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- Shawn Mortensen (1965 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency member in Albuquerque, New Mexico; in February 2021, admitted to police that he had sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in January 2021; convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to prison in New Mexico
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: New Mexico, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: New Mexico,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Jonathon Moser (1981 – ) was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in Rawlins, Wyoming; found guilty of sexually abusing two minor girls; sentenced to a minimum of 36 years in prison; a source told FLOODLIT that North Dakota LDS church leaders knew about the abuse but "did nothing"
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- Convicted: 2017,
- Was Missionary, Other leader, Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Dardo Moura (1970 – ) was an LDS bishop in Bahia Blanca, Argentina; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to 14 years in prison
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- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Matthew Nash was a former Mormon missionary from Utah who served a mission in North Carolina in 1999; accused in 2001 of sexually molesting 11 girls while on his mission; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse
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- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Ralph Neeley (1949 – 2020) was an LDS church member in the Beaumont, Texas area; was sentenced in January 1994 to life in prison in Texas for repeated sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl in an LDS chapel during church meetings and in other locations; died in prison in 2020; the Mormon church reportedly paid several million US dollars in a settlement to the victim
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Arkansas, Texas,
- Crime state: Arkansas, Texas,
- Was Unknown position,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Aaron Neff (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Grand Junction, Colorado; convicted of abusing two teenage girls, one for many years; sentenced to 89 years prison
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- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Youth leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- 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,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- 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: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Ongoing,
- Steve Nelson (1945 – ) was an LDS church member in Idaho; in 2009, pleaded guilty to a charge of lewd conduct; sentenced to 30 years in prison; Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report abuse to police in the 1980s
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- Crime: 1980s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kim Nelson was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse and was sentenced to prison; LDS leaders allegedly knew about the abuse and failed to report to police
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- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Paul Nelson (1976 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in November 2023; failed to appear at his sentencing and went missing; reportedly planned to turn himself in in March 2024 on the condition that his $100k bail be returned to his family; arrested in April 2024 in Tucson, Arizona and extradited to Gilbert, Arizona
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- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Ben Nelson was a Mormon church member in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2015 and sentenced to prison
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- Convicted, Prison,
- Porter Nelson (1982 – ) 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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- Convicted: 2010,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Brett Nichols (1967 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona; convicted in 2007 of child sexual abuse; sentenced to 10 years in prison; baptized again after excommunication; ward members reportedly were not told of his criminal past when he returned after his prison time
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- Convicted: 2007,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Jeffery Niemi (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member in Duluth, Minnesota; convicted in 2016 and again in 2025 of felonies related to child sexual exploitation; sentenced in 2025 to 30 years in prison
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Minnesota,
- Crime state: Minnesota,
- Convicted: 2016, 2025,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Johnathon Nixon was a Mormon church member in Indiana and Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2005 in Davis County, Utah; convicted again in 2018 and sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Indiana, Utah,
- Crime state: Indiana, Utah,
- Convicted: 2005, 2018,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- 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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- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Bryce Norton (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing four young karate students
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Convicted: 2011,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Wade Oborn was a Mormon church member and school teacher in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison
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- Convicted, Prison,
- Omale Ojonugwnuwa was an LDS church member and full-time missionary in Ghana; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
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- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Eric Olsen (1977 – ) 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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- Convicted: 2007,
- Was Unknown position,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- DeRon Olsen (1944 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor in Spokane, Washington; in 2024, pleaded guilty to one felony count of child molestation and one felony count of child rape; sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Was Bishop, Nursery, Primary, Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jeffrey Olson (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted of first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child and was sentenced in 2020 to four consecutive terms of three years to life in prison
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Olson (1980 – ) was an LDS church member in Bozeman, Montana; convicted of of sexually abusing a teenage boy; sentenced to eight years in prison and 12 years probation
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- Was Missionary, Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Scott Owen (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in Nov. 2023; sentenced in 2025 to prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Owens was an LDS elders quorum president in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2018 to 20 or more years in prison for sexually assaulting three young men in his Mormon ward
