- Alva Jay Van Wagoner (1929 – 2019)
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Convicted: 1999,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Branch president, Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Sunday school,
- Kurt Arthur Vanwagoner (1966 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Centerville, Utah who worked with young men in his ward as of March 2024; arrested and charged in March 2024 with 10 first degree felony counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor (sharing CSAM); police said he sent online chat messages talking about himself secretly taking photographs of women he found attractive in his LDS ward, during church services
- Criminal results: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Jeffrey Allan Vargo (1966 – )
- was an LDS church member in Washington County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty
- Crime: 2000s,
- Convicted: 2001,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- James Christoff Vaterlaus (1970 – )
- was an LDS church member in Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- James Mitchell 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
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Criminal results: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Adrian Villar (1958 – )
- was an LDS church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of sexually abusing an 8 year old and 11 year old separately
- Criminal results: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Primary,
- Paulo Villegas (1985 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Hartford, Connecticut; convicted of risk of injury to a minor after a plea agreement reduction from sexual assault charges; the victim was four years old
- Convicted: 2003,
- Criminal results: Convicted,
- Before the sentencing, Solomon [judge] said Villegas blamed the victim for initiating the illegal contact. “He deliberately did what he did. It wasn’t a moment. He is way off base.”
- Daniel Waddington (1955 – )
- was an LDS church member and retired police officer in American Fork, Utah; arrested in August 2023 and charged with 11 felony counts related to child sexual exploitation
- Crime: 2000s, 2020s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Levi Wagner (2000 – )
- was an LDS church member in Yavapai County, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Jamie Jo Waite (2000 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Convicted,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Thomas Frank Waitman (1944 – )
- was an LDS church member in Cupertino, California; convicted of felony child sexual abuse in 1995 in California; as of 2023, registered sex offender living in Redmond, Washington
- Crime: 1990s,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- Kay Leroi Walker (1942 – )
- was a Mormon church member and Nauvoo Inn owner in Nauvoo, Illinois; charged with sexually abusing his employees; entered an Alford plea in 2004, resulting in a conviction while maintaining his innocence before the court; January 2024: lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Convicted: 2004,
- Criminal results: Alford plea, Convicted,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Joseph Brent Walker (1955 – )
- was a former Mormon bishop, stake presidency counselor and LDS Public Affairs employee in Utah; charged in 2025 with three third-degree felony counts related to child sexual exploitation; allegedly "engaged in several sexually explicit conversations […] to seduce, lure, and entice [a 14-year-old girl] into engaging in multiple sexual acts;" released from jail after letters from church members
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Criminal results: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Walker helped Mormon apostle Russell Ballard prepare speeches for years
- Mason Porter Walker (1941 – 2015)
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Thomas Michael Wallin (1999 – )
- was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; admitted to sexually abusing a child within an LDS chapel; in 2022, sentenced to 18 years in prison
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Criminal results: Admitted guilt, Convicted,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Matthew Todd 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
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Stephen Kirkham Wanlass (1939 – 2018)
- was a Mormon church member in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; in 1997, pleaded no contest to one third-degree felony count of attempted sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to up to five years in prison; registered sex offender; died in 2018
- Crime: 1980s,
- Convicted: 1997,
- Criminal results: Convicted, No contest, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Nathan Clark Ward (1961 – )
- was a Mormon church member and OBGYN in Missisippi and Utah; sentenced to prison in 2019 for production of child pornography
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Curtis Lee Ware (1968 – )
- was a Mormon church member and football coach for Grantsville High School in Utah; convicted in June 2018 of one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, all class A misdemeanors; also pleaded guilty to class B misdemeanor tampering with a witness in a separate case
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Christopher B 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
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Criminal results: Convicted,
- Church positions: Stake seventy,
- Allen B Washburn (1950 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Michael Alan Watson (1964 – )
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Thomas Jared Weaver (1973 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony child sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Criminal results: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Cody Brett Weaver (1993 – )
- was a Mormon church member and ward executive secretary in Queen Creek, Arizona; charged in 2024 with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor for CSAM material investigators said they found on his home electronics
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Criminal results: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Ward executive secretary,
- David Evans Webb (1977 – )
