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Nelson Bogero
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Born: 1953
- LDS positions: Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member and Sunday school teacher in Cordoba, Argentina; accused in 2017 of sexual abuse of multiple children ages 7 to 11; a local LDS leader allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police.
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Jimmy Earl Brooks
- LDS positions: Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Texas; charged with child sexual abuse in 1994.
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Robert D Campbell
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: United States - Tennessee Nashville 1987-1988
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse.
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Michael Wayne Coleman
- AKA Mike Coleman
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: Argentina - Argentina Buenos Aires South 1980-1982
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS bishop and former sound recording engineer in Mesa, Arizona (Lehi 2nd Ward); arrested in 2014 for sexual solicitation of a minor online; the alleged crime took place while he was bishop.
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John Patrick Conway
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Cambridge, UK; accused of child sexual abuse after his twin brother Martyn Conway was convicted of child sexual abuse; in both cases; the victim was the same underage boy.
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Richard A Cook
- Latest update: 2020: arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing young boys
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Nursery leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and former LDS nursery leader in Boise, Idaho; arrested in 2020 on suspicion of sexually abusing young boys.
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Brandon Scott Cordero
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Gordon Terrence Crawford
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
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John Gardner Cummings
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Daniel Cupyrna
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Middlesbrough Ward, Billingham Stake, UK; accused of sexual abuse.
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John Doe
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Argentina; accused of sexual abuse in 2017; an LDS bishop learned of the abuse in a private confession by the accused, and the bishop told the victim's mother, who told police.
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John Doe
- LDS positions: Stake mission president,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS stake mission president; accused by Mormon leader Vaughn Featherstone in 1975 of child sexual abuse of "many, many Aaronic Priesthood boys" in Doe's stake.
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Alan Keith Dunn
- AKA Keith Dunn, Allan Dunn
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1941
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Venice, California (Los Angeles); accused in 1978 of child sexual abuse; confessed to the police.
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Cesar Duran
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Born: 1982
- LDS positions: Bishopric,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was a Mormon bishopric member in Salt Lake City, Utah; arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl in his ward.
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Larry Van Dyke
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Christopher Roy Evans
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Nicolas Pierre Faivre
- AKA Nicholas Faivre
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1979
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Ongoing, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a former LDS bishop in Australia; charged with sending sexually explicit messages to a child.
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John Wood Fanning
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Unknown,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987 of a teenage boy during an overnight scouting activity.
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David Scott Frank
- LDS positions: Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He was an LDS Sunday school teacher in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit.
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William W Gillespie
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Alabama; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; conviction was reversed on appeal.
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Malcolm Noyes Goodwin
- AKA Dr. Goodwin
- Latest update: 2022: arrested and charged with sexual assault involving minors.
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Born: 1940
- LDS positions: Bishop, High priest,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Ongoing, Unknown,
- The accused was a former Mormon bishop and retired pathologist and coroner's physician in O'Fallon, Illinois; US Army Reserves and Air Force veteran; arrested in 2022 for Predatory Sexual Assault of a Child; charged with six felony counts of predatory criminal sexual assault involving minors.
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Dustin Hall
- AKA Dusty Rhodes, Dusty Hall
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He was a Mormon church member in Washington state; accused of sexually abusing boys in the Shelton Ward near Olympia.
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Kenneth L Hanigan
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Eugene Albert Hansen
- AKA Jene Hansen
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Born: 1940
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and scout leader in California; accused of child sexual abuse.
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Larry E Harmston
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse which allegedly took place at a Mormon chapel in Orem, Utah; convicted; charged again (result unknown).
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Brandon Osorio Hernandez
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1999
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing a victim inside a Mormon church; convicted of four fourth degree felony counts of abuse of a child or vulnerable adult.
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Joel Elisla Houck
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Darrell Howe
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit.
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Edward Ralph Hunter
- AKA Ed Hunter
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Born: 1953
- LDS mission: Unknown country -
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Peoria, Arizona; accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who was his patient; pleaded guilty to three counts of child abuse; sentenced to two years in prison and lifetime probation.
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Ángel Orlando Jaramillo
- Latest update: August 2023: arrested on child pornography and abuse charges
- LDS positions: Church employee, Stake clerk, Stake high council,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Ongoing, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Jujuy, Argentina; arrested on child pornography and abuse charges (which includes distribution, tenancy, and production of material).
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Paul M Jellum
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- He was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse of a boy scout in his troop.
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Kenneth I Johnson
- AKA Kenneth I Johnson, Jr.; Kenneth L Johnson (incorrect)
- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He was a Mormon church member and home teacher in Beaverton, Oregon; a victim filed a $55.7 million lawsuit against the Mormon church saying Johnson had sexually molested him when Johnson was his home teacher; the alleged sexual abuse took place as often as twice a week for two years between 1987 and 1989.
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Robert Glenn Kempton
- AKA Robert G. Kempton, President Kempton
- Latest update: 2018: Died in Arizona
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Born: 1942
Died: 2018
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- LDS mission: United States - Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia - possibly the Eastern States mission 1962-1964
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused 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.
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Christopher W Kite
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- He was an LDS church member in Chicago, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse.
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William Eugene Knox
- AKA Bill Knox, Bill E. Knox
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He was a Mormon church member and scout leader; accused of sexually abusing multiple children.
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Arthur Noel Krigbaum
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- He was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
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Jack LaHolt
- AKA Jack Loholt
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He was an LDS church member and Boy scout leader in Kent, Washington; accused of sexual abuse in the 1970s; court records show that two Mormon bishops knew about the abuse allegations but did not tell police.
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Jason Chad Larsen
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Born: 1977
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- He was an LDS missionary from Idaho in Bakersfield, California; accused in 1997 of sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl at a school; as of 2024, lives in Meridian, Idaho.
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Kip E Later
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Lawrence Libey
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- The accused was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
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Doug Lovell
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a woman he murdered; he claimed the LDS church meddled in his 2015 trial by discouraging a former prison bishop from testifying in his defense.
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Melvin MacNeil
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1943
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- He was a Mormon church member in Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse.
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Melvin E McKinney
- AKA Mel McKinney
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Miguel Angel Michel
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Buenos Aires, Argentina; accused of child sexual abuse in or around 2000; allegedly sexually molested three children ranging in age from five to eight years old.
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Burrell Mohler
- AKA Burrell Mohler Sr
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse; criminal charges dropped; civil case in 2013, results unknown.
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Scotty Hyrum Mortensen
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse.
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Dan S Overholt
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Richard Peterson
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse.
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Eneudo Petit
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Born: 1973
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- He was a former Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; allegedly avoided arrest warrant for sexual abuse by fleeing the US to Venezuela.
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Chesley Nels Pierson
- AKA Ches Pierson, Ches N. Pierson
- Latest update: 2021: died in Alberta, Canada
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1928
Died: 2021
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Other leader, Senior missionary, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- LDS mission: United Kingdom - England
- Criminal case: Police investigation, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men.
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