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- Cortney Andrew was a Mormon church member and bishopric counselor in Logan, Utah; charged in 2023 in Utah with four second degree felony counts of enticing a minor by internet or text; pleaded guilty to reduced charges in December 2023; sentenced in January 2024 to 60 days in jail
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1984
- Mission: United States Lansing
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: January 2024: sentenced to 60 days in jail with work release
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- Arlo Atkin was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, spent 132 days in jail
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
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- Kayla Atkin was an LDS church member and therapist in Lehi, Utah; charged in 2022 with three felony counts of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in April 2023 to one count of attempted object rape (victim was 14-15 years old at the time of the crime); sentenced in September 2023 to 180 days in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1993
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: September 2023: sentenced in Utah to 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to one felony count of attempted object rape
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- John Baysden was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors; sentenced to 180 days in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2006,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: 2005-2005 United States Ogden
- Places lived: North Carolina, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- Robert Berchtold was a Mormon church member in Idaho; sexually abused a child; in 1986, was found guilty of rape of a child and spent one year in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1936
  Died: 2005
- Mission: Switzerland Swiss Austrian
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
- Latest update: died in 2005
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- Stanley Bitsoi was a Mormon church member in Rigby, Idaho; convicted of a felony sex crime (Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16); sentenced to jail and probation
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1960
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
- Latest update: is a registered sex offender living in Ririe, Idaho Children-Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16; is a registered sex offender
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- Timothy Bothell was a LDS church employee and stake high council member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 to two years in jail for sexual abuse of two girls, ages 11 and 13
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Church employee, Stake high council,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1969
- Mission: 1989-1991 United States Texas Dallas
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: Pleaded guilty
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- Stephen Boyd was a Mormon church member in Colorado and Eagle Mountain, Utah; graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1991; accused in 2023 asking a person he thought was a 13 year old girl in an online chat to meet up for sex; April 2025 plead guilty; May 2025 plea was held in abeyance; Boyd was ordered to register as sex offender for 36 months and serve 90 days in jail with credit for 7 days
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Jail, Plea agreement, plead held in abeyance, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2023-11-27: charged in Utah with one felony count of enticement of a minor; lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah
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- Brian Briggs was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges; sentenced to a year in jail; violated probation and was sentenced to one to 15 years in the Utah State Prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1984
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- James Broom was a LDS church member in Scotland; jailed in 2009 for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1947
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Scotland, United Kingdom,
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2016,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1968
  Died: 2024
- Mission: 1987-1989 Argentina Argentina Cordoba
- Places lived: Argentina, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: December 2024: died by suicide
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Temple worker,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1943
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Latest update: March 2024: is a registered sex offender in St. George, Utah
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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1990
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2024: is a registered sex offender; lives in Pocatello, Idaho
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- Paul Burdick was an LDS bishop and drivers education teacher in Oregon; arrested in 2019 and charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to third-degree sex abuse involving underage female students in his job as a drivers ed teacher
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishop, Elders quorum,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
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- Raphael Caccioppoli was a Mormon Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality)
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Sunday school,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1971
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: New Zealand,
- Latest update: 2008: sentenced in New Zealand to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality)
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- Michael Carnegie was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Kitsap, Washington; convicted in 2017 of one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation; sentenced to 30 days in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2014, in Washington,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
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- James Carnegie was a Mormon bishop in Silverdale, Washington in the mid-1980s (Silverdale 3rd Ward, Silverdale Washington Stake); convicted in 2009 and sentenced to jail for child molestation
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Jack Cash was a Mormon bishopric counselor and stake high council member in San Luis Obispo, California; was a practicing chiropractor for over 30 years; between 1979 and 1995, allegedly fondled at least 11 women's breasts during chiropractic visits; license suspended in 1985; in 1995, convicted by jury of seven misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; sentenced to 2 months in jail, 3 years probation; died in 2023
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, ever-senior-missionary, High priest, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Victims: 10 or more victims,
- Born: 1934
  Died: 2023
- Mission: 1954-1956 United States Gulf States Mission
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
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- Al Childress was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- Tanner Clark was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced in 2019 to 90 days in jail for two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16 or 17 year old, two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to minors; may have had over 100 victims; arrested in 2021 (while on probation) for enticing a minor; convicted and sentenced to 1 to 5 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Prison, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1993
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2021: arrested for enticing a minor; convicted and sentenced to 1 to 5 years in prison
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