4023 LDS sex abuse cases found
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- Virgil Larson was a Mormon church member and first counselor in an LDS ward bishopric in Chubbuck, Idaho; arrested in September 2024 and charged with sexual abuse of five boys, ages 12-15; he knew the boys from LDS ward activities and was their priesthood leader; as of March 2025, a jury trial was scheduled for April 8
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, - View report »
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- Kip Later was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused in the 1980s of sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly failed to tell police about abuse allegations
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Nathan Law was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; pleaded guilty to attempted sexual exploitation of a minor child June 2023; in federal prison in Minnesota; prison release date is scheduled for August 5, 2031.
Convicted:
2023,
Positions: Nursery,
Alleged church actions: unknown, - View report »
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- Arthur Laws (1946 – 2014) was a Mormon church member in West Bountiful, Utah; convicted of ATTEMPTED - SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD - 3rd Degree Felony in 2010
Convicted:
2009,
Positions: Bishopric counselor, librarian,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- Steven Layland (1946 – ) was a Mormon church member in Tampa, Florida; in 2000 was federally convicted for sending child pornography in the mail
Convicted:
2000,
Positions: High priest group leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, - View report »
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- Derek Layton was an LDS church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse in the late 1980s; convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison for "sexual conduct with minor and dangerous crimes against children"
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Tammy Leask (1981 – ) was an LDS church member in Forks, Washington; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - View report »
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- George Lee (1943 – 2010) was a Mormon general authority in Utah; member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1975 to 1989; in 1994, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a child, a third-degree felony; registered sex offender; died in 2010
Alleged failure to report
Positions: General authority, Mission president, Other leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, - View report »
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- Frank Lefrandt (1961 – 2009) was an LDS church member in Honolulu, Hawaii; served a Mormon mission to Guatemala; accused of sexual abuse; admitted in 2007 to sexually molesting a 13-year-old newspaper carrier; pleaded guilty in November 2008; disappeared while out on bail awaiting sentencing
Convicted:
2008,
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- UNKNOWN Leota was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, - View report »
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- Kurt Leppert (1958 – ) was a former LDS church primary teacher in Spokane Valley, Washington; found guilty in 2018 by a jury of seven counts of sexually abusing 3 children between the ages of 8 and 12; sentenced in 2018 to 21 years and 4 months in prison
Positions: Primary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, - View report »
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- Paul Lewis was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Seattle, Washington; accused of sexual abuse; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2006
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Nicholas Lewis (1992 – ) was a Mormon church member and BYU student; accused of sexually abusing young girls and attempting to solicit sex from a teen online; sentenced in 2017 to jail and probation; 2023: registered sex offender living in Bremerton, Washington
Convicted:
2017,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Frank Lind (1956 – ) was a Mormon church member in California; sentenced before the early 2000s to 30 years to life in prison for sexually molesting a child; in the 2000s, a Mormon bishop allegedly supported Lind's decision to be baptized into the LDS church despite his prior conviction; in 2022, again convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2022,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Robert Linscott was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Michael Lister (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in or near Cedar City, Utah and Bunkerville, Nevada; accused in Utah in 2023 of sexual abuse of two young girls; pleaded guilty to one count of sodomy on a child; sentenced in June 2023 to 25 years to life in prison
Convicted:
2023,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - View report »
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- Bryant Litchfield (1953 – 2023) was an LDS church member and physician in Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; acquitted; in 2008, was found guilty by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta of inappropriately touching women patients during breast and vaginal exams in 2001; stripped of his medical license
Convicted:
2008,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, - View report »
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- Jack Loholt was an LDS church member and Boy scout leader in Kent, Washington; accused of sexual abuse in the 1970s; court records show that two Mormon bishops knew about the abuse allegations but did not tell police; the Mormon church was court-ordered in 2006 to pay $87,500 to one victim after it settled with three others for undisclosed sums
Alleged failure to report-
Church paid $87,500
Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, - View report »
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- Brett Long (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in Nez Perce County, Idaho; convicted of sexually abusing a child under the age of 16
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Robert Longman was a Mormon missionary in Corpus Christi, Texas; molested a three-year old in a bedroom while two other missionaries talked with the mother; pleaded no contest to charges filed in May 1989 of indecency with a child; sentenced to eight years probation, a $1,000 fine, and required to pay $400 in court costs
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation, - View report »
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- Rafael Lopez was a Mormon church member in Falls Church, Virginia; convicted of aggravated sexual abuse; registered sex offender
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - View report »
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- Leo Lopshire (1945 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah, Iowa and South Carolina; arrested June 30, 2026 and charged with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; a source told FLOODLIT that the church excommunicated Lopshire in the 2010s
Positions: Boyscouts, Church employee, Elders Quorum President, high priest president, Young Mens Leader,
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated, - View report »
"He is still allowed to attend his ward and while the local leaders are aware of his crimes, they have not warned or told adults with young children in his ward about him."June 30, 2026: arrested and charged with four felonies related to child sex abuse-
