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Leizza Alcantara Adams
- Alleged coverup
- was the wife of sexual abuser Paul Douglas Adams; sentenced in 2018 in Arizona to 2.5 years in prison after pleading no contest to two felony counts of child abuse (not sexual abuse).
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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Kayla Kehaunani 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
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Wanda Barzee
- was an LDS church member in Utah; with Brian David Mitchell, held Elizabeth Smart captive.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Rachel Katherine Brock
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the same boy that her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of molesting.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Susan Marie Brock
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member; was sentenced in April 2011 to 13 years in prison for engaging in a three-year-long sexual relationship with a boy, beginning when he was 14 years old; was released in December 2021.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Kami Lee Chesnut
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
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Anastasia Elizabeth Dawson
- was a Mormon church member in Missouri; arrested in 2023 and charged with several counts relating to sexual abuse of a minor.
- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Missouri,
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Jane Doe
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Jane Doe
- was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Jail,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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Ashlyn Amy 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.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Christine Shreeve 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Violated parole/probation,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in California,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2011,
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McKenna Aileen 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.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Daphney Matthews
- was a Mormon church member in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Brenda Nelson Miles
- was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah,
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Jeena Nilson
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Roselle Anderson Stevenson
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused in August 2023 of child sexual abuse; ex-wife of ritualistic abuse suspect David Hamblin.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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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.
- Criminal: Community service, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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Ruth Zurcher 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.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Public building,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 2000s, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
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