1974 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2023,
- LDS positions: BYU, Church employee, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation,
- 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
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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal,
- Lynn Harrison (1935 – 2016) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded no contest
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Weber,
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest,
- Dennis Judd (1954 – ) 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
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2024,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): No contest, Not convicted, Plea deal, Plea held in abeyance, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
- 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
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Texas,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation,
- 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
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- Convicted: 2021,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Samuel Neipp (1982 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
- Brent Noorda (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member and chiropractor in St. George, Utah; arrested in 2019 and accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Robert Paisola (1967 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2008 and sentenced to 90 days in jail
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2008,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea deal,
- Brian Peterson (1964 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Orem, Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison in 1990
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 1989,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea deal,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- Scott Phister (1964 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2022,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest,
- Dennis Schult (1935 – ) 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
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- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- James Stringham (1928 – 2017) 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
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Probation,
- James Takane (1930 – 2023) was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl at his home in 2001; convicted in 2002 of child sexual abuse; sentenced to 90 days in the Cache County jail
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime city: UT - Logan,
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Registered sex offender,
- Mark Treter (1954 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Indiana,
- Convicted: 2023,
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Probation,
- Stephen Wanlass (1939 – 2018) was a Mormon church member in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; in 1997, pleaded no contest to one third-degree felony count of attempted sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to up to five years in prison; registered sex offender; died in 2018
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime city: UT - Monroe,
- Crime county: UT - Sevier,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 1997,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison, Registered sex offender,

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