- Matthew James ( – )
- was a Mormon bishop in North Edwards, California; In 2025, charged along with his wife, Brittney James, with multiple felonies related to child abuse; while none of the charges were explicitly related to sexual abuse, FLOODLIT created this case report to help the public obtain accurate case information and updates
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Criminal results: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Brittney James ( – )
- was a Mormon church member in North Edwards, California; arrested in 2025 and charged along with her husband, Matthew James, with multiple felonies related to child abuse; while none of the charges were explicitly related to sexual abuse, FLOODLIT created this case report to help the public obtain accurate case information and updates
- Criminal results: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- William Anthon Jansen (1983 – )
- was an LDS church member and police officer in Twin Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Ángel Orlando Jaramillo (1983 – )
- was an LDS church member and city councilor in El Carmen, Jujuy, Argentina; arrested on child pornography and abuse charges (which includes distribution, tenancy, and production of material); in 2025, sentenced to two years of "prisión condicional" (akin to probation)
- Crime: 2020s,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Church positions: Church employee, Stake clerk, Stake high council,
- Paul Maxce 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
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Criminal results: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Ronald Alvin 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
- Crime: 1990s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Kelly Gordon Jenkins (1982 – )
- was a man in Idaho Falls, Idaho; convicted in 2004 of multiple crimes related to child sexual abuse; registered sex offender
- Crime: 2000,
- Convicted: 2004,
- Criminal results: Convicted, guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Stake high council,
- Gordon Wayne Jenkins (1945 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; pled guilty to Sexual Battery Of Minor Child 16/17 Years Of Age in 2002; was sentenced to 2-14 years; in 1992 was disbarred as an attorney for professional misconduct and unauthorized solicitation; in 2016 the SEC permanently barred him from serving as a director or officer of any public company for offenses related to investment fraud
- Crime: 2000s,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Criminal results: Convicted, guilty, pled guilty,
- Church positions: Stake high council,
- Kenneth Enos Jenks (1941 – )
- 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
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- Floyd C Jennings (1947 – 2025)
- was a former Mormon bishop and school bus driver in St. George, Utah; was a senior missionary in Nauvoo, Illinois and Fort Cove, Utah; arrested in 2017 for soliciting sex from two girls he thought were 13 years old; convicted in 2019; died in 2025
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary, Senior missionary,
- Christopher Michael 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
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Gail Boyd Jensen (1931 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Wellsville, Cache County, Utah; in 1997, pleaded guilty to one second-degree felony count of sexual abuse of a child; sentenced to six months in jail with work release, and probation (ended in 1998); charge was reduced to a third-degree felony in 2001; in 2008, a woman filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Jensen; the case was settled in 2010
- Crime: 1990s,
- Convicted: 1997,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil results: Settlement,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Dick A Jensen (1943 – )
- was a Mormon church member and dentist in McMinnville, Oregon; was added to the BSA perversion files; according to perversion files appears to have had a criminal case; settled out of court with victim in civil case
- Crime: 1980,
- Convicted: 1980,
- Criminal results: Convicted, No contest, Plea deal,
- Civil results: Settlement,
- Bruce T Jeppesen (1956 – )
- was a Mormon elders quorum president when he sexually abused a child; sentenced to two concurrent terms of 15 years in the Utah State Prison
- Criminal results: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- James Frank Johannes (1982 – )
- was a Mormon youth leader and US Army soldier assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA) in San Antonio, Texas; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison for spying on two teenage sisters and recording them preparing to attend LDS seminary classes
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Carl Matthew Johnson (1945 – )
- was a former Mormon bishop and former mayor of West Bountiful, Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexually abusing several children between 1983 and 1997; pleaded guilty in 2023 to four felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2023 to three consecutive terms of nine years to life each for first-degree felonies, plus one term of one to 15 years on a second-degree felony
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Melvin Kay 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
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Criminal results: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Church positions: BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council,
- excommunicated, rebaptized with a church record flagging him as a sex offender; top Mormon officials later removed the annotation
- Kenneth I Johnson (1936 – )
- 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
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- Timothy Samuel Johnson (1936 – )
- 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
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil results: Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Allen Brent Johnson (1965 – )
- was an LDS church member in Utah; drove from Utah to Idaho to meet up with a person he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex; sentenced in 2015 to eight years in prison; as of March 2024, is a registered sex offender living in Provo, Utah
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Les Ernest Johnson (1944 – )
- was a Mormon church member in northern Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; was granted parole in 1984 in Utah after serving 7 months of a 0-5 year prison sentence; as of 2023, lives in Bountiful, Utah
- Crime: 1980s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Bryce Johnson (1984 – )
- was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; convicted of three counts of aggravated child sex abuse/1st degree felony and sexual exploitation of a minor/2nd degree felony; sentenced to prison
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Ronald Cecil Johnson (1984 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Brent Richard Johnson (1973 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Cedar Hills, Utah; charged in 2024 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; police said they found three videos of Johnson in 2013 where he was recording himself sexually abusing an 11-year-old child while she was sleeping
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Jordan Lyn Jolley (1987 – )
