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      • Criminal results: Unknown result,
      • George William Aaron (1941 – )
      • was a former Mormon bishop in a college ward in Provo, Utah; allegedly sexually abused two teenage girls in the 1980s and early 1990s; no criminal charges; in 2001, a jury found him liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of fiduciary duty, and reckless disregard toward the younger plaintiff; was ordered to pay $25,000 in punitive damages; the church was not a defendant
      • Alleged crime:  1980s, 1990s,
      • Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted,
      • Civil results: Judgment for plaintiff,
      • Church positions: Bishop,
      • Aaron's standing in the church reportedly didn't change despite his loss in court
      • Scott G Abraham (1969 – )
      • was a Mormon church member in Powell, Wyoming; set up a hidden camera in women's bathroom at work place; convicted in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Wyoming as a registered sex offender
      • Convicted:  2020,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • An employee spotted the camera as she changed clothes
      • James F 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
      • Crime:  1980s,
      • Convicted:  1994,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
      • Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
      • Church positions: Other leader,
      • Abuse went on for five years after Adams first told Mormon officials, including a bishop and stake president, the lawsuit said
      • Paul Douglas 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; as of October 2025, a lawsuit against the church is ongoing
      • Alleged crime:  2010s,
      • Criminal results: Admitted guilt, Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
      • Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • 2025: Arizona Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit v. the Mormon church
      • Leizza Alcantara Adams (1982 – 2017)
      • 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)
      • Crime:  2010s,
      • Convicted:  2018,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • 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
      • Crime:  1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
      • Convicted:  2008,
      • Criminal results: Convicted,
      • Church positions: Other leader,
      • Adamson reportedly molested four girls in his congregation, including two in the church's boiler room
      • Mark Aitken (1982 – )
      • was a Mormon church member in Falkirk, Scotland; found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl after allegedly sending her manipulative and threatening messages; sentenced to seven years in prison
      • Crime:  2010s,
      • Convicted:  2022,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Aitken allegedly claimed to be a police officer, adding to the victim's suffering
      • Nicholas Alahverdian (1987 – )
      • was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; accused of rape; recently extradited from Scotland; has a lengthy history of criminal behavior
      • Crime:  2000s,
      • Convicted:  2008,
      • Criminal results: Convicted,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Terry P Alexander (1942 – 2021)
      • was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
      • Criminal results: Convicted,
      • Brady Glen Allen (1990 – )
      • was a Mormon church youth leader and Utah teacher in Davis County, Utah; admitted to trying to meet 13-year-old for sex; convicted; sentenced to 1-15 years in Utah State Prison
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
      • Church positions: Youth leader,
      • Terry George 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
      • Crime:  1980s,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
      • Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
      • 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
      • Alleged crime:  1990s,
      • Criminal results: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
      • Church positions: Bishop,
      • Benjamin Aaron 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
      • Criminal results: Convicted,
      • Church positions: Missionary,
      • Elwood Anthon Anderson (1967 – )
      • was a LDS bishopric counselor in Gig Harbor, Washington; allegedly downloaded and shared more than 9,000 images of young children engaged in sexually explicit activity; convicted; sentenced in 2014 to five years in jail
      • Crime:  2000s, 2010s,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Unknown result,
      • Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
      • Jared Anderson (1988 – )
      • was a high school teacher (and one-time "teacher of the year") and Mormon church group leader in the San Antonio, Texas area; also lived in Millington, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah; sentenced to 10 years in prison for hosting sex parties for teenage boys
      • Crime:  2010s,
      • Convicted:  2017,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
      • Church positions: Missionary,
      • Noel Young Anderson (1996 – )
      • was an LDS church primary teacher in McKinney, Texas; sentenced in 2019 in Texas to 50 years in prison for molesting children
      • Crime:  2010s,
      • Convicted:  2019,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
      • Church positions: Missionary, Primary,
      • Darcy Finlinson Anderson (1951 – )
      • was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl; sentenced in 2022 to serve a minimum of 16 years in prison
      • Crime:  2020s,
      • Convicted:  2022,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Mark Kevin 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
      • Crime:  2000s,
      • Convicted:  2009,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
      • Church positions: Branch president, Other leader,
      • Michael Mark Anderson (1965 – )
      • was a Mormon church member and youth soccer coach in American Fork, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to 25 years to life in prison
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
      • Peter Als Anderson (1965 – )
      • was a Mormon church member in Denmark; accused of sexual abuse
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Emily Marie Anderson (1965 – )
      • was a Mormon Primary president in the New Braunfels, Texas area; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted
      • Criminal results: Convicted,
      • Church positions: Primary,
      • Dale Lynn Andreason (1952 – )
      • was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; found guilty of three counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD a 1st Degree Felony and was sentenced 6 years to life
      • Crime:  1990s,
      • Convicted:  2023,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
      • Church positions: Primary, Youth leader,
      • Cortney Ted 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
      • Convicted:  2023,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
      • Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
      • Michael Craig Andrew (1977 – )
      • was a Mormon church member, former LDS church employee and part-owner of a children's gymnastics academy in or near Prescott, Arizona; accused in 2024 of child sexual abuse; convicted via a plea agreement in 2025; set to be sentenced Oct. 29
