3297 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Criminal case result: Unknown result
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- Gregory Nyman (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Unknown result,
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- Grant O was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Unknown position,
Unknown result,
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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
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Crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
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Was Scout leader,
Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
Alleged failure to report
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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
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Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,



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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
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- 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
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Michigan, New Mexico,
- Crime state: New Mexico,



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- Bradley Ott was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Unknown position,
Unknown result,
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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
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Was Ward mission leader,
Police investigation, Unknown result,
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- Dan Overholt was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse
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Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Crime state: Colorado,


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- Anthony Pabst was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Missionary,
Unknown result,
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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
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,



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- Maurice Parkerson was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Unknown result,
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- Luis Perez was an LDS church member in California; accused in 2007 of sexual abuse
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Was Unknown position,
Unknown result,
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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
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,


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- Richard Peterson was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Unknown position,
Unknown result,
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- Larry Peterson was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Unknown result,
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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
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Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Virginia,
- Crime state: Virginia,


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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
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Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,



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- Lance Pitt was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Other leader,
Unknown result,
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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
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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,



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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
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Was Bishop,
Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Geoffrey Porter was an LDS church member in the United Kingdom; accused of sexual abuse
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Unknown result,
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- Steven Powell was an LDS church member in Oregon; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Missionary,
Unknown result,
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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
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,




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- Kevin Prodromides was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Stake high council,
Unknown result,
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- Marco Quintero (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Missionary,
Unknown result,
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- Fred Radichel was an LDS church member and scout leader in Detroit, Michigan; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Scout leader,
Unknown result,
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- Lyle Richardson was an LDS church member in Wyoming; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Unknown position,
Unknown result,
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- Leroy Richins was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- 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
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,


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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
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- 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
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Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Crime state: Colorado,


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- Tracy Rogers was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Missionary, Scout leader,
Unknown result,
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- Jean-Jacques S was an LDS church member in France; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Scout leader,
Unknown result,
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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
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,


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- Chris Schofield was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Unknown result,
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- William Schubeck was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
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Alleged crime: 1960s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,




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- Wayne Sells was a Mormon church member in South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse
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Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: South Carolina,
- Crime state: South Carolina,


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- Glen Sexton was a Mormon church member in Texas; accused of sexual abuse
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Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,


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- Donald Shelton (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Music leader,
Unknown result,
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- David Shurtz was a former Mormon bishop in 1999 in Clearfield, Davis County, Utah; accused in 2018 of sexual abuse
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Was Bishop,
Unknown result,
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- Brandon Simmons was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Missionary,
Unknown result,
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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
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Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- 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
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Was Stake seventy,
Unknown result,
Lawsuit v. LDS church,
Alleged failure to 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
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Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Virginia,
- 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
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Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,


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- Norman Smith (1935 – 2016) was an LDS church member in Texas; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Youth leader,
Unknown result,
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- Carlton Snyder was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Unknown result,
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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
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Convicted: 2023,
Was Unknown position,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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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
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Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Colorado, Utah,
- Crime state: Colorado,


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- Thomas Stanger (1978 – ) was an LDS church member in Helena, Montana; arrested four times for indecent exposure; accused of watching pornographic material while masturbating looking at women nearby
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Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Montana,
- Crime state: Montana,

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- James Stark was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Unknown result,
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- David Stephenson was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Missionary,
Unknown result,
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- Robert Stevenson was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Crime state: Nevada,



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- Garry Stickels was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Unknown result,
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- Kurt Stimpson was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Missionary,
Unknown result,
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- Larry Story was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Scout leader,
Unknown result,
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- Larry Strain was a Mormon church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse
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Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Missouri,
- Crime state: Missouri,


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- Thomas Strickland was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Scout leader,
Unknown result,
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- Andrew Stringer was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Missionary,
Unknown result,
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- Jason Strong was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; a victim sued the Mormon church after a bishop and stake president allegedly failed to report the abuse to police; the claims against the church were dismissed by a trial court, and the Utah Supreme Court upheld the dismissal in 2001, citing the First Amendment
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Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,




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- Wesley Tanner (1940 – 2022) was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Unknown position,
Unknown result,
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- Christopher Taylor (1979 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; arrested in January 2022 for possession of child pornography; case pending as federal charges are being evaluated
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Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,


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- Anthony Teeples (1968 – ) was an LDS church member in Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1989 and in 2019
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Crime: 1980s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Cache,



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- Arturo Tenorio (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,



