Criminal Result: Police investigation

21 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

Criminal case result: Police investigation

- Timothy Ballard was a Mormon anti-sex trafficking activist; claimed to be friends with LDS apostle Russell Ballard (no relation); accused in 2023 of sexual misconduct by at least eight women and a couple; in June 2024, one civil case was dismissed; in July 2024, a lawsuit said his DNA was found on a victim’s skirt
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Ongoing,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1976
- Mission: Chile unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: November 2023: amended complaint filed by five women against Tim Ballard for sexual misconduct and misusing funds from donors
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- Joseph Bishop was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Church positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Argentina, Arizona, Utah,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
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- Nelson Bogero was an LDS church member and Primary children's teacher in Cordoba, Argentina; accused in 2017 of sexual abuse of two girls who were in his Primary class; a local LDS leader allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police; in August 2024, Bogero was sentenced to 16 years in prison
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Police investigation, Prison,
- Church positions: Primary,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1953
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Argentina,
- Places when accused: Argentina,
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- William Carstensen was a Mormon church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; charged; died by suicide
- Criminal case(s): Not convicted, Police investigation, Suicide, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1952
  Died: 1995
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: 1995: died by suicide in Utah
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- David Hamblin was a Mormon church member and former elders quorum president in Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse in three separate cases; investigated along with ex-wife Roselle Stevenson (arrested in 2023) for alleged ritualistic sexual abuse; in 2025, a court dismissed one case with prejudice after "discovery issues;" one case remained as of March 2025
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace, Public, Recreational trip/outing, Victim's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1954
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: remote hearing on 2023-03-22
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- Melvin Hansen was a Mormon church member, school music teacher and former Tabernacle Choir member in Utah; convicted in 2021 in Utah of first degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; also accused of sexual abuse in Arizona
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Other leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: is in prison in Utah
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- Collin Hawkins was a Mormon church member and adjunct Russian professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho; was a Mormon missionary in St. Petersburg, Russia from 2015 to 2017; arrested in 2025 on suspicion of 20 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; the charges were related to CSAM (child sexual abuse material)
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 2024, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1997
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: ever-russia, Idaho, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Paul Jellum was a Mormon scout leader in Logan, Utah in the 1980s; suspended by the BSA in 1987 after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Boy Scout in his troop during a 1986 Scouting event at Camp Hunt near Bear Lake, Utah; in 1990, Jellum became a scoutmaster in a Nevada LDS ward despite his prior suspension; in 1991, Jellum admitted to the abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada, Utah,
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- Robert Kempton was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Arizona; was an attorney and served a mission as a legal counsel for the LDS church in Africa; arrested in 2014 in a police sting for prostitution
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1942
  Died: 2018
- Mission: 1962-1964 United States Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia - possibly the Eastern States mission
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2018: Died in Arizona
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- Seth Lyon was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; arrested in 2006 in a police sting operation and charged with enticement of a child over the internet
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1982
- Mission: 2001-2003 United States Kentucky, Louisville
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Mikel Massey was an LDS church member in Lufkin, Texas; accused of child sexual abuse; police investigated, but no charges were filed
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Texas,
- Latest update: 2024: no charges have been filed
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- Robert Musson was an LDS church member in Ontario, Canada; arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1961
- Mission: United States unspecified location
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Michael Otten was an LDS church member in Murrieta, California; took his computer to a tech repair shop and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was found; police searched his home and found more CSAM
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Ward mission leader,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Chesley Pierson was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1928
  Died: 2021
- Mission: United Kingdom England
- Places lived: Canada,
- Places when accused: Canada,
- Latest update: 2021: died in Alberta, Canada
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- Bryce Ray was a Mormon church member and former bank officer in West Haven, Utah; arrested in July 2024 and charged with enticing a minor and sexual solicitation of a child
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: Public,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1975
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Salt Lake County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: July 2024: arrested in Utah and charged with enticing a minor and sexual solicitation of a child
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- Douglas Richens was former international director of the Mormon church's disability services and prison ministry; worked for the LDS church for 23 years; retired, became a professional life coach in Tooele, Utah; charged with sodomy on a child and aggravated sexual abuse; court ordered him held without bail as of Mar. 21, 2025
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Church employee, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: Argentina Argentina (unknown) - included Rosario
- Places lived: Rwanda, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: Mar. 21, 2025: being held without bail
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- Paul Spencer was a Mormon church temple prep instructor and mission leader in Riverton, Salt Lake County, Utah; charged in December 2024 with multiple felonies related to arranging to meet a police detective posing as a 13-year-old girl for sexual assault in Lehi, Utah
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Other leader, Ward mission leader, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: December 2024: charged with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse
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- Thomas Stanger was an LDS church member in Helena, Montana; arrested four times for indecent exposure; accused of watching pornographic material while masturbating looking at women nearby
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1978
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Montana,
- Places when accused: Montana,
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- James Victor was a Mormon missionary in Canada in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old boy while on his mission; an LDS stake president and a mission president (David Sorensen) allegedly covered up abuse allegations; Sorensen later became an LDS general authority
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1960
- Mission: 1984-1986 Canada Canada [unknown - possibly New Brunswick]
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Daniel Waddington was an LDS church member and retired police officer in American Fork, Utah; arrested in August 2023 and charged with 11 felony counts related to child sexual exploitation
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1955
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: December 2023: Waiver/status hearing scheduled for January 16, 2024; August 2023: arrested and charged with 11 felonies related to child sexual exploitation
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