409 instances where Mormon church leaders allegedly perpetrated sex crimes or allegedly failed to report sexual abuse to police or law enforcement
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- George Aaron (1941 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in a college ward in Provo, Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters in the 1980s and early 1990s; found civilly liable in 2001 to have "inflicted emotional distress," "breached fiduciary duty," and behaved with "reckless disregard" toward his younger daughter; paid $25,000 in punitive damages
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Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Utah, 
Was Bishop, 
Never charged, Not convicted, - Judgment for plaintiff,
- Alleged failure to report
Aaron's standing in the church didn't change despite his loss in court"I was sitting in a room, full of women, who had been sexually abused by a family member — most of them [saying], 'My father abused me. I told the bishop. Nothing happened.' I just knew that wasn't going to be my story. I wasn’t going to allow that to be my story."-
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- James Adams (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison in 1994 for sexually abusing multiple children; in 1996, a $750 million lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church alleging coverup; the suit was settled out of court in 2000
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- Crime: 1980s, in
West Virginia,
- Was Other leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
Abuse went on for five years after Adams first told Mormon officials, including a bishop and stake president, the lawsuit said"The church is not in the business of covering up."-
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- Paul Adams (1982 – 2017) was an LDS church member in Arizona; sexually abused two children for several years after confessing to his bishop; arrested and charged; died by suicide in 2017 while in custody awaiting trial
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in
Arizona,
- Was Unknown position,
- Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Dismissed,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Leizza Adams was the wife of sexual abuser Paul Douglas Adams; sentenced in 2018 in Arizona to 2.5 years in prison after pleading no contest to two felony counts of child abuse (not sexual abuse)
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- Crime: 2010s, in
Arizona,
- Convicted:
2018,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Michael Adamson (1945 – ) was a Mormon church caretaker and organist in York, England; allegedly abused at least four children as young as seven years old between 1966 and 1982; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, in
England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted:
2008,
- Was Other leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Terry Allen (1943 – ) was an LDS church member in California; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison; was assigned to multiple trusted church positions, including Sunday school president, despite the Mormon church being aware that he had raped a teenager; LDS leaders were accused of hiding his abuse from local church members; as of 2024, lives in Grapevine, Texas
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- Crime: 1980s, in
California, Connecticut,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Stewart Allsford (1951 – 2017) was a former LDS bishop in the Plymouth England stake; accused of sexually abusing two girls; died by suicide on third day of his child sex abuse trial
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, in
England, United Kingdom,
- Was Bishop,
- Suicide,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Benjamin Alyk (1997 – ) was an LDS church member from Utah and a missionary in Dominican Republic; confessed to making child sexual abuse material (CSAM); LDS church leaders allegedly knew about but did not report his criminal behavior to law enforcement
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- Was Missionary,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Mark Anderson (1959 – ) was a Mormon church branch president and dentist in Woodland, California; accused by 27 former female patients of touching them inappropriately in office visits; found guilty in 2009 of 11 felony counts and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery for sexual abuse of several of his female patients; sentenced to six years in prison; required to register for life as a sex offender
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- Crime: 2000s, in
California,
- Convicted:
2009,
- Was Branch president, Other leader,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Matthew Anderson was an LDS church member in West Haven, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Cortney Andrew (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member and bishopric counselor in Logan, Utah; charged in 2023 in Utah with four second degree felony counts of enticing a minor by internet or text; pleaded guilty to reduced charges in December 2023; sentenced in January 2024 to 60 days in jail
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- Convicted:
2023,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Michael Antrobus (1947 – 2023) was a former Mormon branch president (similar to a bishop) and bishop in Connersville, Indiana for 10 years (approximately 1974-84); convicted of child sexual abuse charges (9 counts, 6 victims) in Sacramento County, California in 2021-2022; sentenced to 8 years in San Quentin State Prison; died by suicide in prison in September 2023; allegedly had at least a dozen victims
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- Convicted:
2021, 2022,
- Was Bishop, Branch president, Missionary,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Manuel Archibeque (1971 – ) was a Mormon church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; allegedly admitted to his bishop that he had sexually touched a child; charged in two cases in 2006 with sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of molestation of a child, all class two felonies; one case was dismissed in 2006 without prejudice; in the other, pleaded guilty to two reduced charges of child abuse
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- Crime: 2000s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Jose Arias (1962 – ) was a Mormon church missionary in Palm Desert, California; accused of sexual abuse; civil suit filed against LDS church and Arias; judge awarded judgment by default for the plaintiff (victim) against Arias in 2017 in the amount of approximately $4.2 million; the LDS church was not found liable
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
California,
- Was Missionary,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Larren Arnold (1935 – 2017) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under 16; convicted, received a five-year suspended sentence and three years probation; Mormon leaders allegedly covered up Arnold's abuse; the Mormon church made a $50,000 settlement payment to a victim in 2001, and a payment to another victim in 2012; died in 2017
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, in
Idaho,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Geoffrey Ashdown was a Mormon bishop and deputy school principal in Australia; allegedly sexually abused two children while he was a bishop; died
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- Was Bishop, Scout leader,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Arlo Atkin (1956 – ) was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, spent 132 days in jail
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Arizona,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Eric Avant (1959 – ) was a Mormon cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; convicted in 1979 of sodomizing an 11-year-old; Mormon leaders allegedly knew of his sexual attraction to young boys but did not check police records; convicted in 1988 of 14 counts of aggravated sexual battery and sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting nine boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims; the church settled a lawsuit in 1992
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Virginia,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- James B was an LDS bishop in Newport Beach, California in about 1990 to 1995; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in his office at church every week from 1990 to 1995, when the victim was 12 to about 17 years old; 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 Bishop,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Richard Baker (1978 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor in Clearfield, Utah; accused of voyeurism and child sexual exploitation
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2023,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Bishop Baldwin was a Mormon bishop in Pittsburg, California in 1989; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly lasted from 1989 to 1997, when the victim was 5 to 13 years old; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
California,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Norman Barber (1947 – ) was a Mormon church member and dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide
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- Crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Paul Barnes (1955 – ) was a Mormon stake patriarch and former stake presidency counselor in Queen Creek, Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse that took place in 2022 in Idaho; convicted in 2023 or later and sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 2020s, in
Idaho,
- Was Stake patriarch,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- George Barnett was a Mormon ward clerk in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Was Ward clerk,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Christopher Bartle (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Perth, Western Australia; accused of sexual abuse of four girls that allegedly took place between 1998 and 2007
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Australia,
- Was Unknown position,
- Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Alan Bassett (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member and air traffic controller in Fruit Heights, Utah; accused in a 2019 civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse (dismissed without prejudice); charged in June 2024 with child sexual abuse; over 80 victims came forward; admitted to molesting many neighbor girls; tried to get his case dismissed due to an unsigned 1989 agreement with a deputy Davis County attorney
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Was Other leader, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Ongoing,
- Dismissed without prejudice,
- Alleged failure to report
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- James Bayless (1946 – ) was a Mormon church member in Gilbert, Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2015 to two counts of molestation of a child; as of 2024, is a registered sex offender living in Mesa, Arizona
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- Crime: 2010s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted:
2015,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Christian Bearnson (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; in 1993, the Mormon church was found liable for child sexual abuse by a jury in a civil lawsuit; the LDS church then settled with the two plaintiffs, reportedly for millions of dollars (US), and had the court records sealed
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- Crime: 1990s, in
California,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Probation,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- David Bennett (1954 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in California and Korea; convicted in 1987 in California of child sexual abuse; moved to Korea; was assigned to be an LDS young men's president and scoutmaster; was accused of molesting several boys; disappeared in 1991; FLOODLIT is attempting to locate him
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- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Pleaded guilty,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Robert Berchtold (1936 – 2005) was a Mormon church member in Idaho; sexually abused a child; in 1986, was found guilty of rape of a child and spent one year in jail
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Idaho,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Temple worker,
- Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Keith Bergstresser (1975 – ) was an LDS church member in Oregon and Idaho; convicted in 2002 in Oregon of contributing to sexual delinquency of a minor; made a registered sex offender; in 2019, was assigned a position in an elders quorum presidency in Idaho
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- Was Elders quorum,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Donald Bills (1959 – ) was a school teacher (one-time "teacher of the year") and former Mormon bishopric member in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, including rape of a 17-year-old girl; sentenced in 2015 to a minimum of eight years in prison; as of January 2025, lives in Orem, Utah as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted:
2015,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Joseph Bishop was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Utah,
- Was Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
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- David Blain (1970 – 2015) was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Youth leader,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Joseph Blodgett (1975 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; ongoing case as of 2025
- View report »
- Was Bishop,
- Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Herman Blom (1948 – 2023) was a Mormon church member in the Netherlands and in Pleasant Grove, Utah; allegedly sexually abused a child in 2018; died in 2023
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in
Netherlands, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Was Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Charles Blome (1928 – 2005) was a Mormon church member and US Army veteran in or near Houston or Beaumont, Texas; admitted to sexually molesting at least five boys; pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child; sentenced to 15 years in prison; the LDS church was ordered to pay $4 million to a 13-year-old boy victim; Blome died in 2005
