25 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

      • Emily Anderson was a Mormon Primary president in the New Braunfels, Texas area; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted
      • Kayla Atkin 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
      • Wanda Barzee was an LDS church member in Utah; with Brian David Mitchell, held Elizabeth Smart captive from 2002 to 2003; sentenced in 2009 to 15 years in federal prison; granted early release in 2018
      • Kami Chesnut was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
      • Jane Doe was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse
      • Adele Dye was a Mormon church member in Rexburg, Idaho; convicted in 2008 of child sexual abuse; registered sex offender
      • Tamara Funk was a Mormon church member in Eagle Mountain, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a minor
      • Ashlyn Harvey was an LDS church member in Gunnison, Utah; accused in 2024 of sexual contact with a 17-year-old student for whom she was a substitute teacher
      • Christine Hubbs was an LDS church member in California; was charged with sexual abuse of two underage boys (ages 14 and 15); convicted in 2011, sentenced to five years in prison; violated parole
      • McKenna Kindred was an LDS church member and high school teacher in Spokane Valley, Washington; accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17 year old student at the high school where she taught
      • Daphney Matthews was a Mormon church member in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; accused of sexual abuse
      • Brenda Miles was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse
      • Jeena Nilson was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
      • Roselle Stevenson was an LDS church member in Utah; accused in August 2023 of child sexual abuse; ex-wife of ritualistic abuse suspect David Hamblin; charge dismissed with prejudice in May 2025
      • Bagley Tara was an LDS church member in Idaho; pleaded guilty to two counts of Sexual Battery of a Child 16 or 17 years of age and was sentenced to 13 years in prison
      • Heidi Tasso was an LDS church member and school teacher/counselor in St. George, Utah; charged in 2016 with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in June 2018 to one third-degree felony count of unlawful sexual activity with a minor; sentenced in August 2018 to 120 days in jail, 36 months probation and 200 hours of community service
      • Judith Tholen was a Mormon church member; sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing children she babysat with her husband John Tholen, who also sexually abused them
      • Jamie Waite was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
      • Ruth Worthen was a Mormon church member in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse by one adult in a 2019 civil lawsuit and in 2023 by four adults (one of whom was the 2019 plaintiff); arrested and charged in June 2024 with numerous felonies related to child sexual abuse; died in 2025