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Was Elders quorum,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alan Pace (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; sentenced in 2015 to 30 days in prison and 36 months of probation for felony child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Steven Paris (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in Anaheim, California; accused in 1986 of sexual abuse of seven boys; pleaded guilty to abusing six of them; was scheduled to receive a 30-year sentence
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Raymond Parkin (1950 – ) was an LDS church member in Mansfield, England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced in 2009 to prison for 18 years for serious sexual offenses against two young girls
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- Convicted: 2009,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- John Parkinson (1931 – ) was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jeffery Parks was a Mormon church member in Tennessee; in 2003, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, two counts of incest, and two counts of statutory rape; sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Tennessee,
- Crime state: Tennessee,
- Convicted: 2003,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Matthew Patton (1982 – 2020) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse and sentenced to prison; crossed state lines after being released from prison and was pulled over by police; tried to flee from police; charged police with knives and died
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- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Leslie Paul (1943 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona; charged with child sexual abuse; found guilty on 32 counts; sentenced in about 1989 to over 400 years in prison
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- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Curtis Payne (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member and elementary school teacher in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2019 of child sexual abuse and sentenced to four consecutive terms of 15 years to life in prison
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- James Penrod was a Mormon church missionary in Pennsylvania in 1997; originally from Utah; sent home to Utah from his mission and arrested in July 1997 and charged with child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison for sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Pennsylvania, Utah,
- Crime state: Pennsylvania, Utah,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- 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: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Convicted: 1989,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Keith Peterson (1948 – 2020) was a Mormon church member and former high school teacher in Nampa, Idaho; accused in 1991 of inappropriate sexual contact; sentenced to 180 days suspended jail time and two years of probation; charge was dismissed in 1998 after he completed probation; pleaded guilty in October 2019 to one count of lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced in 2020 to 17 years in prison
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- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Eneudo Petit (1972 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; while bishop, allegedly sexually abused a child; accused of molesting another child before becoming a bishop; allegedly avoided arrest warrant for child sexual abuse by fleeing the US to Venezuela; arrested in Texas in 2021; convicted in Utah in 2022 and sentenced to prison; as of July 2024, is in the Uintah County Jail
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah, Venezuela,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Arthur Phillips (1949 – ) was a Mormon church member in Arizona; sexually molested a 14-year-old girl; in the 1990s, sentenced to prison for one year and placed on probation for four years
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Was Sunday school,
- Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Danny Pitcher was a Mormon church member and youth sports coach in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years to life in prison; as of 2024, remained in prison
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- Convicted, Prison,
- Carl Pollard (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member in Paul, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison
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- Was Elders quorum,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lloyd Pond (1945 – 2019) was a Mormon church spokesman and leader of an LDS church radio program in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1996 to one count of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 1997 to prison; died in 2019
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Unknown result,
- Michael Pratt was an LDS seminary principal in Utah; arrested in 2009; convicted and sentenced in 2010 for the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old seminary student
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2010,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Church employee, Other leader, Seminary teacher,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Kent Prestwich (1977 – ) 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
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- Convicted: 2023,
- Was Nursery, Primary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Robert Price was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in 2002 and sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Shane Pugh (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member in Cedar Hills, Utah; accused of touching an underage girl while she was sleeping; in 2017, pleaded guilty to forcible sexual abuse (2nd degree felony); sentenced to 1 to 15 years in prison and 3 years probation
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Was Sunday school,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Noah Rada (1999 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of possession of child sexual abuse material in 2022; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three years in prison and 20 years probation
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Jeff Ranstrom (1986 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Elders quorum,
- Convicted, Parole, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Richard Ray (1942 – 2019) was an LDS church member in Arizona; sentenced in 1984 to 61 years in prison for molesting five girls; allegedly had more than 30 victims; the LDS church was involved in a lawsuit regarding clergy-penitent privilege; the church settled out of court for an undisclosed amount just before trial
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Chance Ray (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in the Mesa, Arizona area; convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to prison in Arizona; spent approximately 14 years in prison; released in July 2020
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Kenneth Richens (1963 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Philippines, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Charles Richmond (1962 – ) was an LDS church member and LDS addiction recovery specialist in Hutchinson, Kansas; convicted of aggravated indecent liberties w child; Offender =>18 fondle child <14; in prison in Kansas as of 2024
