84 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

  • Criminal case result: Registered sex offender

  • Scott Abraham

    • was a Mormon church member in Powell, Wyoming; set up a hidden camera in women's bathroom at work place; convicted in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Wyoming as a registered sex offender.
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    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • Terry Allen

  • Mark Anderson

    • was a Mormon church branch president and dentist in Woodland, California; accused by 27 former female patients of touching them inappropriately in office visits; found guilty in 2009 of 11 felony counts and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery for sexual abuse of several of his female patients; sentenced to six years in California state prison; required to register for life as a sex offender.
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    • Crime: 2000s, in California,
    • Positions: Branch president, Other leader,

  • Lynn Baldwin

    • was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted of lewdness in 1996 and sexual exploitation of a minor in 2002 (attempted); released in 2006; is a registered sex offender.
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    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • James Bayless

  • Donald Bills

    • was a school teacher (one-time "teacher of the year") and former Mormon bishopric member in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, including rape of a 17-year-old girl; sentenced in 2015 to a minimum of eight years in prison; as of January 2025, lives in Orem, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
    • Positions: Bishopric counselor,
    • Alleged coverup

  • David Blackner

    • was an LDS church member in or near Washington Terrace, Weber County, Utah; registered sex offender who used an alias while in leadership positions.
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    • Positions: Youth leader,

  • 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.
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    • Positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,

  • Eddie Bunch

    • was an LDS church member in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2016 of misdemeanor lewdness involving a child and misdemeanor sexual battery; one victim was 16 years old and the second victim was 12 years old; served 135 days in jail and had 36 months of probation; as of March 2024, is a registered sex offender living in St. George, Utah.
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    • Positions: Temple worker,

  • Robert Bunker

    • was an LDS church member in McCammon, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; sentenced to 33 days in jail; as of 2023, is a registered sex offender living in Idaho.
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    • Alleged coverup

  • William Butcher

    • was a Mormon church member in Provo, Utah; turned himself in to police in 2013, three days before he was planning to begin a Mormon mission, and admitted to sexually abusing 12 boys and girls; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2014 to 18 years to life in prison; as of 2025, lives in Provo, Utah.
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    • Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • Roland Byrd

    • was an LDS church member in Caldwell, Idaho; convicted of sexual abuse of a child under 16 years; as of 2024, lives in Toquerville, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • 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.
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    • Positions: Bishop,

  • Dustin Cassady

    • was a Mormon church member in the Sacramento, California area (Carmichael); accused of child sexual exploitation; pleaded guilty; as of March 2024, lives in Roseville, California as a registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 2010s, in California,
    • Positions: Youth leader,

  • Mark Chapman

    • was an LDS church member, church janitor 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.
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    • Positions: Scout leader,

  • Justin Crawley

  • Michael Cunningham

  • Prescott De Jean

    • was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender.
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    • Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Michael Driggs

  • Adele Dye

    • was a Mormon church member in Rexburg, Idaho; convicted in 2008 of child sexual abuse; registered sex offender.
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  • Todd Edwards

    • was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of one teenage girl in 2006 and another in 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse; in 2024, two victims sued the LDS church in separate lawsuits; one said a stake president and LDS law firm Kirton McConkie hindered police.
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    • Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in California,
    • Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Karl Elvik

  • Patrick Fox

  • Michael Fritchen

  • Francis Fuller

    • was a Mormon bishop in Highland, Utah in 1993; also was a stake high council member in Utah; in 2018 or 2019, pleaded guilty to two second degree felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2019 in Utah to two years in jail and four years probation; registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
    • Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,

  • Cory Grint

    • was a Mormon church member in Vernal, Utah; pleaded guilty to lewdness involving a child; sentenced to 364 days in jail, with a suspended jail sentence of 364 days and 36 months of probation; as of 2025, lives in Vernal, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 2014, in Utah,

  • Andrew Gwilliam

  • Ronald Hall

    • was an LDS church member and former Mormon Tabernacle Choir member in Utah and Washington; accused of sexually molesting three underage girls in 1997 or 1998; acquitted in 2000; accused of sexual abuse of a fourth victim, an underage girl, in approximately 2003; convicted in 2005 of third-degree felony attempted child sexual abuse; died in 2023.
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    • Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
    • Positions: Seminary teacher, Tabernacle Choir,

  • Marvin Harker

    • was an LDS bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 2016; reportedly confessed to his mission president in 1987 to sexually abusing multiple children; also reportedly confessed to his bishop; both leaders told him not to report to police, according to records in a 2016 criminal case; convicted in 2019 (alleged abuse 1986-93); sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison; registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Canada,
    • Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Craig Harward

    • was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah.
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    • Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in California,
    • Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Jeffrey Head