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Texas,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Gordon Bodily (1949 – ) was a Mormon bishop and physical education teacher in Hyrum, Cache Valley, Utah; accused in 2000 of luring a 17-year-old North Carolina girl to Utah for sex while serving as an LDS bishop; sentenced in 2001 to 21 months in federal prison
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- Crime: 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2001,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Nelson Bogero (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and Primary children's teacher in Cordoba, Argentina; accused in 2017 of sexual abuse of two girls who were in his Primary class; a local LDS leader allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police; in August 2024, Bogero was sentenced to 16 years in prison
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- Crime: 2010s, in
Argentina,
- Convicted:
2024,
- Was Primary,
- Convicted, Police investigation, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Michael Bolingbroke (1942 – ) was a Mormon bishop and stake seventy president in Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2022 lawsuit; died in 2024
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- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake seventy, Sunday school,
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Timothy Bothell (1969 – ) was a LDS church employee and stake high council member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 to two years in jail for sexual abuse of two girls, ages 11 and 13
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2013,
- Was Church employee, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Douglas Bowen (1950 – ) was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Washington, California, Utah and Idaho; was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child
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- Crime: 1970s, in
Utah,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Kevin Bowman (1980 – ) was an LDS first counselor in a ward bishopric and a restaurant owner in Spanish Fork, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Taiwan 1999-2001; accused of sexual abuse of a teenage girl who worked in his restaurant; arrested in July 2023; in June 2024, found guilty by a jury of forcible sexual abuse (second-degree felony) and lewdness (class B misdemeanor); sentencing set for July 29, 2024
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Other leader,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Ronald Boyce (1961 – ) was a Mormon seminary teacher and home teacher in Schenectady, New York in the 1990s; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2024 civil lawsuit against the LDS church
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
New York, Utah,
- Was Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Peter Brackner was second counselor in an LDS bishopric in Purvis, Mississippi, and a scoutmaster; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Mississippi,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Allen Brinkerhoff (1929 – 2019) was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019
- View report »
- Convicted:
2007,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Rachel Brock was a Mormon church member in Arizona; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the same boy that her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of molesting
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- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Susan Brock (1962 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona; was sentenced in April 2011 to 13 years in prison for engaging in a three-year-long sexual relationship with a boy, beginning when he was 14 years old; was released in December 2021
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- Crime: 2000s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted:
2011,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Ronald Brockner (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; moved to Idaho; convicted in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison
- View report »
- Convicted:
2020,
- Was Bishop, Stake president,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Carlfred Broderick (1932 – 1999) was a Mormon stake president in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Was Stake president,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- David Bromley was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Robert Bunker (1990 – ) was an LDS church member in McCammon, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; sentenced to 33 days in jail; as of 2023, is a registered sex offender living in Idaho
- View report »
- Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Paul Burdick (1972 – ) was an LDS bishop and drivers education teacher in Oregon; arrested in 2019 and charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to third-degree sex abuse involving underage female students in his job as a drivers ed teacher
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- Crime: 2010s, in
Oregon,
- Convicted:
2020,
- Was Bishop, Elders quorum,
- Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Paydan Bussey (1998 – ) was a Mormon church member in Washington and Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse charges while a minor in Washington; removed from sex offender registries in Washington and Utah; allegedly molested a child in 2019 while on a trip to Spain paid for by the Mormon church; charged in Washington and Utah in 2024 with child sexual abuse felonies; named in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Raphael Caccioppoli (1971 – ) was a Mormon Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality)
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
New Zealand,
- Convicted:
2008,
- Was Sunday school,
- Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged failure to report
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- David Cannata (1965 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Tucson, Arizona in 2005 when he sexually abused a child who was 5 or 6 years old; was a stake high council member sometime in the 2010s; was confronted by the victim and turned himself into the police; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison; was excommunicated from the Mormon church because of the abuse
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, in
Arizona,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Albert Carlson (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah, New Mexico and Texas; arrested in the 1980s in Utah on a molestation charge after allegedly molesting an underage boy who he met through the church; the case was dropped to a lewdness charge which did not require him to register as a sex offender; in 2025, sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, in
Texas, Utah,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Found guilty, No contest, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- James Carnegie was a Mormon bishop in Silverdale, Washington in the mid-1980s (Silverdale 3rd Ward, Silverdale Washington Stake); convicted in 2009 and sentenced to jail for child molestation
- View report »
- Convicted:
2009,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Niles Carr was a Mormon missionary in Ireland in the late 1980s, originally from California; convicted of child sexual abuse charges; Mormon leaders allegedly assigned Carr to work with Boy Scouts after knowing he was sent home from his mission due to child sex abuse allegations
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- Crime: 1980s, in
California, Ireland,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Cecil Cartwright (1926 – 2015) was a Mormon branch president in Orillia, Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2015
- View report »
- Was Branch president,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- David Chadwick (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Eagle Mountain, Utah; convicted in 2019 of sex abuse of a child
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Francis Cochran (1921 – 2005) was a Mormon high priest in the Seattle 6th Ward in Seattle, Washington in the 1980s; convicted twice in the 1980s of crimes related to sexual abuse of multiple children; allegedly assaulted multiple young girls on LDS property, including during church meetings; a 2025 lawsuit (Floodlit broke the story) said stake president Paul Diehl & multiple ward bishops covered up allegations against Cochran
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Washington,
- Convicted:
1987, 1988,
- Was High priest,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
Stake president and two LDS bishops allegedly covered up abuse allegations"Despite numerous red flags, Defendants continued to give High Priest Cochran access to minor church members. Defendants allowed High Priest Cochran to continue to attend and volunteer at church events, including those attended by minors. Defendants also allowed High Priest Cochran to continue to transport young girls, including vulnerable refugee girls, to and from church events."-
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- Michael Coleman (1960 – ) was an LDS bishop and former sound recording engineer in Mesa, Arizona (Lehi 2nd Ward); arrested in 2014 for sexual solicitation of a minor online; the alleged crime took place while he was bishop
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in
Arizona, Brazil,
- Was Bishop,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Kenneth Copple was a Mormon church member in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced in 2019 to prison
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- Crime: 1980s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted:
2019,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Alfred Cote (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in New Hampshire and Nauvoo, Illinois; convicted in the 1980s and in 2020 of child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Illinois, New Hampshire,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Mark Cram (1956 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor, and city manager in Riverton, Utah; charged in 2006 with voyeurism; admitted climbing a 9-foot wall at a tanning salon to watch a 16-year-old girl undress; pleaded guilty; plea was held in abeyance; he completed the terms set by the court, charge was dismissed and case was expunged in 2008; as of February 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
Utah,
- Was Bishop, Church employee, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor,
- Admitted guilt, Expunged, Not convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Clark Crookston (1949 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted:
2022,
- Was Bishop, High priest, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
"I assumed I was alone. I felt guilty even to question his worthiness. [...] I buried the hurt and kept it secret for over 30 years. [...] The children who came forward are my heroes. These are the brave souls [who] broke the curse that has been happening for nearly 60 years."-
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- Michael Cunningham (1947 – ) was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse; a judge sentenced Cunningham to ten years imprisonment and told him that he must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life
- View report »
- Was Missionary, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Kevin Curlew was an LDS church member in Methuen, Massachusetts; accused of sexually abusing a child in an LDS chapel; convicted and sentenced to prison; in 2008, a victim's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the the Mormon church, claiming the church allowed the accused to babysit children despite his prior convictions for child sexual abuse, and that LDS leaders failed to report her child's abuse to police
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, in
Maine, Massachusetts,
- Convicted:
2006,
- Was Other leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Franklyn Curtis (1903 – 1995) was a Mormon church member in Pennsylvania and Oregon; excommunicated in 1983 in Pennsylvania for sex abuse; rebaptized in 1984; molested five boys in Oregon; local LDS bishop knew but didn't report to police; convicted in 1995 in Oregon of sexual abuse; died in 1995
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in
Oregon, Pennsylvania,
- Was High priest, Sunday school,
- Convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John d'Aquin (1966 – ) was an LDS church member; convicted in 1994 in Louisiana of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles performing sexually immoral acts; convicted in 2007 in Louisiana of indecent behavior with juveniles
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, in
Louisiana,
- Convicted:
2007,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- James Danenon (1989 – ) was an LDS church member in American Fork, Utah; guilty of sexual abuse of a minor abuse
- View report »
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Buckland Darrell (1979 – ) was a former LDS Primary teacher in Redmond, Washington; accused of molesting young boys in sacrament meeting and at their homes; charged with first-degree felony child molestation in 2022-23 (5 victims); admitted to sexually abusing around 6 to 8 boys; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2024 to at least 8 years in prison; faced two additional counts in March 2025 after two more victims came forward
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in
Washington,
- Convicted:
2024,
- Was Primary,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Michael Davis (1985 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Minnesota, Utah,
- Convicted:
2003, 2006, 2022,
- Was Elders quorum, Other leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- George Davis was an LDS church member in Rhode Island; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place in an LDS chapel; found guilty in a jury trial; sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison and 15 years probation