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- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Other leader, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Shonn Ricks was an LDS church member in Benson, Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; found guilty by a jury in 1997; served about 14 months in prison; attempted to serve a Mormon mission and was supported by his stake president, Jerry Toombs; his mission call was withdrawn
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jeffrey Ringstad (1971 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted in the 2010s of two counts of rape of a child, one count of object rape of a child, two counts of sodomy on a child, and three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, all first degree felonies
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
- Denim Robinson (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member in Payson, Utah; pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2015 in Utah to one to 10 years in prison
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Was Youth leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Rene Rodriguez (1982 – ) was a Mormon elders quorum presidency member and sheriff in Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place from 2005 to 2014; faced criminal charges in multiple Idaho counties; in one, was acquitted by a jury; in another, was convicted in 2020 and sentenced to 14 to 28 years in prison
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Was Elders quorum,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Shane Ross was an LDS church member and public school teacher in Salem, Oregon; accused of child sexual abuse of a former student; convicted in 2018 and sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Michael Rosser (1961 – ) was an LDS church member in Indiana; accused in 2023 of child sexual abuse; made a plea agreement in February 2024, agreeing to plead guilty to reduced charges; convicted in 2024 and sentenced to six years in prison with two years probation
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- Convicted: 2024,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Bradley Roylance (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member and attorney; convicted in 2010 of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor; sentenced to 180 days in prison
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2010,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Keith Salmon (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Tennessee; found guilty of distributing CSAM
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Tennessee, Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Crime state: Tennessee,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Richard Sampson (1945 – ) was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; was director of medical affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; allegedly sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Provo (Utah), Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Arizona, Utah,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa, UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
- Convicted: 2014,
- Was Bishop, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Parole, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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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- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Wade Schvaneveldt (1971 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Jeffery Scofield (1974 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; found guilty in 2004 of two counts of sexual abuse of a child (a 6-year-old girl); spent six years in prison and underwent therapy; in 2017, was arrested and charged with rape of a 73-year-old woman; the case was dismissed because the victim could not be located to testify in court
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- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Darran Scott (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member and filmmaker in Archies Creek, Victoria, Australia; pleaded guilty in 2017 to 16 charges related to the sexual abuse of 11 boys over a 25-year period; sentenced in 2017 to 10 years in prison
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Was Youth leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- 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,
- Places lived: California, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Michael Shean (1947 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor and temple worker, and deputy district attorney in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys; sentenced to prison; the Mormon church allegedly made at least one settlement payment to a victim who said a stake president covered up the abuse for years
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Charles Shield (1942 – ) was an LDS ward executive secretary in England and Scotland; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Places lived: England, Scotland, United Kingdom,
- Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Was Ward executive secretary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Timothy Shoemaker (1976 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Georgia,
- Crime state: Georgia,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Neil Shumate (1945 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Pleasanton, California; was also a kindergarten teacher; arrested in 1994 and charged with molesting several of his students; convicted on all 16 counts; sentenced to 12 years in prison
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- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Unknown result,
- Richard Simcock was an LDS church member in the United Kingdom (UK); accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2013 to 10 years in prison
- View report »
- Convicted: 2013,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- George Squire (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison
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- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Kent Staheli (1958 – ) 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,
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2010,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Jason Stark (1985 – ) was a former full-time Mormon missionary in Kentucky; accused of sexually abusing three people in 2005 while on his mission; a lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church; in 2025, sentenced to 30 years in prison in Idaho
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Kentucky,
- Crime state: Kentucky,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
- Richard Stewart (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to prison
- View report »
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Terry Stidd (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Kearns, Utah; in 1998, pleaded guilty to rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree and was sentenced to 10 years in prison; as of 2024, is out on parole and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Phillip Stokes (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; composed music for multiple videos posted to official LDS church websites and social media accounts; in 2022, sentenced in Utah to two terms of 25 years to life in prison for rape of a child and sodomy on a child, first-degree felonies
- View report »
- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Bradley Stowell (1972 – ) 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