      • Crime:  2020s,
      • Convicted:  2025,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
      • Church positions: Church employee, Youth leader,
      • Alan Roman Andrus (1963 – )
      • was a Mormon church member in Placerville, El Dorado County, California; was an LDS bishop from at least 2005-2007 (El Dorado Hills Ward, El Dorado Stake); in 2020, arrested and accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a victim in 2019; as of Oct. 31, 2025, a jury was set to deliberate
      • Alleged crime:  2010s,
      • Criminal results: Jury trial, Ongoing,
      • Civil results: Unknown result,
      • Church positions: Bishop, Missionary,
      • Michael James Angus (1963 – )
      • was an LDS church member in Star, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
      • Criminal results: Unknown result,
      • Church positions: Stake high council,
      • Denny Antreo (2000 – )
      • was an LDS church member in Rexburg, Idaho; accused of breaking and entering women's apartments at BYU-Idaho and watching them sleep
      • Alleged crime:  2020s,
      • Criminal results: Ongoing, Unknown result,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Michael Dennis 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
      • Convicted:  2021, 2022,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
      • Church positions: Bishop, Branch president, Missionary,
      • John Archer (1947 – 2023)
      • was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
      • Adam Brent Archibald (1977 – )
      • was a Mormon church member in Yakima, Washington; accused of sexual abuse of an adult woman for several years; sentenced to prison
      • Crime:  2000s, 2010s,
      • Convicted:  2014,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Manuel Joseph 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
      • Crime:  2000s,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Jose Antonio 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
      • Alleged crime:  1980s,
      • Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted,
      • Civil results: Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
      • Church positions: Missionary,
      • Larren Bybee 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 knew as early as 1964 about 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
      • Crime:  1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Probation,
      • Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
      • Church positions: Scout leader,
      • Mathew Legrand Arrington (1963 – )
      • was a Mormon church member and foster child advocate in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2021 to 15 years in prison
      • Crime:  2010s,
      • Convicted:  2021,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Scott Oscar Ashton (1976 – )
      • was an LDS church member in Pasco, Washington; charged with prostitution-Patronizing a Prostitute 04/30/2015; Ashton's sentence was modified on 1/29/2016 to Disturbing the Peace
      • Crime:  2010s,
      • Convicted:  2016,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Probation,
      • Church positions: Youth leader,
      • Arlo Kay 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
      • Crime:  1980s, 1990s,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
      • Civil results: Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
      • Church positions: Bishop, Missionary,
      • Kayla Kehaunani Atkin (1993 – )
      • was an LDS church member and therapist in Lehi, Utah; charged in 2022 with three felony counts of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in April 2023 to one count of attempted object rape (victim was 14-15 years old at the time of the crime); sentenced in September 2023 to 180 days in jail
      • Crime:  2010s,
      • Convicted:  2023,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Jail,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Joseph Carlton Atwater (1954 – )
      • was an LDS church member in Australia; pleaded guilty in 2005 to trafficking and kidnapping
      • Crime:  2000s,
      • Convicted:  2005,
      • Criminal results: Convicted,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Eric Patrick 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
      • Crime:  1970s, 1980s,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
      • Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
      • Church positions: Scout leader,
      • James B (1959 – )
      • 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
      • Criminal results: Unknown result,
      • Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
      • Church positions: Bishop,
      • John Ray Baca (1954 – )
      • was an LDS church member in California; found guilty of LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE
      • Crime:  1990s,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Released,
      • Daniel C Bachmeier (1970 – )
      • was a Mormon church member in Flint, Michigan; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
      • Criminal results: Convicted,
      • Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
      • Rodney L Bailey (1970 – )
      • was an LDS church member in Medora, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Unknown result,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Steven Bain/Baine (1970 – )
      • was allegedly a Mormon church member in Southport, England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
      • Criminal results: Convicted,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Richard Curtis Baker (1978 – )
      • was an LDS bishopric counselor in Clearfield, Utah; accused of voyeurism and child sexual exploitation
      • Crime:  2010s, 2020s,
      • Convicted:  2023,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
      • Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
      • Lynn Earl Baldwin (1960 – )
      • was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted of lewdness in 1996 and sexual exploitation of a minor in 2002 (attempted); released in 2006; is a registered sex offender
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
      • Church positions: Unknown position,
      • Bishop Baldwin (1960 – )
      • 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
      • Alleged crime:  1980s, 1990s,
      • Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted,
      • Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
      • Church positions: Bishop,
      • Coy Glen Ball (1954 – )
      • was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; was charged with 11 counts related to child sex abuse; in 2014, pleaded guilty to three counts of molestation of a child
      • Crime:  1990s,
      • Convicted:  2014,
      • Criminal results: Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
      • Church positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
      • Timothy Blain Ballard (1976 – )
      • was a Mormon anti-sex trafficking activist; claimed to be friends with LDS apostle Russell Ballard (no relation); accused in 2023 of sexual misconduct by at least eight women and a couple; in June 2024, one civil case was dismissed; in July 2024, a lawsuit said his DNA was found on a victim’s skirt
      • Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
      • Civil results: Ongoing,
      • Church positions: Missionary,
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