Leo Lopshire (1945 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah, Iowa and South Carolina; arrested June 30, 2026 and charged with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; a source told FLOODLIT that the church excommunicated Lopshire in the 2010s.
“He is still allowed to attend his ward and while the local leaders are aware of his crimes, they have not warned or told adults with young children in his ward about him.”
— a FLOODLIT source familiar with Lopshire, July 2026
June 30, 2026: arrested and charged with four felonies related to child sex abuse
According to someone familiar with Lopshire, he was employed by the LDS church when he lived around the Salt Lake City, UT area. They stated: “He was eventually excommunicated in the 2010s but this was after decades of abuse inside the church. He is still allowed to attend his ward and while the local leaders are aware of his crimes, they have not warned or told adults with young children in his ward about him.”
In addition, the source said “He was a young mens/Boy Scout leader in Salt Lake City in the 70s and almost certainly abused young men then. He would tell stories about how he would get the boys to go skinny dipping with him on camp outs.”
FLOODLIT is not aware if Lopshire has been rebaptized after his 2010 excommunication.
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