4201 to 4250 of 4294 Latter-day Saints accused of sex crimes
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    • 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
    • Crime:  2000s,
    • Convicted:  2004,
    • Criminal results: Alford plea, Convicted, Found guilty, Probation,
    • Church positions: Missionary,
    • Despite having at least eight victims of alleged sexual assault, Walker was able to enter an Alford plea to reduced misdemeanor battery charges
    • 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
    • Crime:  2020s,
    • Convicted:  2025,
    • Criminal results: Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released,
    • Church positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
    • Walker helped Mormon apostle Russell Ballard prepare speeches for years
    • 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, Prison, Registered sex offender,
    • 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,
    • Craig Ware (1968 – )
    • was a Mormon church member in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; pleaded guilty, was given 300 hours of unpaid work, 3 years probation and to register as a sex offender
    • Crime:  2020s,
    • Convicted:  2026,
    • Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
    • Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
    • 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, Registered sex offender,
    • 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,
    • 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,
    • Gregory Brimhall Weinand (1985 – )
    • was a Cowley, Wyoming man; convicted of two counts of possession with the intent to promote child pornography in 2025; sent CSAM images to an undercover agent in Texas; was extradited to Montgomery County, Texas, to face trial
    • Criminal results: Convicted,
    • Church positions: Youth leader,
    • Kevin Weisenberger (1970 – )
    • was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1993
    • Criminal results: Convicted,
    • Jeffrey James Welling (1951 – )
    • was a Mormon church member in Fruit Heights, Utah; convicted of enticing a minor online in 2022;
    • Alleged crime:  2020s,
    • Criminal results: Pleaded guilty,
    • 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,
    • James LaMar Westergard (1955 – )
    • was an LDS church member in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
    • Criminal results: Convicted, Registered sex offender, 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,
    • Lynn Mark Whitaker (1950 – )
    • was a Mormon church member in Kanosh, Utah; convicted of two counts of sex abuse of a child in March 2016; is incarcerated in Central Utah Correctional Facility as of May 2026; is a registered sex offender as of May 2026
    • Convicted:  2016,
    • Criminal results: Convicted,
    • Church positions: Temple worker,
    • Robert Lewis White (1950 – )
    • 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 (1950 – )
    • 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,
    • Walter Andrew White (1950 – )
    • was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
    • Criminal results: Convicted,
    • 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,
    • 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,
    • Dustin Jay Whitener (1983 – )
    • was a Mormon church member; convicted of child molestation in 2003; reportedly attends LDS services in Cochran, GA. with 2 other men listed in the FLOODLIT database; is a registered sex offender living in Cochran, Georgia
    • Convicted:  2003,
    • 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,
    • Morris Brent Whitlock (1955 – )
    • was a Mormon church member in American Fork, Utah; convicted of two counts of sexual abuse in the 2nd degree in 2001; convicted of sexually abusing 2 former students; Whitlock gave police 19 more names of students he confessed to abusing, ages 12-14 from 1978-2000; , is not a registered sex offender as of August 2026; Online records show Whitlock lives in Saratoga Springs, UT.
    • Crime:  1970, 1980, 1990, 2000s,
    • Convicted:  2001,
    • Criminal results: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
    • Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Tabernacle Choir, Youth leader,
    • William Arthur Whitmore (1962 – )
    • was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; convicted of sexual abuse
    • Criminal results: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
    • Church positions: Unknown position,
    • Bert Whitney (1924 – 2005)
    • was an LDS church member; accused of allegedly sexually abusing at least 11 children through out at least 40 years of abuse. Was never charged to civil authorities; reportedly excommunicated for sexual abuse of children, rebaptized one year later
    • Criminal results: Never charged,
    • Church positions: Bishop,
    • John Wichmann (1924 – 2005)
    • 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
    • Criminal results: Unknown result,
    • Civil results: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
    • Church positions: Bishop,
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