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Rhode Island,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Jury trial, Prison, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Robert Davis (1949 – ) was a Mormon church member in Eugene, Oregon; convicted of 5 counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree and sentenced to 75 months in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2020s, in
Oregon,
- Convicted:
2021,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Stephen Davis was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Orange County, California; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Anastasia Dawson (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Missouri; arrested in 2023 and charged with several counts relating to sexual abuse of a minor
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in
Missouri,
- Was Youth leader,
- Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Prescott De Jean (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender
- View report »
- Convicted:
2013,
- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Randall Deaton (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in the Holmes Lake Ward, Lincoln Nebraska Stake; convicted in 2002 of attempted 1st degree sexual assault of a minor; the abuse took place before Deaton joined the LDS church; subsequently called as counselor in a YSA ward bishopric
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Nebraska,
- Convicted:
2002,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- James Denos (1929 – 2017) was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in 1970 in Westminster, Orange County, California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four minor girls living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950
- View report »
- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2002,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Larry Deutsch (1966 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Missouri,
- Convicted:
2021,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Spencer Dixon (1964 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused in 2002 of touching a 13-year-old girl inappropriately inside the LDS chapel of the Monument Park 7th Ward; acquitted in a jury trial
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Was Bishop,
- Acquitted, Found not guilty, Jury trial,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Vernon, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was a Mormon missionary in Ireland; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Was Missionary,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Jane Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Alleged failure to report
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- Dave Doe was a Mormon bishop in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; excommunicated, but never prosecuted
- View report »
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was a Mormon bishop in or near Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy; the alleged sexual assault took place in the Salt Lake Temple in the 1980s (approximately 1986), during a visit to perform baptisms for the dead
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Was Bishop, Temple worker,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Tacoma, Washington; allegedly sexually abused a preschooler in his ward in the 1980s; the LDS church settled with the abuse survivor for $1.1 million in 2023
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Washington,
- Was Unknown position,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lake Elsinore, California; arrested in 1997; pleaded guilty to committing lewd acts with a child under age 14; spent three years in state prison; in December 2022, the LDS church paid $995,000 to settle its part of a related civil lawsuit wherein a jury awarded the victim $2.28 billion
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
California,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe (1961 – ) was an LDS church member and former Mormon bishop in Alabama, Alaska and Texas; in 2022 or 2023, confessed to child sexual abuse to his LDS bishop and stake president in Texas, according to a person familiar with the case; they reported him to local police in 2023; in 2024, a plaintiff filed a civil lawsuit against him; Doe and the church settled with the victim in 2025
- View report »
- Was Bishop,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Cambridge, Massachusetts; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Germany; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Was Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS stake mission president; accused by Mormon leader Vaughn Featherstone in 1975 of child sexual abuse of "many, many Aaronic Priesthood boys" in Doe's stake
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
Unknown location,
- Was Other leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Queensland, Australia; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Australia,
- Was Other leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was a Mormon bishop in Pocatello, Idaho; an abuse survivor told FLOODLIT that Doe sexually abused them in his office at church in late 1999
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in
Idaho,
- Was Bishop,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- UNKNOWN Doe was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
-
- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- John Doe was a Mormon temple worker in Los Angeles, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the LDS church of sexually assaulting a man in 1984 while performing a private anointing ritual in the Los Angeles LDS temple
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
California,
- Was Temple worker,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe (2006 – ) was an LDS church member in Moses Lake, Washington; accused of child sexual abuse
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in
Washington,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Matthew Doyle (1973 – ) was an LDS bishop in Copperas Cove, Texas (2nd Ward) in the 2000s; was a high school basketball coach; convicted in 2011 of sexual assault
- View report »
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Michael Driggs (1950 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Brazil in the early 1970s; allegedly sent to a different mission in the United States after being found having inappropriate relationships with young boys; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1985 in Arizona; convicted again of child sexual abuse in 2013 in Utah; he met his victim in the Utah case at church, according to court documents
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted:
2013,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Alan Dunn (1941 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Venice, California (Los Angeles); accused in 1978 of child sexual abuse; confessed to the police
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
California,
- Was Scout leader,
- Admitted guilt, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Cesar Duran (1982 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in a Spanish-speaking LDS ward in Orem, Utah (Geneva Height Stake); arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl in his ward; the alleged abuse took place inside an LDS church building
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in
Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Edwin Dyer (1935 – 1986) was a Mormon church member and scoutmaster in central Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested as many as 15 boys over a 28-year period; shot and killed in 1986 by one of his victims; the Mormon church settled out of court for $200,000 with one victim
- View report »
- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, in
Oregon,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
Church officials asked Dyer to resign as scoutmaster and later disfellowshipped him, but did not tell police"Until we use names, until people understand that this happened to Johnny next door, it will keep on happening."-
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- Timur Dykes was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; reportedly admitted to molesting 17 boys; convicted multiple times; in 1987, three plaintiffs sued the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts of America; in about 2009, the Mormon church paid $350,000 to a victim to settle its portion of a civil lawsuit
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Oregon,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Frederick Edvalson (1920 – 2009) was a Mormon in Utah and Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland; convicted 3 times of sexual abuse in Maryland in the 1980s; third conviction: while on probation, groomed a 10-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her in a room inside a Mormon chapel on multiple occasions from 1983 to 1984; reportedly told her he was giving her "special religious training;" sentenced to 8 years in prison
- View report »
- Was Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Todd Edwards (1964 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of one teenage girl in 2006 and another in 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse; in 2024, two victims sued the LDS church in separate lawsuits; one said a stake president and LDS law firm Kirton McConkie hindered police
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
California,
- Convicted:
2013,
- Was Bishop, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Anthon Ellsworth (1982 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor and returned missionary in Arizona; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and was sentenced to seven years in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2020s, in
Arizona,
- Convicted:
2021,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Rowan Ellsworth (1948 – ) was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Arizona; allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl at an LDS girls camp in mid-1990; the abuse was reported to a bishop Burgess, who allegedly failed to report to police, but instead encouraged the victim to forgive; sentenced to prison in 1999 for two counts of child sexual abuse; released in 2007
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Dennis Empey (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Driggs, Idaho and scout leader in Provo, Utah; accused of sexually abusing many children between 1981 and 1990; a stake president and four Mormon bishops allegedly failed to report abuse for years; convicted in 1991 in Utah of child molestation; sentenced to one year in jail and three years probation; charged in 2025 in Idaho with sex crimes
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Idaho, Utah,
- Convicted:
1991,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
Empey's alleged sex crimes span at least 44 years (1981 - 2025)"This man has molested so many children that it involved four Bishops from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."-
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- Carlos Escalante was an LDS branch president in San Nicolas, Argentina; sexually abused his stepdaughter for 5 years, including while branch president; the victim asked local LDS leaders for support, but allegedly received none; she was punished by the church for "refusing to forgive" and for "failing to comply with worthiness standards;" Escalante was sentenced in 2018 to 14 years in prison
- View report »
- Convicted:
2018,
- Was Branch president,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Pierre Euvrard (1949 – 2000) was a Mormon mission president from 1991 to 1994 in the Mascarene Islands mission / South Africa Durban mission; died in 2000; accused in a 2020 Arizona lawsuit of sexually abusing two underage teen boys for years while working as a mission president
- View report »
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Never charged,
- Alleged failure to report
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- William Evans (1909 – 1991) was a prominent Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; was bishop twice of the Grant 6th ward; from 1957 to 1962, was in the Utah State Legislature; served as Salt Lake County Clerk from 1968 to 1983; died in 1991; allegedly raped a relative in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Was Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Thomas Evans-Southall was an LDS bishop in Charlottesville, Virginia; originally from England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2018 and sentenced to two consecutive terms of two years in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Virginia,
- Convicted:
2018,
- Was Bishop, Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- David Farley (1958 – ) was a former doctor and LDS church member in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients; the alleged abuse occurred over a span of many years, during which Farley was an LDS stake high council member for some time; never criminally charged; in February 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley
- View report »
- Was Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
Church fought in court to keep records on Farley secret"When I was assaulted, I thought I was alone, I thought I had misread things."-
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- Stephen Field was a Mormon church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Christopher Fleming was an LDS church member in Chesapeake, Virginia; found guilty of 10 counts of various sexual abuse to a minor; currently incarcerated in Virginia
- View report »
- Was Youth leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Juan Flores Atenco (1955 – ) was a Mormon branch president in West Valley City, Utah for five years, including in the early 2000s; accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his office and another room at an LDS church building; convicted in 2012 of misdemeanor forcible sexual abuse and unlawful detention; sentenced to zero to one year in jail; in March 2025, charged with rape and object rape (alleged crimes in 2002)
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted:
2012,
- Was Branch president,
- Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Craig Ford was a Mormon church member in Oregon; convicted of sexual abuse; in 2025, a $25 million lawsuit against the Mormon church said a Vancouver, Washington bishop knew of the abuse but failed to report to police
- View report »
- Convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Alfred Forrester (1936 – 2013) was a Mormon church member in California; excommunicated in the 1950s after conviction for child molestation; moved to Iowa, reoffended, incarcerated; returned to California, convicted once or twice more, then assigned to be a Mormon church scoutmaster; abused again, caught, sentenced to prison in 1979; a 2024 lawsuit against the LDS church alleged that a bishop failed to protect kids
- View report »
- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, in
California, Iowa,
- Convicted:
1979, convicted-year-1956, convicted-year-1960, convicted-year-1966,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
2024 lawsuit said Mormon church excommunicated Forrester after child sex abuse conviction, then later re-baptized him and assigned him to work with kids-
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- Rex Furness (1923 – 2005) was a former Idaho state senator and Mormon bishop in Idaho; in 1996, pleaded guilty to sexual battery for fondling an underage girl; was sentenced to 60 days in jail; given a withheld judgment: if he did not violate the terms of his probation, the felony conviction would be kept from his record
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, in
Idaho,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Samuel Gardner (1932 – 1968) was an LDS bishop in the Oklahoma City First Ward in the early 1960s; accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the bishop's office at a Mormon chapel in about 1961; died in 1968
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in
Oklahoma,
- Was Bishop, Stake high council,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Kevin Garn (1955 – ) was a former Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Was Bishop, Sunday school,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- William Gillespie (1936 – ) was an LDS church member in Montgomery, Alabama; accused of reaching inside the swimsuits of two girls and fondling them in his backyard pool in 1987; convicted in 1988 of three charges of first-degree sexual abuse and sentenced to one year in prison, plus four years of probation; conviction was reversed on appeal, then upheld; was allegedly excommunicated from the Mormon church
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Alabama,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Keith Gillins (1947 – ) was a former mayor, LDS bishop and high school teacher in Fillmore, Utah; arrested on charges of having sex with a 17-year-old girl; convicted in 2009 of first degree felony attempted rape, first degree felony attempted sodomy and second degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 2009 to three sentences of three years to life in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2009,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- David Gomez (1946 – ) was a former LDS bishop and department of corrections administrator in or near West Valley City, Utah; arrested in 2004 and charged with 125 counts of sexual abuse; charges were dropped in 2005 due to issues related to the statutes of limitations
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Was Bishop,
- Charges dropped,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Luis Gonzales was a Mormon bishop in Sacramento, California; charged with 20 counts of child molestation, battery, rape, bigamy, stalking, and fraud; in 2002, was found guilty of bigamy, spousal abuse (battery) and child molestation
- View report »
- Convicted:
2002,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Found guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Shawn Gooden (1974 – ) was an LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Convicted:
2023,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Goodrich (1959 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, in
Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Was Bishop,
- Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment,
- Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Juan Guerrero Regalado was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 civil lawsuit against the Mormon church
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
California,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Gene Guinn (1932 – 2008) was an LDS church member in the Dallas Seventh Ward, Texas; in 2000, found guilty by a jury of indecency with a child and sentenced to 68 years in prison; the victim was 10 years old at the time of the crime; Mormon officials allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, in
Texas,
- Convicted:
2000,
- Was High priest,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Mark Gum (1957 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Oxnard, California; a 2011 lawsuit against the LDS church and the Boy Scouts of America accused him of sexually assaulting a boy scout; while the boy was living with Gum (with the consent of the boy's parents), church members visited and accepted the living arrangement, the suit said; in 2012, the Mormon church made a settlement payment for an undisclosed amount
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
California,
- Was Scout leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Douglas Hall (1952 – ) was an LDS bishop and retired Utah Highway Patrol sergeant in Monticello, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2001 to two third degree felony counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2002 to one second degree felony count of sex abuse of a child
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2001, 2002,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Dustin Hall was a Mormon church member and Boy Scout leader in Washington; accused of sexually abusing boys in the Shelton Ward near Olympia; a lawsuit filed against the Mormon church in 2009 claimed church leaders knew Hall posed a risk to boys but failed to prevent him from working with them
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
Washington,
- Was Scout leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Timothy Hallows (1958 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Kaysville, Utah when he perpetrated sex crimes; sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM); released in January 2023; as of February 2024, lives in Pleasant View, Utah
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted:
2020,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- David Hamblin (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and former elders quorum president in Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse in three separate cases; investigated along with ex-wife Roselle Stevenson (arrested in 2023) for alleged ritualistic sexual abuse; in 2025, a court dismissed one case with prejudice after "discovery issues;" one case remained as of March 2025
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Was Elders quorum,
- Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Steven Hammock (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1983 to two counts of forcible sex abuse of a child and served six months in an inpatient treatment facility; the LDS church excommunicated him, but during a civil suit filed in 1989 by the victim, it refused to divulge information that Hammock gave to church officials; in 1997, a federal judge awarded $150,000 in damages to the victim
- View report »
- Was Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Judgment for plaintiff,
- Alleged failure to report
landmark abuse case in Utah"When is everyone going to realize that this shit's got to stop?"-
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- Brent Hansen (1938 – ) was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; was also mayor of Spanish Fork and president of its chamber of commerce; accused in a civil lawsuit of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; his dentistry license was suspended for 30 days; died in 2015
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- William Hanson was a Mormon youth leader in several US states; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the Mormon church settled a civil lawsuit in which the victim accused it of failing to protect him
- View report »
- Was High priest, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Russell Harbin (1974 – ) was a Mormon church member in Polson, Montana; convicted of sexual intercourse without consent with an 11-year-old child; the alleged abuse lasted from 2022 to 2024; he allegedly was assigned to be a Primary teacher sometime after the abuse began; sentenced in 2025 to 40 years in prison; the judge suspended 20 years of the 40-year term
- View report »
- Crime: 2020s, in
Montana,
- Convicted:
2025,
- Was Primary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- William Harding (1940 – ) was a Mormon branch president, elders quorum president and ward clerk in Tasmania and Queensland, Australia; charged in or before 2023 with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor in two states in Australia; allegedly had as many as 40 victims; in 2024, pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced to 9 months in jail in Brisbane; in 2025, faced new charges in Tasmania
- View report »
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Australia,
- Was Branch president, Ward clerk,
- Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Maurice Harker (1969 – ) was an LDS church member and therapist in Utah; accused of psychologically and physically harming sexual abuse victims who came to him as patients; charged in September 2023 with felony aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult and kidnapping
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in
Utah,
- Was Missionary,
- Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Marvin Harker (1968 – ) was an LDS bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 2016; reportedly confessed to his mission president in 1987 to sexually abusing multiple children; also reportedly confessed to his bishop; both leaders told him not to report to police, according to records in a 2016 criminal case; convicted in 2019 (alleged abuse 1986-93); sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison; registered sex offender
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Canada,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Harvey Harper (1935 – 2014) was an LDS church member and deputy county district attorney in Los Angeles, California; arrested in 1984 and charged with child sexual abuse; jumped bail; found guilty; sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison; lived secretly in Colorado for 20 months until federal investigators found him; local LDS church coverup alleged
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
California,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Kim Hartley (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clinton, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- View report »
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Kim Hartley was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- View report »
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Devin Hartman (1975 – ) was an LDS church member in Mableton, near Atlanta, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; given two consecutive sentences of life in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Georgia, Utah,
- Convicted:
2016,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Craig Harward (1948 – ) was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
California,
- Convicted:
2004,
- Was Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Jeremiah Hatch was a Mormon bishop and scout leader in American Fork, Utah (12th Ward) in the 1970s and early 1980s; accused of sexual abuse of six children that allegedly took place in 1976 during an overnight camping trip, and at his home during a sleepover; allegedly abused up to 30 or more children around the same time
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Was Bishop, Scout leader,
- Never charged,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Arlin Hatch was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- UNKNOWN Hawkins was an LDS bishop in Vallejo, Solano County, 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- James Hayes (1956 – ) was an LDS bishop in the Timmins - North Bay area, Ontario, Canada; convicted of sexual exploitation in November 2001; molested an underage girl in his ward while serving as her bishop
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, in
Canada,
- Convicted:
2001,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Jeffrey Head (1964 – ) was an LDS bishop in Draper, Utah; committed sex crimes while serving as a Mormon bishop; in 2019, a jury found him guilty of attempted forcible sexual abuse, two counts of lewdness and sexual battery; sentenced to four months in jail and four years of probation
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Samuel Heavilon (1960 – ) was allegedly a former LDS branch president in Frankfort, Indiana; convicted in 2018 and in 2024 of child exploitation; sentenced both times to prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Indiana,
- Convicted:
2018,
- Was Branch president, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Vance Hein (1951 – ) was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison; the Mormon church settled a related lawsuit in 2014
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in
Canada, Pennsylvania,
- Convicted:
1999, 2000, 2012,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Daniel Henshaw (1990 – ) was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl; sentenced to seven months in jail; arrested in 2023 and found competent to stand trial on charges of plotting to rape and murder a Logan, Utah woman
- View report »
- Convicted:
2019,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- David Herget (1943 – 2005) was a Mormon church member in Washington; convicted of child rape and child molestation in 1993; spent time in jail and was labeled a level-1 sex offender (least likely to re-offend); arrested in 2004 or 2005 and charged with child sex abuse; detectives identified at least seven victims; one child estimated that Herget abused him 1,400 times; in 2005, died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Washington,
- Was High priest,
- Convicted, Jail, Prison, Registered sex offender, Suicide,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Clayton Hildreth (1952 – ) was a Mormon stake president in Butte, Montana; from Dillon, Montana; arrested in June 2004 by Boise, Idaho police for soliciting sex from a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl online; was stake president at the time of his arrest; pleaded guilty in October to a charge of interstate travel with intent to have sex with a minor; sentenced in 2005 to three years and five months in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2005,
