4 LDS sex abuse cases found

  • Criminal case result: guilty
    • Stephen Jay Cooper
    • Stephen Cooper (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member; convicted of ATTEMPTED - SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR and DEALING IN MATERIALS HARMFUL TO MINOR-DEFENDANT18 AND OLDER, both 3rd degree felonies
    • CrimeCrime: 2020s,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime city: Saratoga Springs,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime county: utah,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime state: Utah,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2024,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Unknown position,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Pleaded guilty,
      • "“Again, this wasn’t a crime of opportunity that found you and you got caught up in it or made a wrong turn. You went looking anyway, deep down that rabbit hole.”"
      — Cedar City by 5th District Judge Matthew L. Bell
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    • Derek C. Finlinson
    • Derek Finlinson (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; who allegedly recorded a woman in a dressing room while she was changing clothes, Oct 2009; pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of voyeurism, in 2010
    • Alleged crimeAlleged crime: 2000s,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime city: UT - Orem,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime county: utah,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime state: Utah,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime country: utah,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2010,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): guilty,
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    • Michael J Nef
    • Michael Nef (1950 – 2025) was a Mormon church member in Rigby, Idaho that was convicted of sexually abusing two female family members for 23 years; sentenced to five years in Cottonwood minimum security prison in Idaho.
    • CrimeCrime: 2000s,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime city: Idaho, Rigby,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime state: Idaho,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2007,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Scout leader, Sunday school teacher,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, guilty,
      • "But she liked it" - Michael Nef to the court, per a family member
      "although Mike will be missed, he leaves a great legacy of faith and repentance."
      — Michael 2025 obituary
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    • Spencer Merrell Pratt
    • Spencer Pratt (1975 – ) was a Mormon church member and former bank vice president of a Zions Bank branch in or near Spanish Fork, Utah; arrested in January 2025 on suspicion of child sexual abuse; pled guilty to FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE - 2nd Degree Felony and AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD - 1st Degree Felony(amended to) - 2nd Degree Felony; sentencing December 31, 2025
    • Alleged crimeAlleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime county: UT - Utah,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime state: Utah,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Primary teacher,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): guilty, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty,
      • Pratt received multiple letters of support in his criminal trial, including from his former LDS bishop to whom he allegedly confessed abuse
      "I wen [sic] to the Bishop on my own to start this process, and am accepting the consequences that come."
      — Spencer Pratt, in a 2024 text message to victims' relative, per probable cause affidavit
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