7 LDS sex abuse cases found

  • Criminal case result: guilty
    • Mark David Habel
    • Mark Habel (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member; charged with 15 counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree  Felony Class B and 20 counts of Unlawful Sexual Penetration in the Second Degree; pleaded not guilty to all counts; convicted on all 35 charge; in prison in Two Rivers Correctional Institution as of July 2026
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2016,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, guilty,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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    • Neil David Kimball
    • Neil Kimball (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member and sheriff's detective in Agoura Hills, CA, Los Angeles; was accused and admitted to sexually abusing a 15-year-old in 2017, while he was investigating her sexual assault she experienced from another person previously; charged in 2018; convicted in 2019; sentenced 3 years; ordered to register as sex offender; as of June 2026 is not a registered sex offender
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2019,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Pleaded guilty,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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    • Che Tayen Miles
    • Che Miles (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; pleaded guilty to attempted sexual exploitation of a minor child in 2023; downloaded CSAM from Nathan Mark Law, also in the FLOODLIT database, as well as downloaded other CSAM; convicted and sentenced to 11 years federal prison.
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2023,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Pleaded guilty,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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    • Stephen Paul Sanders
      • "Stephen Paul Sanders denied he was a homosexual and said he had a “father-son” relationship with a student who is accusing him of sexual misconduct."
      — Elko Daily Free Press, 1991-05-02
    • Stephen Sanders (1950 – 2010) was a Mormon church member and Elko High School music teacher in Elko, Nevada; charged with 2 felony counts of committing homosexual acts, 1 count of soliciting a minor to engage in infamous crimes against nature, 1 count of abuse of a minor resulting in substantial mental harm; convicted in 1991 of 1 count of abuse or neglect of a child causing substantial mental harm for abusing his student
    • ConvictedConvicted: 1991,
    • Church positionsPositions: Missionary,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, guilty,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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