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- Mark Thomas was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse; a plaintiff sued the LDS church
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Was Unknown position,
Unknown result,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
Alleged failure to report
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- Wendell Thompson (1963 – ) was a former LDS bishop and stake presidency member in Clinton, Mississippi; convicted in 2011 of felony child sexual abuse (gratification of lust); some of the abuse took place while Thompson was in an LDS stake presidency role
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Mississippi,
- Crime state: Mississippi,




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- Mason Thompson was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Unknown position,
Unknown result,
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- Kevin Thorpe (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Youth leader,
Unknown result,
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- Jared Tichy (1978 – ) was an LDS church member and elementary school teacher in Salt Lake City, Utah; in April 2023, charged with child sexual abuse; several other victims came forward in April 2023
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Alleged crime: 2010s, 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,


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- Edgar Tisdale was a Mormon church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse
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Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,


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- Patrick Tissier was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
Unknown result,
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- Ruecha Tokputza was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
Unknown result,
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- Tracy Tolman was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
Unknown result,
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- Steve Townes was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
Unknown result,
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- Timothy Turner was an LDS church member and middle school band teacher in West Virginia; convicted in 2020 of child sexual abuse
- View report »
Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: West Virginia,
- Crime state: West Virginia,



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- Marc Turner was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
Was Unknown position,
Unknown result,
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- Spencer Turner (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member in Murray, Utah; In June of 2007 arrested via an undercover sting operation for attempting to meet with a person he thought was a girl so he could kiss and fondle her; also alleged sexually abused three other minor girls
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Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,


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- Timothy Tuttle (1962 – 2016) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2016 of three counts of class A misdemeanor sexual battery
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,



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- Devin Tuttle (1997 – ) was a Mormon church member in Draper, Utah; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A 16 OR 17 YEAR OLD/CLASS A MISDEMEANOR
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Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,



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- Jordan Udall (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member and police officer in St. Johns Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2022 to knowing access to child pornography
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,



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- William Van Dyke was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual harassment of female students at Weber State University that needed financial aid
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Unknown result,
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- James Victor (1960 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Canada in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old boy while on his mission; an LDS stake president and a mission president (David Sorensen) allegedly covered up abuse allegations; Sorensen later became an LDS general authority
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Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,



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- Curtis Ware (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member and football coach for Grantsville High School in Utah; convicted in June 2018 of one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, all class A misdemeanors; also pleaded guilty to class B misdemeanor tampering with a witness in a separate case
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,



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- Allen Washburn was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,


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- Michael Watson (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Bishopric counselor, Stake high council, Youth leader,
Unknown result,
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- Thomas Weaver (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony child sexual abuse
- View report »
Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,


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- James Westergard (1955 – ) was an LDS church member in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- View report »
Was Unknown position,
Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Jeffery Westerman (1977 – ) was a Provo, Utah police officer; was arrested for allegedly threatening to jail a woman unless she exposed herself to him
- View report »
Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,


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- Roland Westrup (1999 – ) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary (St. Louis, Missouri) in approximately 2018-2020; arrested in Salt Lake County, Utah in March 2023; charged with 10 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; admitted to possessing and sharing child pornography, and to having sexual fantasies for many years about having sex with male children as young as infants to teens
- View report »
Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Missouri, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,


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- Craig Whiting (1971 – ) was an LDS church member in Bluffdale, Utah; charged in 2018 with child sexual abuse; as of Feb 2023, pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial; jury trial was scheduled to move forward in 2023
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Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,


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- John Wichmann was an LDS bishop in the San Diego California South Stake in 2015-16; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of sexual abuse of a 16-year-old boy; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged sexual assaults took place in an unlocked church classroom in San Diego 25 times while other congregants were nearby
- View report »
Was Bishop,
Unknown result,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Alleged failure to report
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- Daniel Willard (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in St. Charles, Missouri; pleaded guilty to Possession Of Child Pornography and Furnish Pornographic Material Or Attempt To Furnish To A Minor; registered sex offender
- View report »
Was Primary,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- George Willoughby was an LDS church member in California; sentenced to 24 years in prison for raping a five-year-old girl
- View report »
Was Unknown position,
Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
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- Donald Wright (1960 – ) was allegedly a Mormon church member; was a Boy scout leader, allegedly sexually abused multiple children
- View report »
Was Scout leader,
Unknown result,
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- Jimmy Young (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout volunteer in Texas; arrested for sexually abusing a scout in his troop
- View report »
Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,


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- Luis Zarate was a Mormon bishop in Panama; accused of sexual abuse of a 4-year-old
- View report »
Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Panama,
- Crime country: Panama,



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