3256 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Criminal case result: Unknown result
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- 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
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Douglas Lovell (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a woman he murdered, Joyce Yost; Lovell claimed the LDS church meddled in his 2015 trial by discouraging a former prison bishop from testifying in his defense
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
Alleged failure to report- View report »
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- Stephen Lowe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Chet Ludlow was a Mormon church member in Utah; went on a Mormon mission to Louisiana; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Douglas Lund was a former Mormon bishopric counselor in Pahrump, Nevada; arrested in 2011 and accused of repeated sexual abuse of two young girls; the alleged abuse occurred over a period of several years
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- David Lunt (1941 – 2023) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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LDS positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Melvin MacNeil (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Other leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Martin MacNeill was a former Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2014; convicted of murdering his wife
Convicted:
2014,
LDS positions: Bishop,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Gary Madsen (1934 – 2024) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- David Magarrell was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Jorge Mañan Moreno was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Kelly Mangrum (1952 – ) was an LDS church member and dentist in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual misconduct, prescribing medications for a drug addict for sex
Alleged crime: 1990s,
Alleged crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
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- Jan Manley was a Mormon church member in Virginia; arrested in 2018 on suspicion of various offenses related to child sexual abuse; allegedly abused multiple children
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Dennis Marriott (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- James Matlock was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
LDS positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, - View report »
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- David Matlock (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member; arrested and convicted in 2022 of open and gross lewdness
Crime: 2020s,
Crime state:
Nevada,
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- Robert Matthews was a Mormon church member and singer in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; arrested in 2006, after police received evidence that he swam naked with four young boys during a trip in July 2006; he allegedly took pictures of the nude swim and later processed the images on his computer; charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and lewdness involving a child; convicted
Crime: 2000s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Daphney Matthews (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Norman Maxfield (1944 – ) was an LDS church member and high school drama teacher in Utah; convicted in 1988 of sexually abusing boys
Crime: 1980s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Robert McKell was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Melvin McKinney was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
Alleged crime: 1970s,
Alleged crime state:
California,
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- John McKown was an LDS church member in Arizona; charged in 2023 with child sexual exploitation
Alleged crime: 2020s,
Alleged crime state:
Arizona,
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- Robert McLaws was a Mormon church member in Joseph City, Navajo County, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Richard Mellor was a Mormon church member; accused of stalking
LDS positions: Scout leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Richard Mellor (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Scout leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Jonathan Merrill was a Mormon church member and Timpview High School sport club coach in Provo, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Danielle Meyer (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Loomis, California; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Miguel Michel 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
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Stephen Miehe (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Burrell Mohler was an LDS church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse; criminal charges dropped; civil case in 2013, results unknown
Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Alleged crime state:
Missouri,
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- Sara Moore was a Mormon church member in St. Cloud, Florida; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Primary, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Mark Morgan was an LDS church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Scotty Mortensen was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse
Alleged crime: 1980s,
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
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- Todd Mortenson was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Borzin Mottaghian was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Eustacio Munioz (1946 – ) was an LDS ward religious and missionary class leader in the Brownsville, Texas area; in 2011, was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy; the victim, as an adult, filed a lawsuit against the LDS church and won
Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Alleged crime state:
Texas,
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- Jared Murray (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Rexburg, Idaho; pleaded guilty in 1989 to a child sexual abuse charge
LDS positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Robert Musson (1961 – ) was an LDS church member in Ontario, Canada; arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference
Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
Alleged crime country:
Canada,
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- Robert Muttenthaler was a Mormon church member in Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- F N was an LDS bishop in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s,
Alleged crime state:
California,
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- G N was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Alleged failure to report- View report »
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- Gordon Neeley (1935 – 2018) was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018
LDS positions: High priest, Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, - View report »
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- 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
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result,
Alleged failure to report- View report »
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- 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
Convicted:
2010,
LDS positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Kim Nelson (1947 – ) was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Demar Nilson was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Lonnie Nyman was a Mormon church member and funeral director in Utah; accused of sex crimes; pleaded guilty; sentenced in August 2019
Crime: 2010s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- David O'Connor (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and high school wrestling coach in Tacoma, Washington; convicted of sexual abuse in 1977; once reportedly confessed his sexual abuse in an LDS sacrament meeting; in 2021, a victim sued the Mormon church
Crime: 1970s,
Crime state:
Washington,
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- Bruce O'Dell (1970 – ) was a Mormon bishop and dermatologist in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona; in 1999, was charged with 48 counts of sexual abuse
Alleged crime: 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
Arizona,
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- Christopher Odom (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Roseville, California; accused in 2016 of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Darin Ogden was a Mormon church member in Idaho; faced eight charges, including four counts of lewd conduct with a child younger than 16; in 2020, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison
Crime: 2010s,
Crime state:
Idaho,
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- Patrick Oliphant (1992 – ) was a Mormon missionary from Carlsbad, New Mexico who was serving a mission in Michigan in 2013; reportedly turned himself in for sexual abuse of a child he was babysitting; charged with six counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and three counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor; convicted in 2015 of nine felony charges