  • David Herget

    • was a Mormon church member in Washington; convicted of child rape and child molestation in 1993; spent time in jail and was labeled a level-1 sex offender (least likely to re-offend); arrested in 2004 or 2005 and charged with child sex abuse; detectives identified at least seven victims; one child estimated that Herget abused him 1,400 times; in 2005, died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial.
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    • Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Washington,
    • Positions: High priest,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Erik Hughes

  • Loren Hurd

    • was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender as of 2023; lives in Ogden, Utah.
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    • Crime: 1990s, in Utah,

  • Ronald Jenkins

  • Kenneth Jenks

    • was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); was a ward executive secretary and ward librarian; charged with sexual abuse; convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about Jenks's abuse but allowed him to work with children.
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    • Positions: Other leader,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Christopher Jensen

    • was a Mormon church member in Utah and West Virginia; sentenced to 35 to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing two children; local LDS church coverup alleged; LDS church settled civil lawsuit mid-trial in 2018 for $32 million, also spending over $27 million on legal fees; FLOODLIT.org discovered the settlement details in 2025 and made them public for the first time.
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    • Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah, West Virginia,
    • Positions: Missionary,
    • Alleged coverup

  • James Johannes

    • was a Mormon youth leader and US Army soldier assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA) in San Antonio, Texas; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison for spying on two teenage sisters and recording them preparing to attend LDS seminary classes.
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    • Crime: 2010s, in Texas,
    • Positions: Youth leader,

  • Allen Johnson

    • was an LDS church member in Utah; drove from Utah to Idaho to meet up with a person he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex; sentenced in 2015 to eight years in prison; as of March 2024, is a registered sex offender living in Provo, Utah.
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    • Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • Eric Jones

    • was an LDS church member in Blackfoot, Idaho; arrested for alleged sexual contact with a toddler; convicted in January 2024 of battery with the intent to commit lewd conduct of a child after a one-day trial; sentenced in March 2024 to two to 20 years in prison; required to register as a sex offender.
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    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • Harry Jones IV

    • was a Mormon church member in Buffalo Grove, Illinois; convicted of possessing CSAM; is a registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 2010s, in Illinois,

  • Marion Klingler

    • was an LDS church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; now lives in Springville Utah as registered sex offender.
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    • Positions: Primary, Scout leader,

  • Keith Knutson

  • George Lee

  • Nicholas Lewis

    • was a Mormon church member and BYU student; accused of sexually abusing young girls and attempting to solicit sex from a teen online; sentenced in 2017 to jail and probation; 2023: registered sex offender living in Bremerton, Washington.
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    • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • Frank Lind

    • was a Mormon church member in California; sentenced before the early 2000s to 30 years to life in prison for sexually molesting a child; in the 2000s, a Mormon bishop allegedly supported Lind's decision to be baptized into the LDS church despite his prior conviction; in 2022, again convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison.
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    • Positions: Unknown position,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Andrew Loveless

    • was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2023 of third-degree felony attempted forcible sexual abuse; as of 2025, registered sex offender living in Santaquin, Utah.
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  • Brandon Manning

    • was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Georgia, Scotland, United Kingdom, Utah,
    • Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Michael McClellan

    • was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; arrested; convicted of attempted lewdness with a minor; sentenced to prison; as of 2024, lives in Cottonwood, Arizona.
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    • Crime: 2000s, in Nevada,
    • Positions: Youth leader,

  • Richard McClung

    • was a Mormon bishopric counselor in the Rockford, Illinois area; convicted in 2007 and 2014 of child sexual abuse; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl; allegedly was not removed from bishopric despite charges.
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    • Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Illinois,
    • Positions: Bishopric counselor,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Maynard McFarland

  • John Midgett

    • was a Mormon Sunday school teacher in the San Diego area, California; also was a Navy petty officer first class; accused of 43 felony counts of child molestation for allegedly sexually abusing eight girls, ages 5 to 10, in his Sunday school class; pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 years in prison; as of 2024, lives in Bountiful, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
    • Positions: Primary,

  • John Misseldine

    • was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a lawsuit said a local Mormon leader failed to report abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 2000s, in Nevada,
    • Positions: Missionary,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Aaron Montoya

    • was a Mormon children's Primary teacher and law enforcement officer in Utah; found guilty in 2005 of sexually abusing children during LDS church meetings and at his home; later pleaded guilty in another case; in all, at least nine victims came forward; sentenced to prison in 2005; as of March 2025, is out of prison on parole and lives in Woods Cross, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
    • Positions: Primary,

  • Porter Nelson

    • was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Alaska; charged in 2009 with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced in 2010 to jail or prison; as of 2025, lives in Marsing, Idaho as a registered sex offender.
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    • Positions: Scout leader,