- was an LDS church member in Syracuse, Utah; convicted of voyeurism in January 2024
- Crime: 2020s,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Criminal results: Convicted,
- Church positions: Primary, Youth leader,
- Harry O Jones (1970 – )
- was an LDS church member in Illinois; sentenced to 30 months of probation for possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material or CSAM)
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Probation,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Eric Whitney Jones (1981 – )
- was an LDS church member in Blackfoot, Idaho; arrested for alleged sexual contact with a toddler; convicted in January 2024 of battery with the intent to commit lewd conduct of a child after a one-day trial; sentenced in March 2024 to two to 20 years in prison; required to register as a sex offender
- Convicted: 2024,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Gary Jones (1981 – )
- 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
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Ward clerk,
- Dane Curtis Jones (1991 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Vernal, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Ronald Charles Jones (1937 – )
- was a former Mormon bishop, stake president and temple presidency counselor; Military Relations director for the LDS church from 1989 to 1991; convicted of sex solicitation in Utah in 1990 and 1995; charged in 2025 with three first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, one first-degree felony child kidnapping count, and two related misdemeanors
- Criminal results: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Bishop, Branch president, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Temple worker, Unknown position, Ward executive secretary,
- became temple presidency counselor and sealer despite two convictions for sex solicitation
- John Franklin Jones (1933 – 2020)
- was a Mormon church member in American Fork, Utah; convicted of forcible sodomy in or before 1988; sentenced to five years to life in prison; registered sex offender in Utah as of 2007; died in 2020
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- Edward H Jones (1950 – )
- was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; convicted of two counts of sexual abuse of a child in July 2023; sentenced 30 years to life in prison, suspended; sentenced to 365 days in jail; is a registered sex offender as of Feb. 1, 2026
- Crime: 2020s,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Nursery,
- Harry O. Jones IV (1970 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Buffalo Grove, Illinois; convicted of possessing CSAM; is a registered sex offender
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Michael Alan Jordan (1980 – )
- was an LDS church member in West Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2015 of 33 felonies related to child sexual abuse (CSA)
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Larry Wright 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
- Criminal results: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Dennis L Judd (1954 – )
- was an LDS church member and Uintah County, Utah attorney; charged with voyeurism and stalking in October 2023 after allegedly filming his female employees in his law firm's bathroom; in January 2024, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of stalking; plea held in abeyance; in June 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of voyeurism
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Criminal results: No contest, Not convicted, Plea deal, Plea held in abeyance, Probation,
- Civil results: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Daniel Jobe Justice (1985 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Vernal, Utah; convicted of rape; sentenced to five years to life in prison
- Crime: 2000s,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Criminal results: Convicted,
- Neil Jason Karl (1974 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Midway, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- Criminal results: Convicted,
- Spencer Kay Kartchner (1965 – )
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2009 and 2021
- Crime: 2000s, 2020s,
- Convicted: 2009, 2021,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Ward mission leader,
- Stephen Kay (1940 – )
- was a Mormon church member, school teacher and scout leader in Brisbane, Australia; charged multiple times with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1996 and was sentenced to jail
- Crime: 1990s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Joel Keck (1940 – )
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- That Ayono Keeng (1940 – )
- was a Mormon missionary in Accra, Ghana; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2010 and sentenced to prison, along with his missionary companion, Omale Ojonugwu Uwa; in 2011, an Accra High Court acquitted them, ruling that the trial court was wrong in convicting the missionaries
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2010,
- Criminal results: Acquitted, Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Mark Hawthorne Keep (1961 – )
- was an LDS church member and medical doctor in Utah and in Phoenix, Arizona; accused of sexual misconduct in 2011; was alleged to have made inappropriate sexual comments to 'females in the workplace;' voluntarily surrendered his license for unprofessional conduct while impaired by drugs and/or alcohol
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- David John Keller (1970 – )
- was a Mormon temple worker, Sunday school teacher and former stake presidency member in Paradise, Cache Valley, Utah; admitted in May 2024 to child sexual abuse and was charged with seven first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child
- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Criminal results: Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Temple worker,
- Adam Christopher Kelly (1980 – )
- was a St. George, Utah man; convicted of sexual abuse of a child in November 2009; is a registered sex offender in St. George, Utah; volunteers at the St. George Temple and Red Cliffs Temple in St. George, Utah, according to the Utah Department of Public Safety
- Crime: 2000s,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Isaac Dylan Kemp (1980 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Draper, Utah; allegedly sexually abused children in Draper and Nebraska; sentenced to prison in Nebraska until 2038
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Ongoing, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Robert Glenn Kempton (1942 – 2018)
- was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Arizona; was an attorney and served a mission as a legal counsel for the LDS church in Africa; arrested in 2014 in a police sting for prostitution
- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Criminal results: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Lon Harvey 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
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted: 2011,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- William Logan Kennedy (1941 – 2019)
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Ronald Lynn Kerlee (1941 – 2019)
- 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
- Criminal results: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Seminary teacher, Sunday school, Youth leader,
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