Crime: 2010s,
Crime state:
New Mexico,
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- Bradley Ott was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Michael Otten (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Murrieta, California; took his computer to a tech repair shop and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was found; police searched his home and found more CSAM
LDS positions: Ward mission leader,
Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Dan Overholt was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse
Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Alleged crime state:
Colorado,
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- B P was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: High priest, Ministering/home teacher,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Alleged failure to report- View report »
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- Winford Pace (1933 – 2007) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Jevin Parady (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- 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
Crime: 1980s,
Crime state:
California,
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- Wesley Perez was a Mormon church member and school teacher in Washington; pleaded guilty to a felony charge of child sexual abuse
Crime: 2010s,
Crime state:
Washington,
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- Michael Peterson was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Michael Peterson was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Kevin Phillips was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- 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
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Virginia,
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- Randall Pickett was an LDS church member in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Stake high council, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Chesley Pierson (1928 – 2021) was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
Alleged crime: 1970s,
Alleged crime country:
Canada,
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- Joseph Plautz (1937 – ) was a Mormon bishop or former bishop; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Bishop,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Byron Poelman (1934 – 2014) was a bishop and stake president in Utah and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church; arrested in 1994 for soliciting a prostitute; pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute
Crime: 1990s,
Crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Craig Pope (1963 – ) 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
LDS positions: Bishop,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Geoffrey Porter was an LDS church member in the United Kingdom; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Keith Price (1956 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2018 of class A misdemeanor voyeurism; secretly recorded underage girls; the crime occurred while he was serving as bishop
Crime: 2010s,
Crime county:
UT - Utah,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Edmund Pudlewski (1922 – 2014) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Thomas Quinton was an LDS church member in Alberta, Canada; allegedly drove to Great Falls, Montana to meet a 12-year-old girl he met through a Craigslist ad; was arrested in a sting operation
Alleged crime: 2010s,
Alleged crime country:
Canada,
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- Fred Radichel was an LDS church member and scout leader in Detroit, Michigan; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Zac Rhodenizer (1974 – ) was an LDS church member and psychologist in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Lyle Richardson was an LDS church member in Wyoming; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Leroy Richins was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
Alleged crime: 1970s,
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
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- Phillip Rimmasch (1937 – 2009) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah in the 1980s; had a 50-plus year career as a mortician; convicted of child sexual abuse; on appeal, the Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial in 1989
Crime: 1980s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Bryan Ringo was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- 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
Crime: 2010s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Brian Robbins (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy Scout leader in Colorado; in 2013, was arrested and charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child; was a scoutmaster at the time of his arrest
Alleged crime: 2010s,
Alleged crime state:
Colorado,
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- Erick Rosenvall (1930 – 2023) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Nefi Rubalcava was a Mormon bishop in Norwalk/Cerritos in southern California; accused of child sexual abuse in two lawsuits filed against the Mormon church in 2025; he was the foster father of one of his alleged victims and the bishop of both of them; he allegedly participated in a sex trafficking ring involving at least one other bishop and a stake president
Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
Alleged crime state:
California,
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- Jean-Jacques S was an LDS church member in France; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- George Schliesser (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member, scout leader and Primary teacher in Utah; charged in 1990 with two counts of sodomy on a child and two counts of sex abuse on a child; in September 2021, was arrested after a third alleged attempt at voyeurism, the first two in 2020
Crime: 1980s,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- William Schubeck was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
Alleged crime: 1960s,
Alleged crime state:
California,
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- Fred Schwendiman (1941 – 2011) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Wayne Sells was a Mormon church member in South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse
Alleged crime: 1980s,
Alleged crime state:
South Carolina,
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- Glen Sexton was a Mormon church member in Texas; accused of sexual abuse
Alleged crime: 1980s,
Alleged crime state:
Texas,
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- David Shurtz was a former Mormon bishop in 1999 in Clearfield, Davis County, Utah; accused in 2018 of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Bishop,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Michael Simms was a Latter-day Saints (LDS) church member, organist and music teacher in Oregon; accused in a 2009 civil lawsuit against the LDS church of sexually abusing a boy about 100 times between 1974 and 1976; case settled in 2010 in federal court
Alleged crime: 1970s,
Alleged crime state:
Oregon,
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- UNKNOWN Simpkins was an LDS stake seventy in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
LDS positions: Stake seventy,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church,
Alleged failure to report- View report »
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- James Sirles (1924 – 2018) was a Mormon church member in Chesterfield, Virginia; convicted of possession of child pornography and production and distribution of child pornography
Crime: 2000s,
Crime state:
Virginia,
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- Robert Smith (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Tooele, Utah; worked for the FBI; accused in 2022 of sexual abuse of several girls; as of April 2023, case is still underway in the Utah court system; in November 2023, charged with more sex crimes; Preliminary hearing date has been moved to June 30 2025 at 10 AM in third District Court, Tooele Utah
Alleged crime: 2020s,
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
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- UNKNOWN Smith was a Mormon church member and high priest in the Azusa 1st Ward in Azusa, California (Glendora California Stake); accused of sexual abuse in a 2024 civil lawsuit along with his ward's former bishop, Timothy Monzello
Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church,
Alleged failure to report- View report »
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- Carlton Snyder was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Robert Stahn (1958 – ) was an LDS church member and therapist in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused in April 2023 of sexual abuse; once served as clinical director of Operation Shield, counseling child sexual trauma survivors; pleaded guilty in October 2023 to felony sexual abuse or exploitation of a vulnerable adult
Convicted:
2023,
LDS positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Allen Stailey was an LDS church member in Colorado and Utah; convicted in 1999 in Colorado of sexual assault on a child
Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Colorado,
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