  • Bryce Norton

  • Eric Olsen

    • was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Bakersfield, California; admitted to Ontario, California police that he had sexually abused between 200 to 300 girls, with as many as 30 victims in Kern County; convicted in 2007 in California of 6 felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced to five years in prison; lifetime registered sex offender; as of 2023, lives in Brigham City, Utah.
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    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • Jason Pedersen

  • Adam Phipps

    • was an LDS church member in Manassas, Virginia; accused of taking indecent liberties with children; charged and convicted in 1993; registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 1990s, in Virginia,
    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • Craig Pope

    • was a Mormon bishop or former Mormon bishop in St. Louis, Missouri; convicted in or prior to 2013 of possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material); charge info: Child Porn - 2nd Subsequent Offense Or Poss > 20 Pictures/1 Film/video.
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    • Positions: Bishop,

  • James Raborn

    • was an LDS church member in Iowa; convicted of four misdemeanor counts related to child sexual abuse and exploitation; 2023: registered sex offender living in Boone, Iowa.
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    • Crime: 2010s, in Iowa,
    • Positions: Youth leader,

  • Jeff Ranstrom

    • was an LDS church member, elders quorum president and high school basketball coach in Idaho; accused in 2019 of sexually abusing a student; pleaded guilty to a felony charge of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2020 to 4 to 15 years in prison; as of December 2023, was out on parole living in Eagle, Idaho as a registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
    • Positions: Elders quorum,

  • Chad Robertson

    • 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.
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  • Eldon Saling

    • was a Mormon church member in California and Utah; convicted in 1987 in California and in 1993 in Utah of charges related to sexual abuse; as of 2024, lives in Burley, Idaho as a registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California, Utah,
    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • Richard Sampson

  • Shawn Scherick

  • James Schmidt

  • 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.
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    • Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Eric Senior

    • was an LDS church member in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse in the 1990s; convicted; sentenced to prison; lost an appeal with the California Supreme Court; as of March 2024, lives in Provo, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 1990s, in California,

  • Timothy Shoemaker

    • was a Mormon church member in Newnan, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; as of 2024, lives in Newnan, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 1990s, in Georgia,
    • Positions: Scout leader,

  • Stewart Singley

    • 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.
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    • Crime: 1970s, 1990s, in Ohio,
    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • Kent Staheli

    • 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.
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    • Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
    • Positions: Bishopric counselor,

  • Allen Stailey

  • Douglas Stoddard

    • was an LDS bishop in Hurst, Texas; convicted in 1992 of a felony child sexual abuse charge of indecency with a child by contact; sentenced to 8 years of probation; a lifetime registered sex offender in Texas; named publicly in August 2023 by a victim who said Stoddard molested him and three other boys in his Mormon ward while serving as bishop.
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    • Crime: 1980s, in Texas,
    • Positions: Bishop,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Bradley Stowell

    • was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah.
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    • Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Idaho,
    • Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
    • Alleged coverup

  • Sean Sund

    • was an LDS primary teacher in Utah; arrested in 2018 and accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl from his LDS ward during sleepovers at his home on multiple occasions; pleaded guilty in 2022 to second-degree felony sex abuse of a child and was sentenced to 361 days in jail; registered sex offender for life.
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    • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
    • Positions: Other leader, Primary,

  • John Thiele

    • was a Mormon church stake high council member in Idaho; convicted in 2018 of sexual abuse, no jail time served; registered as sex offender.
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    • Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
    • Positions: Stake high council,

  • Thomas Thompson

    • was an LDS church member in Oregon, California and Arkansas; convicted of sex crimes in Oregon in about 2002; as of 2024, was a registered sex offender living in Yellville, Arkansas.
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    • Crime: 2000s, in Oregon,
    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • Devin Tuttle

    • was a Mormon church member in Draper, Utah; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A 16 OR 17 YEAR OLD/CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
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    • Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
    • Positions: Youth leader,

  • Kimball Ungerman

    • was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2020 to one felony count of 2nd degree aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison but the prison term was suspended; sentenced to probation; completed probation; as of 2023, registered sex offender; lives in Orem, Utah.
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    • Positions: Missionary,

  • Thomas Waitman

  • Ryan Whitaker

  • Edwin Wilcox

    • was a Mormon church member in Idaho; ran a therapy center for "handicapped people" (as described in 1989 news article); convicted of child sexual abuse in 1988 and sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.
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    • Crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
    • Positions: Unknown position,

  • Mitchell Young

    • was an LDS missionary in Canada; in 1980, was sent home after allegedly molesting children; convicted in Arizona (1985) and Utah (1988) of child sexual abuse; in 1993, sentenced in Utah to 15 years in prison for molesting a child for five years; a 2002 lawsuit against the LDS church accused Mormon leaders of providing a safe harbor for him; as of 2024, lives in Ogden, Utah; registered sex offender.
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    • Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona, Canada, Utah, Weber County (Utah),
    • Positions: Missionary,
    • Alleged coverup

 

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