- was an LDS church member and oral surgeon in Vacaville, California; accused of sexual abuse of multiple patients in 2021 and again in 2022; gave up his license to practice in 2023; got a license to practice dentistry in Idaho; as of March 2024, a criminal case and several civil cases in California are ongoing
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Criminal results: Ongoing,
- Civil results: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Mark L Webb (1966 – )
- was an LDS church member in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2014 to two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2014,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Charles Edward Weber (1947 – )
- was an LDS church member and principal in Heber, Utah; convicted of forcible sodomy, forcible sexual abuse unlawful sexual activity with a minor; admitted to sexually abusing children throughout his 35 year career
- Crime: 2000s,
- Convicted: 2013, 2014,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Mark S Webster (1947 – )
- was a branch president in New Mexico; accused of rape in a civil lawsuit
- Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- Anthony Webster (1947 – )
- was an LDS church member and fitness center employee in Collierville, Tennessee; accused of sexually molesting three young girls; in 2013, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated sexual battery and was sentenced to 16 years in prison
- Convicted: 2013,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Kevin Weisenberger (1970 – )
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1993
- Criminal results: Convicted,
- Lamont Junior Wells (1930 – 2011)
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Church positions: Senior missionary,
- Sydney Arthur Wengreen (1959 – )
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to felony sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2003 to five years to life in prison
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Brad Lee West (1974 – )
- was an LDS church member in Boise, Idaho; charged with sexual battery; took plea deal for battery; his RN license was revoked because of the sexual abuse
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2012,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- John Douglas West (1924 – 2014)
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- James LaMar Westergard (1955 – )
- was an LDS church member in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal results: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Jeffery Thomas Westerman (1977 – )
- was a Provo, Utah police officer; was arrested for allegedly threatening to jail a woman unless she exposed herself to him
- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Criminal results: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Gary Westlund (1977 – )
- 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
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Robert Fleming Westover (1972 – )
- was a former LDS bishop and attorney in Dallas, Texas; arrested in 2021 for allegedly recording a minor; pleaded guilty in 2023 and sentenced to 4 years probation
- Convicted: 2023,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Roland Edwin Westrup (1999 – )
- was a Mormon church member and returned missionary (St. Louis, Missouri) in approximately 2018-2020; arrested in Salt Lake County, Utah in March 2023; charged with 10 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; admitted to possessing and sharing child pornography, and to having sexual fantasies for many years about having sex with male children as young as infants to teens
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Criminal results: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Ryan Dee 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
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Missionary, Primary, Sunday school,
- Robert Lewis White (1953 – )
- 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
- Alleged crime: 1960s,
- Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Emmett White (1953 – )
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Florida; was caught in 1966 by local police soliciting an adult sex worker (prostitute); denied any inappropriate behavior around scouts
- Alleged crime: 1960s,
- Criminal results: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Kevin Michael White (1968 – )
- was a therapist in Nephi, Utah who was raised in the Mormon church; accused of sexual abuse in 2025; Floodlit is trying to determine whether White was an active LDS church member at the time of the alleged crime
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Church positions: LDS status unknown, Unknown position,
- Walter Andrew White (1968 – )
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal results: Convicted,
- Waylon Rolley 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
- Criminal results: Ongoing,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Michael Francis Whitehead (1964 – )
- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; convicted in 2004 of ENTICING A MINOR OVER THE INTERNET - Class A Misdemeanor
- Crime: 2000s,
- Convicted: 2004,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Probation,
- Church positions: Primary,
- Dylan Kevin 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; FLOODLIT is seeking info on the sentence
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Shawn Thomas Whiting (1988 – )
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced in 2012 to one to 15 years in prison for collecting and creating child pornography
- Crime: 2010s,
- Convicted: 2012,
- Criminal results: Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Craig David Whiting (1971 – )
- was an LDS church member in Bluffdale, Utah; charged in 2018 with child sexual abuse; as of Feb 2023, pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial; jury trial was scheduled to move forward in 2023
- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Criminal results: Jury trial, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Brent Whitlock (1971 – )
- was a Mormon church member in American Fork, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal results: Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Tabernacle Choir, Youth leader,
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