- Was Bishop, Stake president,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- James Hogan (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; released in 1994; in 2011, a victim filed a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, seeking $5.2 million; the Mormon church settled with two victims for $800,000 and $75,000
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Oregon,
- Was Church employee, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Douglas Holyoak (1960 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Sycamore, Illinois from about 1999 to 2004; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexual assault of an underage girl in his office at church when she reported sexual harassment by other youth; allegedly covered up the assault with the help of a stake presidency counselor (Michael John Evans)
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
Illinois,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Darrell Howe was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit; the minor abuse victim and his mother filed suit against the LDS church and its officers deemed responsible; upon appeal, the judgment of the court again ruled against the plaintiff
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in
Washington,
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Erik Hughes (1966 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Mapleton, Utah and a Mormon church senior product manager when he sexually abused two underage children in his LDS ward dozens of times; was sentenced to prison in 2017; released in 2023; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Utah
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Was Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Roy Hunt (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; former city manager in Snowflake and Holbrook and a public finance banker at the National Bank of Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse in 2004; pleaded guilty in 2005 to a reduced charge; sentenced to prison in Arizona in 2005
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted:
2005,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Richard James (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Potomac, Maryland; accused of sexually abusing a boy from 1995 to 1999 at billionaire Bill Marriott's home, an LDS church and other locations; pleaded guilty to reduced child abuse charges; sentenced to 10 years in prison (nine suspended); was a registered sex offender; the victim sued the church, Marriott and six others in 2024
- View report »
- Convicted:
2002,
- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
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- William Jansen (1983 – ) was an LDS church member and police officer in Twin Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty
- View report »
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Ángel Jaramillo was an LDS church member in Jujuy, Argentina; arrested on child pornography and abuse charges (which includes distribution, tenancy, and production of material)
- View report »
- Was Church employee, Stake clerk, Stake high council,
- Ongoing, Prison, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Paul Jellum (1959 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Logan, Utah in the 1980s; suspended by the BSA in 1987 after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Boy Scout in his troop during a 1986 Scouting event at Camp Hunt near Bear Lake, Utah; in 1990, Jellum became a scoutmaster in a Nevada LDS ward despite his prior suspension; in 1991, Jellum admitted to the abuse
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Nevada,
- Was Scout leader,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Ronald Jenkins (1942 – ) was a Mormon scout leader, bishopric counselor and stake high council member in Idaho; worked as a high school teacher; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1996 of 10 counts of lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to 17 years in prison; registered sex offender
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, in
Idaho,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Kenneth Jenks was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); was a ward executive secretary and ward librarian; charged with sexual abuse; convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about Jenks's abuse but allowed him to work with children
- View report »
- Was Other leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Christopher Jensen (1991 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah and West Virginia; sentenced to 35 to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing two children; local LDS church coverup alleged; LDS church settled civil lawsuit mid-trial in 2018 for $32 million, also spending over $27 million on legal fees; FLOODLIT.org discovered the settlement details in 2025 and made them public for the first time
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Utah, West Virginia,
- Convicted:
2013,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Melvin Johnson (1936 – ) was a Mormon seminary teacher and Brigham Young University (BYU) religion professor; accused by multiple victims of sexually abusing them when they were children; excommunicated and rebaptized; reportedly confessed to sexual abuse, but was not criminally charged; two victims filed lawsuits against him; one named the Mormon church as a defendant; it settled out of court
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in
California, Utah,
- Was BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Kenneth Johnson was a Mormon church member and home teacher in Beaverton, Oregon; a victim filed a $55.7 million lawsuit against the Mormon church saying Johnson had sexually molested him when Johnson was his home teacher; the alleged sexual abuse took place as often as twice a week for two years between 1987 and 1989
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Oregon,
- Was Ministering/home teacher,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Timothy Johnson was a Mormon church member in Oregon; pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree sexual abuse and was sentenced to 15 years in prison; a lawsuit against the Mormon church was dismissed with prejudice
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Oregon,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Larry Johnson was a Mormon mission president from 1989 to 1992 (Virginia Roanoke) and a longtime LDS institute teacher in California; accused of sexual abuse in a lawsuit filed in 2021 in Orange County, California against Johnson and the LDS church; case ended in a settlement
- View report »
- Was Church employee, Mission president, Other leader,
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Gary Jones was a Mormon ward clerk in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Was Ward clerk,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Larry Judd (1936 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; admitted to molesting 12 girls over a period of about 20 years; some of the alleged abuse took place at church and at church-sponsored summer camps
- View report »
- Was Scout leader,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Doyle Kelstrom (1938 – ) was a Mormon church member in Oregon and Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1992 to five years to life in prison in Utah
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Lon Kennard (1941 – 2019) was a former Mormon bishop in Heber City, Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2011,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Ronald Kerlee was a Mormon seminary teacher, Sunday school leader and youth leader in Corvallis, Oregon; convicted of Sodomy III (Class C Felony) for sexual abuse of a child; accused of sexually abusing multiple children; was also a licensed counselor in Oregon until his license was revoked in 2014 after he allegedly engaged in sexual activities with a male client
- View report »
- Was Seminary teacher, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Christopher Kite was an LDS church member in Chicago, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- William Knox was a Mormon church member and scout leader in California; accused of sexually abusing multiple children
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Was Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Keith Knutson (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member in Seattle, Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges in 1995; a Mormon bishop allegedly failed to report abuse allegations to police
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, in
Washington,
- Was Sunday school,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- George Koford was a Mormon bishop in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Virgil Larson was a Mormon church member and first counselor in an LDS ward bishopric in Chubbuck, Idaho; arrested in September 2024 and charged with sexual abuse of five boys, ages 12-15; he knew the boys from LDS ward activities and was their priesthood leader; as of March 2025, a jury trial was scheduled for April 8
- View report »
- Was Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
- Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Kip Later was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused in the 1980s of sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly failed to tell police about abuse allegations
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Idaho,
- Was Scout leader,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Derek Layton was an LDS church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse in the late 1980s; convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison for "sexual conduct with minor and dangerous crimes against children"
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- George Lee (1943 – 2010) was a Mormon general authority in Utah; member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1975 to 1989; in 1994, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a child, a third-degree felony; registered sex offender; died in 2010
- View report »
- Was General authority, Mission president, Other leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- UNKNOWN Leota was an LDS church member 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Paul Lewis was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Seattle, Washington; accused of sexual abuse; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2006
- View report »
- Was Scout leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Frank Lind (1956 – ) was a Mormon church member in California; sentenced before the early 2000s to 30 years to life in prison for sexually molesting a child; in the 2000s, a Mormon bishop allegedly supported Lind's decision to be baptized into the LDS church despite his prior conviction; in 2022, again convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison
- View report »
- Convicted:
2022,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Jack Loholt was an LDS church member and Boy scout leader in Kent, Washington; accused of sexual abuse in the 1970s; court records show that two Mormon bishops knew about the abuse allegations but did not tell police; the Mormon church was court-ordered in 2006 to pay $87,500 to one victim after it settled with three others for undisclosed sums
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
Washington,
- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Unknown result,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Leonard Loschen (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2022 to prison in Utah for sexually abusing LDS missionaries
- View report »
- Crime: 2020s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2022,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Brandon Manning (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Georgia, Scotland, United Kingdom, Utah,
- Convicted:
2001, 2020, Unknown,
- Was Missionary, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Craig Mathias (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Granada Hills, California; was in the Northridge ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting multiple boy scouts; sentenced to six years in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
California,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Edwin McClellan (1936 – 2019) was a Mormon bishop in Cottonwood, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing 3 female family members from the 1980s-2000s
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Arizona,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Timothy McCleve (1956 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Harrisville, Utah when he was charged with sexually abusing three children; some of the abuse took place while he was bishop; sentenced in 2008 to up to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 2024, charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2008,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Richard McClung (1943 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in the Rockford, Illinois area; convicted in 2007 and 2014 of child sexual abuse; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl; allegedly was not removed from bishopric despite charges
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Illinois,
- Convicted:
2007,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- David McConkie (1978 – ) was a Mormon bishop (approximately 2013-16), stake president (2016-21) and deputy district attorney in Colorado; paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; allegedly confessed child sexual assault to a Mormon church leader in 2008; in July 2025, sentenced to five years probation
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Colorado,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Keith McDowall (1925 – 2018) was a Mormon church member in Canberra, Australia; accused of sexual abuse of relatives, including an infant
- View report »
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Maynard McFarland (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in California and Minnesota; sentenced in 2005 to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for many years; released from prison in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
California, Minnesota,
- Convicted:
2005,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Calvin McGee (2002 – ) was an LDS missionary in Virginia in 2022; accused of soliciting sexually explicit pictures and video from a person he believed to be an 11-year-old girl, and inviting her to meet in person; arrested in Boise, Idaho in July 2023 and accused of rape of a minor; pleaded guilty to two charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in May 2024 to three to 25 years in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2020s, in
Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted:
2024,
- Was Missionary,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- David McGhie (1963 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2000 of child sexual abuse; an LDS bishop was accused of failing to report the abuse
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2000,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Melvin McKinney was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
California,
- Was Scout leader,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Robert Metcalf (1949 – ) was a Mormon in California, Arizona; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1974; sentenced in 1979 to six years in prison; excommunicated; after prison, was rebaptized, made a scout leader and allegedly molested a scout on a campout in about 1987, according to a 1990 civil lawsuit against the LDS church; sentenced in Arizona in 1989 to 37 years in prison; 2020 lawsuit vs. LDS church
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Arizona, California,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Trevor Milton (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and former technology billionaire (Nikola) in Utah; accused in a 2020 lawsuit of sexual assault of two minors
- View report »
- Was Missionary,
- Never charged,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Misseldine (1982 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a lawsuit said a local Mormon leader failed to report abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, in
Nevada,
- Convicted:
2005,
- Was Missionary,
- Alford plea, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to 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
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Missouri,
- Was Unknown position,
- Charges dropped, Unknown result,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Timothy Monzello was a Mormon bishop in Azusa, California (Azusa 1st Ward, Glendora California Stake) from about 2005 to 2010; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexual abuse that allegedly took place between 2008 and 2010, starting when the victim was seven years old; the alleged abuse took place in the bishop's office at church and at Monzello's home
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
California,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Marcelo Moreno Pérez was a former Mormon church young men's leader in Argentina; arrested in 2021 for alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in 2017; sentenced in 2022 to 13.5 years in prison; the Mormon church allegedly paid the victim's parents 4.5 million pesos (approximately $40,000) to keep the abuse secret
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Argentina,
- Convicted:
2022,
- Was Youth leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Jonathon Moser (1981 – ) was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in Rawlins, Wyoming; found guilty of sexually abusing two minor girls; sentenced to a minimum of 36 years in prison; a source told FLOODLIT that North Dakota LDS church leaders knew about the abuse but "did nothing"
- View report »
- Convicted:
2017,
- Was Missionary, Other leader, Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- David Moss (1967 – ) was an LDS bishop (2015-19) and police officer in Lehi, Utah; arrested in 2019 for soliciting an undercover cop for sex; pleaded guilty in 2019 to a 3rd degree felony charge of exploiting a prostitute and a misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute; sentenced to prison, but both terms were suspended
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to 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
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Texas,
- Was Other leader, Youth leader,
- Unknown result,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Steven Murdock (1963 – ) was a Mormon stake high council member and former LDS bishop in Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah; allegedly sexually harassed multiple women in his ward while he was their bishop (he was bishop from 2013 to 2017); in 2019, was caught taking photos of a young woman in a dressing room in Tennessee; pleaded guilty in November 2019; sentenced in 2019 to one year probation, 48 hours community service
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Tennessee,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Was Bishop, Stake high council,
- Admitted guilt, Community service, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Released,
- Alleged failure to 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
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Canada,
- Was Unknown position,
- Ongoing, Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to 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
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in
California,
- Was Bishop,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- G N was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Craig Nebeker (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in California and St. George, Utah; accused of sexual abuse and convicted of three counts of AGGRAVATED SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD and one count SODOMY ON A CHILD
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
California, Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Convicted:
2023,
- Was Youth leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Ralph Neeley (1949 – 2020) was an LDS church member in the Beaumont, Texas area; was sentenced in January 1994 to life in prison in Texas for repeated sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl in an LDS chapel during church meetings and in other locations; died in prison in 2020; the Mormon church reportedly paid several million US dollars in a settlement to the victim
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Arkansas, Texas,
- Was Unknown position,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Joseph Neipp was a former LDS bishop in San Jose, California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of convicted Mormon child sexual abuser Samuel Neipp
- View report »
- Convicted:
2021,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Steve Nelson (1945 – ) was an LDS church member in Idaho; in 2009, pleaded guilty to a charge of lewd conduct; sentenced to 30 years in prison; Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report abuse to police in the 1980s
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2009,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to 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
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Keven Nelson was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of grooming and/or sexual abuse by multiple boys in his scout troop; in 1988, his BSA registration was suspended
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Idaho,
- Was Scout leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Paul Newman (1957 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; charged in 2020 with child sexual abuse; convicted of a sex crime
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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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
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, in
Washington,
- 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
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in
Arizona,
- Was Bishop, Youth leader,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- DeRon Olsen (1944 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor in Spokane, Washington; in 2024, pleaded guilty to one felony count of child molestation and one felony count of child rape; sentenced to prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in
Washington,
- Convicted:
2024,
- Was Bishop, Nursery, Primary, Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Jeffrey Olson (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted of first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child and was sentenced in 2020 to four consecutive terms of three years to life in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2020,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Scott Owen (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in Nov. 2023; sentenced in 2025 to prison
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted:
2025,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- B P was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Was High priest, Ministering/home teacher,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Eddie Padilla was a Mormon bishop in Taos, New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice
- View report »
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to 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
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
California,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Parkinson (1931 – ) was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
California,
- Was Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Brian Peterson (1964 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Orem, Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison in 1990
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted:
1989,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
A Mormon scout leader knew of allegations against Peterson for at least 10 months before reporting him to law enforcement"I've had little boys all over the state of Utah in conjunction with the Boy Scout program. Give me an 11-year-old boy for a week, and I'll make him a homosexual for life."-
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- Eneudo Petit (1972 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; while bishop, allegedly sexually abused a child; accused of molesting another child before becoming a bishop; allegedly avoided arrest warrant for child sexual abuse by fleeing the US to Venezuela; arrested in Texas in 2021; convicted in Utah in 2022 and sentenced to prison; as of July 2024, is in the Uintah County Jail
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2022,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Ronald Phelps was an LDS bishop and stake executive secretary, and attorney, in Oklahoma; arrested for indecent exposure before becoming an LDS bishop; accused of child sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly covered up the abuse
- View report »
- Was Bishop, Other leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Brian Pickett was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit that also named the LDS church; the suit was dismissed with prejudice after a settlement in 2016
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Hawaii,
- Was Branch president, Stake high council,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to 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
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
Canada,
- Was Bishop, Elders quorum, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Errol Pilling (1942 – ) was a Mormon bishop and licensed psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; went on an LDS mission to England in the early 1960s; pleaded guilty in 1988 and in 1994 to charges of sexual misconduct; in September 1994, his registration as a chartered psychologist with the Psychologists Association of Alberta was cancelled; in 1994, was excommunicated; as of February 2024, lives in Twin Falls, Idaho
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Canada,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to 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
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, in
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
The woman was taken to jail, while Poelman was released immediately."President and sister Poelman's lives need to be private now. [...] We are a family. A family keeps things private. A family draws close together. These things are to be kept private."-
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- Geoffrey Powell (1947 – ) was an LDS bishop in Western Australia; accused of sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl in his ward; the alleged abuse took place while he was a bishop; the victim twice complained to the LDS church, but said she was not believed and was chastised, and it was suggested she should move away if she felt uncomfortable; in 2019, he was sentenced to 12 months in jail
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Australia,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Carl Pratt (1930 – 2006) was a Mormon bishop in San Manuel, Arizona; allegedly sexually abused a boy in his ward, in the bishop's office at an LDS chapel; died in 2006
- View report »
- Was Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Spencer Pratt was a Mormon church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; arrested in January 2025 on suspicion of child sexual abuse
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to 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
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted:
2018,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Richard Ray (1942 – 2019) was an LDS church member in Arizona; sentenced in 1984 to 61 years in prison for molesting five girls; allegedly had more than 30 victims; the LDS church was involved in a lawsuit regarding clergy-penitent privilege; the church settled out of court for an undisclosed amount just before trial
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Arizona,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Gary Reese (1938 – 2014) was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy Scout leader in Washington; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops; never charged; died in 2014
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
Washington,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Alberto Reyes was a Mormon bishop in Argentina who sexually abused a child; allegedly sexually abused the victim for at least nine years; convicted in 2004
- View report »
- Convicted:
2004,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Shonn Ricks was an LDS church member in Benson, Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; found guilty by a jury in 1997; served about 14 months in prison; attempted to serve a Mormon mission and was supported by his stake president, Jerry Toombs; his mission call was withdrawn
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, in
Utah,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- James Robinson was an LDS bishop in Utah; accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl; charges were dropped
- View report »
- Was Bishop,
- Charges dropped,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Lowell Robison (1944 – 2018) was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998) and stake president of the Provo, Utah Edgemont Stake (2001-2006); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Mexico,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Carlos Rodrigues was an LDS church member in Dallas, Texas in the 1980s; convicted of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Texas,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Trent Rogers (1917 – 1995) was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1986 and was sentenced to three years probation; a woman sued the Mormon church in 1986
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Arizona,
- Was Ministering/home teacher, Missionary,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- UNKNOWN Ross was an LDS high priest and 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
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Was High priest, Stake seventy,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to 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
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Was Bishop,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Tim Ryan was allegedly an LDS church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2008 to a felony charge of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 16; detectives said the victim's family reported the abuse in 1999, but that it was dropped when they wouldn't cooperate with investigators
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2008,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Ramiro Saenz (1956 – ) was an LDS mission president and temple president in Bolivia; accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls
- View report »
- Was Bishop, Mission president, Stake high council, Stake president, Temple president,
- Never charged,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Richard Sampson (1945 – ) was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; was director of medical affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; allegedly sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted:
2014,
- Was Bishop, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Parole, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Vernon Sanford was an LDS church member in San Diego, California; died in 2000; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his son, Vernon Sanford Jr; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged abuse occurred between 1961 and 1970; the Sanfords were the plaintiff's LDS home teachers
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in
California,
- Was Other leader,
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Vernon Sanford was an LDS church member in San Diego, California; died in 2000; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his father, Vernon Sanford Sr; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged abuse occurred between 1961 and 1970; the Sanfords were the plaintiff's LDS home teachers
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in
California,
- Was Unknown position,
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- James Schmidt (1944 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader, with multiple charges of child sexual abuse over six years; convicted in Idaho; convicted in the late 1990s in Maryland; as of 2024, registered as a sex offender
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in
Idaho, Maryland,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Jack Schofield (1923 – 2015) was an LDS church member, school administrator and state senator in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual harassment; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT he sold her repeatedly to sex trafficking clients at a motel in Las Vegas
- View report »
- Was Unknown position,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Thomas Schofield (1955 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a 16-year-old child in 2004-05 while he was a Mormon Bishop; some of the alleged abuse took place in the Salt Lake City and Oakland LDS temples and the bishop's office at church
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
California, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- William Schubeck was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in
California,
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Dennis Schult (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
- View report »
- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Orin Searle (1926 – 2014) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2013 but was deemed incompetent to stand trial; a victim said that Searle's predatory behavior began as early as the late 1950s, and that several family members, and multiple members of the LDS 44th Ward (Mount Ogden Stake), knew that Searle was a child molester but did nothing to stop him; died in 2014
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Utah,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker,
- Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Michael Shean (1947 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor and temple worker, and deputy district attorney in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys; sentenced to prison; the Mormon church allegedly made at least one settlement payment to a victim who said a stake president covered up the abuse for years
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
California,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Charles Shield (1942 – ) was an LDS ward executive secretary in England and Scotland; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, in
England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Was Ward executive secretary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- William Shubeck was a Mormon church member in San Bernardino, California; accused in 2003 of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in
California,
- Was Unknown position,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to 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
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
Oregon,
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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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
- View report »
- Was Stake seventy,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Philander Smartt was a Mormon mission president in Puerto Rico; accused of sexually manipulating some of his sister missionaries; in 2014, the LDS church sent him home and called his behavior "immoral and sinful," but no criminal charges or civil lawsuits resulted
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in
Puerto Rico,
- Was Mission president, Other leader, Stake president,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
-
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- Joseph Smith (1805 – 1844) was the founder of the LDS church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon church); was publicly accused during his life (1805-1844) of sexual misconduct, including adultery and illegal polygamy; in May 1844, a Hancock County, Illinois grand jury indicted Smith for perjury, fornication and polygamy; died in June 1844
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1830s, 1840s, in
Illinois, Missouri, Ohio,
- Was Apostle,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- UNKNOWN Smith was a Mormon bishop in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with two Melchizedek priesthood holders in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
California,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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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
- View report »
- Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Sidney Spencer was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in 1984 of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop approved his application to be a scout leader despite his prior sex crime conviction
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Idaho,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Jason Stark (1985 – ) was a former full-time Mormon missionary in Kentucky; accused of sexually abusing three people in 2005 while on his mission; a lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church; in 2025, sentenced to 30 years in prison in Idaho
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Kentucky,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Mark Stevens (1956 – ) was a Mormon bishop in West Jordan, Utah in 2006; charged in 2025 with sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl that allegedly took place in his office at church
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Robert Stevenson was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
Nevada,
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Michael Stillman (1939 – 2020) was a Mormon Tabernacle Choir member and professional scouter with the Boy Scouts of America in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah; accused in 1989 of having sexually abused a boy between the ages of 13 and 15 in the mid-1970s; decided to resign as district scout executive as long as it did not imply guilt; was never reported to police or charged with a crime
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
Utah,
- Was Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Robert Stillwell (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987; convicted in 1993 and 1998 in separate cases of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop reportedly became aware of the abuse, but did not take any church disciplinary action or report to police
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Douglas Stoddard (1949 – ) was an LDS bishop in Hurst, Texas; convicted in 1992 of a felony child sexual abuse charge of indecency with a child by contact; sentenced to 8 years of probation; a lifetime registered sex offender in Texas; named publicly in August 2023 by a victim who said Stoddard molested him and three other boys in his Mormon ward while serving as bishop
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Texas,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Arthur Stout was a Mormon church member in Littlerock, California; in 2024, a civil lawsuit said he sexually assaulted a girl "on a weekly basis" from 1991 to 1997, starting when she was 5 years old; some of the alleged abuse took place in an LDS church building
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in
California,
- Was Other leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Bradley Stowell (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2005, 2008,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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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
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Was Unknown position,
- Unknown result,
- Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Murray Stubbs (1965 – ) was a Mormon church member in Canberra ACT Australia; accused of grooming a child using the internet because of sexually explicit texts; was found guilty of using the internet in an offensive way
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, in
Australia,
- Convicted:
2008,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Todd Summers was an LDS church member and videographer for local children's events in Costa Mesa, California; accused of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in a Mormon chapel and other locations; a 2009 civil suit against him ended with a $100,000 settlement payment by the Mormon church to the plaintiff
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in
California,
- Was Missionary,
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Mark Swanson was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in the 1980s of child sexual abuse; in 1988, Darwin Matthews, a Mormon bishop in Shelley, Idaho, recommended Swanson for a scout leader position, reportedly because he felt Swanson was "completely rehabilitated"
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Idaho,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Peter Taylor was a Mormon church member in Washington; confessed to sexual abuse of his two underage stepdaughters; convicted; Mormon church lost a civil lawsuit and was court ordered to pay the victims $2.5 million; the church appealed and the amount was reduced to $1.2 million
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Washington,
- Convicted:
2001,
- Was Unknown position,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Daniel Taylor (1979 – ) was an LDS church member and seminary teacher in New Zealand; found guilty in 2013 of sexual abuse of multiple underage boys; local Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report Taylor's abuse
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
New Zealand,
- Convicted:
2013,
- Was Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Keele Taylor was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; convicted of possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material / CSAM); in July 2019, pleaded guilty to possession of CSAM; the distribution charge was dropped due to a plea agreement
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Was Youth leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Glendon Templeton was a Mormon bishop, Sunday school teacher and scout leader in Arizona; was bishop of the Maryvale Ward in West Phoenix from 2014 to 2019; excommunicated in 2019; also was a volleyball coach for high school-aged girls; accused numerous times and arrested, but never prosecuted for alleged sex crimes; sued in 1997 for alleged sexual abuse; allegedly sexually assaulted multiple teenage girls
