- Thomas Joseph Opfar (1937 – 1998)
- was a Mormon church member in Pennsylvania and Utah; pleaded guilty in Utah to charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to five to 15 years in prison
- Crime: 1980s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Greg Bruce Orton (1957 – )
- was a Mormon church member in La Grande, Oregon; accused and arrested for alleged sexual abuse with a minor who was under 14 at the time of the alleged abuse
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Criminal results: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Bradley Ott (1957 – )
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Michael David Otten (1970 – )
- was an LDS church member in Murrieta, California; took his computer to a tech repair shop and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was found; police searched his home and found more CSAM
- Criminal results: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Ward mission leader,
- Michael David Otten (1970 – )
- was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal results: Convicted,
- Dan S Overholt (1970 – )
- was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Scott Dale 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
- Crime: 1980s,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- David Chandler Owens (1959 – )
- was an LDS elders quorum president in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2018 to 20 or more years in prison for sexually assaulting three young men in his Mormon ward
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Elders quorum president/counselor,
- Jonathan Lyle Owens (1959 – )
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal results: Convicted,
- Jonathan Lyle Owens (1953 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Roy, Utah; accused of downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM), sending sexual messages to minors, and traveling across states to sexually assault a minor; convicted; registered sex offender
- Criminal results: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- B P (1953 – )
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: High priest, Ministering/home teacher,
- Alan Byron Pace (1964 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; sentenced in 2015 to 30 days in prison and 36 months of probation for felony child sexual abuse
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Grant Peck Packer (1925 – 2008)
- was an LDS church member in Idaho; served a full-time mission to Canada in 1946-48 and two senior missions to Atlanta, Georgia and San Bernardino, California; charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation; died in 2008
- Crime: 1990s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Eddie Padilla (1925 – 2008)
- was a Mormon bishop in Taos, New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Robert Henry Paisola (1967 – )
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2008 and sentenced to 90 days in jail
- Crime: 2000s,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea deal, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Spencer John Palmer (1927 – 2000)
- was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; lived in Utah; posthumously accused of child sexual abuse by his grandson
- Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Church positions: Bishop, BYU, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Temple president,
- Jevin Jay Parady (1993 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Santaquin, Utah; convicted of 10 counts of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR - 2nd Degree Felony in 2024; is a registered sex offender living in Asheboro, North Carolina
- Convicted: 2024,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Kenny Van Parcell (1993 – )
- was an LDS church member and president of the National Association of Realtors; former Mormon ward young men's leader in Utah and bishopric counselor at BYU-Provo; accused in 2023 of sexual harassment by three women; resigned
- Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- 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
- Crime: 1980s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Terry Wayne Parker (1953 – )
- was a former Mormon bishop and school teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington; in 1996, two former students filed a civil lawsuit against the school district, Parker and the school's former principal, saying Parker sexually abused them; they said they reported to the school district, which then allegedly did nothing to protect them; the suit was dismissed with prejudice in Feb. 1998
- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil results: Dismissed with prejudice,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Youth leader,
- Raymond Parkin (1950 – )
- was an LDS church member in Mansfield, England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced in 2009 to prison for 18 years for serious sexual offenses against two young girls
- Convicted: 2009,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- John Edward 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
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- Church positions: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Jeffery Brian Parks (1931 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Tennessee; in 2003, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, two counts of incest, and two counts of statutory rape; sentenced to prison
- Crime: 2000s,
- Convicted: 2003,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- James Parks (1931 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Cody, Wyoming; accused in 2025 of child sexual abuse
- Crime: 2020s,
- Convicted: 2026,
- Criminal results: Convicted, guilty, Jury trial, No contest,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Amanda d Parks (1931 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Cody, Wyoming; accused in 2025 of destroying evidence related to child sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by her husband, James Parks AKA Jimmy Parks
- Crime: 2020s,
- Convicted: 2026,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Matthew Scott Patton (1982 – 2020)
- was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse and sentenced to prison; crossed state lines after being released from prison and was pulled over by police; tried to flee from police; charged police with knives and died
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Leslie Leon Paul (1943 – )
- was an LDS church member in Arizona; charged with child sexual abuse; found guilty on 32 counts; sentenced in about 1989 to over 400 years in prison
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Curtis William Payne (1959 – )
- was a Mormon church member and elementary school teacher in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2019 of child sexual abuse and sentenced to four consecutive terms of 15 years to life in prison
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Jack David Payton (1945 – 2022)
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Robert Darrel Peavey (1937 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara and Glenn counties, in California. Convicted of three counts of lewd & lascivious acts with a minor under 14 in 1996 and sexual batter in 2012. Is a registered sex offender living in Weiser, Idaho as of February 2026.