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2005, 2008,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kevin Sykes (1967 – ) was an LDS church youth leader in Utah; arrested for possessing child pornography; later arrested for forcible sodomy, human trafficking, sexual abuse of a minor, child abuse and obstructing justice; pleaded guilty in February 2023 to four counts of felony child sexual abuse; in November 2023, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in Utah
- View report »
- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Was Youth leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Daniel Taggart was an LDS church member in Highland, Utah; co-founder of Ancestry.com, LDSAudio.com and Infobases; in 2015, sentenced to prison in Utah for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Daniel Taylor (1979 – ) was an LDS church member and seminary teacher in New Zealand; found guilty in 2013 of sexual abuse of multiple underage boys; local Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report Taylor's abuse
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: New Zealand,
- Crime country: New Zealand,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Was Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Brent Taylor (1948 – ) was the Utah Valley Youth Symphony orchestra director and an LDS Sunday school teacher; accused in 2018 of sexually abusing multiple boys; a judge ruled in 2023 that he had exaggerated his health issues to avoid trial; pleaded guilty in June 2024; sentenced twice to prison in two separate child sex abuse cases in 2024
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Was Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Kelly Teters (1963 – ) was an LDS church member in Montana; in 2001, accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 1997; in 2002, found guilty of sexual intercourse without consent and sentenced to 10 years in prison
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Montana,
- Crime state: Montana,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Tholen (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing children he babysat with his wife Judith Tholen, who also sexually abused them
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Unknown location,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Judith Tholen (1956 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing children she babysat with her husband John Tholen, who also sexually abused them
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Unknown location,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Donald Tolman (1943 – ) was an LDS church member and former bishop in Provo, Utah (Provo 10th Ward, starting in 1975); convicted in 2020 of six felony counts related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2020 to 25 years to life in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Ireland, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Jay Toombs (1956 – ) was an LDS scout leader and private investigator in Benson, Utah; allegedly told his stake president (a Cache County prosecutor) in 1994 that he had molested boys; three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother) allegedly knew of abuse but did not tell police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to five years to life in prison; released in 2025; lives in Logan, Utah
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2000,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Robert Tubbs (1952 – ) was an LDS scout leader in Slaterville, Weber County, Utah; admitted he told a Mormon bishop in the early 1970s he had molested multiple boys; Tubbs said the bishop kept the abuse secret; nearly 20 years passed and Tubbs molested others; in the 1990s, Tubbs pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced to six years to life in prison; paroled in 2000; violated parole; released in 2008
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Scout leader,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Parole, Prison, Released, Violated parole/probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Marc Turner was a former Mormon bishopric member and former Boy Scout leader in Austin, Texas; arrested in 2017 and charged with promotion of child pornography, a second-degree felony; convicted; sentenced to prison
- View report »
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Drew Tutt (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member, school teacher and soccer coach in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of two girls on his soccer team; in 2017, convicted of two counts of third degree felony sexual abuse of a minor student; in 2018, sentenced to prison
- View report »
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice,
- Keith Vallejo (1974 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Utah; accused of sexually abusing and raping two underage girls; in 2017, was found guilty in a jury trial of ten counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse and one count of first-degree felony object rape; sentenced to five years to life in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Was Bishop, High priest, Other leader,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Sterling Van Wagenen (1947 – ) was a co-founder of Sundance Film Festival and director of some Mormon temple endowment videos; publicly accused of sexual abuse of two children in two separate instances; sentenced to prison in 2019 for child sexual abuse
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was BYU, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Thomas Waitman (1944 – ) was an LDS church member in Cupertino, California; convicted of felony child sexual abuse in 1995 in California; as of 2023, registered sex offender living in Redmond, Washington
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: California, Washington,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Nathan Ward (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member and OBGYN in Missisippi and Utah; sentenced to prison in 2019 for production of child pornography
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Anthony Webster was an LDS church member and fitness center employee in Collierville, Tennessee; accused of sexually molesting three young girls; in 2013, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated sexual battery and was sentenced to 16 years in prison
- View report »
- Convicted: 2013,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Sydney Wengreen (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to felony sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2003 to five years to life in prison
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Ryan Whitaker (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and divorce lawyer in Vancouver, Washington; charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in his Sunday School class during church meetings; convicted in 2013 and sentenced to prison; registered sex offender
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Was Missionary, Primary, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Dylan Whiting (1988 – ) was an LDS bishop in Nampa, Idaho; was removed from his position in 2021 after child sexual abuse allegations surfaced; was charged with four sex crimes; pleaded guilty to one felony count; sentenced in 2022 to prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Shawn Whiting was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced in 2012 to one to 15 years in prison for collecting and creating child pornography
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2012,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- 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
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,

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