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Was Bishop, Sunday school,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Kelly Teters (1963 – ) was an LDS church member in Montana; in 2001, accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 1997; in 2002, found guilty of sexual intercourse without consent and sentenced to 10 years in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, in
Montana,
- Convicted:
2002,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Mark Thomas was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse; a plaintiff sued the LDS church
- View report »
- 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
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Mississippi,
- Convicted:
2011,
- Was Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- George Tilson (1942 – 2020) was a Mormon church member in the Salt Lake City, Utah area (including Holladay); pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in the 1990s; alleged coverup by Mormon leaders
- View report »
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Was High priest, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Jay Toombs (1956 – ) was an LDS scout leader and private investigator in Benson, Utah; allegedly told his stake president (a Cache County prosecutor) in 1994 that he had molested boys; three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother) allegedly knew of abuse but did not tell police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to five years to life in prison; released in 2025; lives in Logan, Utah
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2000,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
admitted to molesting at least 53 victims"I felt like I was going to the authorities [by reporting to multiple bishops]. I wanted to do what was right. I didn't want to see him go to prison. I wanted him to get help. [...] I was always told to be patient with Jay, he was a good man. That's what I was told again and again and again. I was even given priesthood blessings that I had been chosen to help him."-
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- Kendall Traxler (1969 – 2015) was an LDS church member in Gallman and Hazelhurst, Mississippi; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT that Traxler sexually abused them when they were a child; the abuse allegedly took place during Sunday branch meetings; the branch president and stake president allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report it to law enforcement
- View report »
- Was Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Mark Treter (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and environmental lawyer in Greendale, Indiana; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded no contest to one felony count; sentenced in 2023 to probation; local LDS church leaders allegedly knew of Treter's criminal behavior but did not report to police
- View report »
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Indiana,
- Convicted:
2023,
- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Robert Tubbs (1952 – ) was an LDS scout leader in Slaterville, Weber County, Utah; admitted he told a Mormon bishop in the early 1970s he had molested multiple boys; Tubbs said the bishop kept the abuse secret; nearly 20 years passed and Tubbs molested others; in the 1990s, Tubbs pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced to six years to life in prison; paroled in 2000; violated parole; released in 2008
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, in
Utah,
- Was Scout leader,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Parole, Prison, Released, Violated parole/probation,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Marcus Udall (1996 – ) was an LDS church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2014 to a reduced felony charge;
- View report »
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Kimball Ungerman (1957 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor in California; moved to Utah; pleaded guilty in 2020 to one felony count related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison, but term was suspended; sentenced to probation; as of 2023, registered sex offender, lives in Orem, Utah; a 2021 California lawsuit against the church said bishop Phil Stewart failed to protect a victim, and a mission president didn't report
- View report »
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
"The Church does not keep a repository of documents relating to allegations, claims, or notification of child sexual abuse. There is no 'sexual abuse' file."-
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- Bob UNKNOWN was a Mormon church member and Melchizedek priesthood holder in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with a Mormon bishop and another Melchizedek priesthood holder in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
California,
- Was Unknown position,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Jim UNKNOWN was a Mormon church member and Melchizedek priesthood holder in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with a Mormon bishop and another Melchizedek priesthood holder in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
California,
- Was Other leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John UNKNOWN was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- View report »
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Keith Vallejo (1974 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Utah; accused of sexually abusing and raping two underage girls; in 2017, was found guilty in a jury trial of ten counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse and one count of first-degree felony object rape; sentenced to five years to life in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Was Bishop, High priest, Other leader,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Bruce Van Horn was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Sterling Van Wagenen (1947 – ) was a co-founder of Sundance Film Festival and director of some Mormon temple endowment videos; publicly accused of sexual abuse of two children in two separate instances; sentenced to prison in 2019 for child sexual abuse
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Was BYU, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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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
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Canada,
- Was Missionary,
- Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Matthew Wallis (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana and in Ogden, Utah; pleaded guilty to a charge related to child sexual abuse
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Louisiana,
- Convicted:
2015,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Christopher Warnock (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Waukesha County, Wisconsin; pleaded guilty to two counts of 1st Degree Sexual Assault of Child and one 2nd Degree Sex Assault-Intoxicated Victim
- View report »
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Wisconsin,
- Convicted:
2021,
- Was Stake seventy,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Mark Webster was a branch president in New Mexico; accused of rape in a civil lawsuit
- View report »
- Was Branch president, Other leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Gary Westlund was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse of a Navajo child placed in an LDS foster home as part of the Indian Student Placement Program, also called the Lamanite Placement Program
- View report »
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Ryan Whitaker (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and divorce lawyer in Vancouver, Washington; charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in his Sunday School class during church meetings; convicted in 2013 and sentenced to prison; registered sex offender
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Washington,
- Convicted:
2013,
- Was Missionary, Primary, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Robert White was a Mormon missionary in South Dakota in the late 1960s; in 2008, a civil lawsuit filed against the Mormon church said he sexually abused a boy while on his mission
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in
South Dakota,
- Was Missionary,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Waylon White (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Payson, Arizona; was a licensed practiced nurse (PN); charged in 2025 with 18 felonies related to child sexual abuse
- View report »
- Was Youth leader,
- Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Dylan Whiting (1988 – ) was an LDS bishop in Nampa, Idaho; was removed from his position in 2021 after child sexual abuse allegations surfaced; was charged with four sex crimes; pleaded guilty to one felony count; sentenced in 2022 to prison
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2022,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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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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- Keith Williams (1956 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested a boy for three years; Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report the abuse to police, but approved Williams for an LDS temple wedding; convicted in 1991
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
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- David Williams (1948 – ) was an LDS church member in West Valley, Utah; in 2019, found guilty of sexually abusing seven little girls for 14 years; the abuse was reported to parents and bishop and they allegedly did not report to police
- View report »
- Convicted:
2019,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Fred Willie was a Mormon church member and Boy Scout leader in Idaho; convicted of charges related to child sexual abuse
- View report »
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Byron Wiscombe (1977 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor and Ammon, Idaho city councilman; signed a plea agreement indicating he would admit to committing lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to prison in 2023
- View report »
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2023,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- LaVar Withers (1936 – 2005) was a Mormon and physician in Rexburg, Idaho; accused of sexually abusing at least 133 women and children as young as 13 years old over a period of 30 or more years; admitted to sexual abuse; in 1996, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 to 60 days in jail and two years probation; the Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend; died in 2005
- View report »
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in
Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho),
- Was Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Sean Woolf (1974 – ) was an LDS church member and full-time missionary; accused of sexual abuse of a child; the alleged abuse occurred during his mission; the victim later sued or planned to sue the Mormon church in 2020; the church settled with the victim, according to a person familiar with the case
- View report »
- Was Missionary,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Gary Woolstenhulme (1933 – 2002) was a Mormon bishop in Imperial Beach, California in 1978; died in 2002; 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 (plaintiff John Roe JB 65 - San Diego 24CU008107, CASD 3:24-cv-02349-AJB-MSB); allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy in his office at church
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
California,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Ruth Worthen (1949 – ) was a Mormon church member in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse by one adult in a 2019 civil lawsuit and in 2023 by four adults (one of whom was the 2019 plaintiff); arrested and charged in June 2024 with numerous felonies related to child sexual abuse; died in 2025
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 2000s, in
Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Was Unknown position,
- Ongoing,
- Dismissed with prejudice,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Orson Wright (1928 – 2017) was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Australia,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Mitchell Young (1960 – ) was an LDS missionary in Canada; in 1980, was sent home after allegedly molesting children; convicted in Arizona (1985) and Utah (1988) of child sexual abuse; in 1993, sentenced in Utah to 15 years in prison for molesting a child for five years; a 2002 lawsuit against the LDS church accused Mormon leaders of providing a safe harbor for him; as of 2024, lives in Ogden, Utah; registered sex offender
- View report »
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Arizona, Canada, Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Stephen Young (1951 – ) was an LDS church member and police officer in Idaho; allegedly abused 20 babies over a 30-year period; pleaded guilty in 2010 to lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced to 25 years in prison
- View report »
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2010,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Brigham Young (1801 – 1877) was the second president of the Mormon church; married 56 women, including a 15-year-old and three 16-year-olds; was publicly accused during his life (1801-1877) of sexual misconduct, including adultery and illegal polygamy; never charged with a sex crime; arrested and charged with adultery in 1871; not convicted
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 1840s, in
Illinois, Utah,
- Was Apostle, Missionary,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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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, in
Panama,
- Was Bishop,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Karey Zimmerman (1962 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah and Nevada; in 2025, was accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in Nevada and Utah; the Mormon church was also named as a defendant; the lawsuit said a Utah bishop failed to report abuse allegations to police
- View report »
- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Nevada, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Was Missionary,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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Alleged crime: 
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