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Convicted: 1996, 2012,
- Criminal results: Convicted,
- Jason Michael Pedersen (1979 – )
- was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; convicted guilty of first-degree felony attempted aggravated sex abuse of a child; as of April 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah as a registered sex offender and is an LDS elders quorum president
- Criminal results: Convicted, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- James William Penrod (1979 – )
- was a Mormon church missionary in Pennsylvania in 1997; originally from Utah; sent home to Utah from his mission and arrested in July 1997 and charged with child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison for sexual abuse
- Crime: 1990s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Wesley Gabriel Perez (1979 – )
- was a Mormon church member and school teacher in Washington; pleaded guilty to a felony charge of child sexual abuse
- Crime: 2010s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Brian Richard 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
- Crime: 1980s,
- Convicted: 1989,
- Criminal results: Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- A Mormon scout leader knew of allegations against Peterson for at least 10 months before reporting him to law enforcement
- Keith O'Dell (or Odell) Peterson (1948 – 2020)
- was a Mormon church member and former high school teacher in Nampa, Idaho; accused in 1991 of inappropriate sexual contact; sentenced to 180 days suspended jail time and two years of probation; charge was dismissed in 1998 after he completed probation; pleaded guilty in October 2019 to one count of lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced in 2020 to 17 years in prison
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Michael Peterson (1948 – 2020)
- was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Michael Peterson (1948 – 2020)
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Eneudo Luis 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
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Miles Gordon Petty (2003 – )
- was a Mormon in Orem, Utah; pc affidavit said he contacted a team member of Predator Poachers that was posing as a 13-year-old girl, had sexually explicit conversations, masturbated on a video call with the undercover member; Petty drove to meet 13-year-old team member; police were called, Petty was taken to Sandy Police Department; has four charges related sex abuse; due in court March 30, 2026
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Miles also commented I hope we can just sweep this under the rug. -P.C. Affidavit
- Ronald Wayne Phelps (2003 – )
- 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
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishop, Other leader,
- Timothy Wayne Phelps (1961 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Morgantown, Kentucky; convicted of sexual abuse
- Crime: 1990s,
- Convicted: 1995,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Ward executive secretary,
- Arthur Frank Phillips (1949 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Mesa, Arizona; in 1993, sentenced to jail for one year and placed on probation for four years for sexual molestation of a 14-year-old girl; made to register as a sex offender
- Crime: 1990s,
- Convicted: 1993,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Sunday school,
- Kevin Phillips (1949 – )
- was a Mormon church member in England; video recorded masturbating in a public park dressed in his police uniform while on duty; convicted; fined 500 Euros; resigned from his job with Met’s Roads and Transport Policing Command; was an LDS member of the Wandsworth England Stake (Clapham Common ward)
- Convicted: 2022,
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Adam Scott Phipps (1949 – )
- was an LDS church member in Manassas, Virginia; accused of taking indecent liberties with children; charged and convicted in 1993; registered sex offender
- Crime: 1990s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- David Roy Phipps/Verity (1949 – )
- was an LDS church member and dentist in Sacramento, California; pleaded no contest in 1987 to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery involving two of his patients; In 1994, also pleaded no contest to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery; served time in jail and had dental license revoked
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea deal,
- Civil results: Judgment for plaintiff,
- Scott Elvin Phister (1964 – )
- was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Wyoming; later moved to Utah and worked as a massage therapist; pleaded no contest in 2022 to two class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery for touching a female massage client in a sexual manner
- Crime: 2020s,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Criminal results: Convicted, No contest,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
- Derrick Evan Pickering (1984 – )
- was a Mormon church member and nurse practitioner in Utah; accused in 2024 by multiple former patients in a civil lawsuit of touching them in sexually inappropriate ways
- Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil results: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Brian Richard Pickett (1984 – )
- 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
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil results: Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Branch president, Stake high council,
- Randall Pickett (1984 – )
- was an LDS church member in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Church positions: Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Chesley Nels Pierson (1928 – 2021)
- was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Criminal results: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Elders quorum president/counselor, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
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