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- Boyd Lords was a Mormon church member in Winnemucca, Nevada; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2022 to one felony count of lewdness with a child under the age of 14; was sentenced to prison
Convicted:
2022,
Positions: High priest, Missionary, Ward executive secretary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, - View report »
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- Carlo Lorge was an LDS church member in Clarksville, Tennessee; arrested in 2022 for sexual exploitation of a minor
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, - View report »
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- Leonard Loschen (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2022 to prison in Utah for sexually abusing LDS missionaries
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2022,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, - View report »
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- Leslie Loveland (1994 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty of rape in 2019; sentenced to one year in prison and three years of probation
Convicted:
2019,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Dennis Loveless was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1977 and 1984; sentenced to prison both times; died in 2016
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - View report »
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- W Loveless (1979 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Douglas Lovell (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a woman he murdered, Joyce Yost; Lovell claimed the LDS church meddled in his 2015 trial by discouraging a former prison bishop from testifying in his defense
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Douglas Lund (1950 – ) was a former Mormon bishopric counselor in Pahrump, Nevada; arrested in 2011 and accused of repeated sexual abuse of two young girls; the alleged abuse occurred over a period of several years; convicted in 2012 of lewdness with a child under 14; as of January 2026, lives in Nevada as a registered sex offender
Convicted:
2012,
Positions: Bishopric counselor,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Released,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Seth Lyon (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; arrested in 2006 in a police sting operation and charged with enticement of a child over the internet
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Duane Lyon (1951 – ) was a Mormon church member; in August 2015 charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; September 9 2015 protective order filed against Lyon for 4 minor children/granted September 21, 2015; accepted plea deal, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse; sentenced Jan. 2017 to 3 years to life; lives in Cedar City, Utah; is a registered sex offender
Convicted:
2016,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
Alleged church actions: No church discipline, - View report »
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- Devin MacCabe (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Idaho; pleaded guilty to Video Voyeurism by Installing or Permitting the Use of Imaging Device Without Mutual Consent in January 2017; placed a camera in the bathroom of two girls that he knew
Convicted:
2017,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
Alleged church actions: Church members wrote letters of support, - View report »
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- Melvin MacNeil (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
Positions: Other leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Martin MacNeill was a former Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2014; convicted of murdering his wife
Convicted:
2014,
Positions: Bishop,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Major Madon was an LDS church member in Mapleton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse; as of 2024, serving time in prison in Central Utah Correctional Facility
Positions: Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Stake high council, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, - View report »
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- Nathan Madsen was a Mormon church member and University of Tampa, Florida music professor; pleaded guilty in 2017 to charges of enticing a child to produce child pornography and possessing child pornography; sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release
Convicted:
2017,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, - View report »
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- Stephen Maggio was a Mormon church member in Gurnee, Illinois; charged with two counts of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in December 2025
Positions: Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, - View report »
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- Richard Mallard (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; charged in July 2025 with 41 felony counts related to child sexual exploitation; in August 2025, was released on bond, despite initially being held without bail; several LDS church members sent the court letters of support on Mallard's behalf prior to his detention hearing
Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, - View report »
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- Kelly Mangrum (1952 – ) was an LDS church member and dentist in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual misconduct, prescribing medications for a drug addict for sex
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Jan Manley was a Mormon church member in Virginia; arrested in 2018 on suspicion of various offenses related to child sexual abuse; accused of abusing multiple children; acquitted by a jury in 2023
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Jury trial, Not convicted,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Brandon Manning (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of July 2026, lives in Eatonton, Georgia as a registered sex offender
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2001, 2020, Unknown,
Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction, - View report »
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- Isaac Mardis (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; charged with Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in April 2024; was also accused in 2022 by the same victim
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, - View report »
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- Dennis Marriott (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Mikel Marshall was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Jayson Martineau (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Idaho and Tremonton, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in December 2023 in Utah and was sent on a one-year rider program
Convicted:
2023,
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- Nicholas Mason (1989 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; p.c. affidavit states found multiple videos of CSAM on his iPhone, CD evidence and icloud storage with CSAM
Convicted:
2015,
Criminal case(s): Convicted,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
"I then asked MASON about the files on the iPhone. MASON explained that he knew the files were in fact on his iPhone but had not told me because he was hoping the files would not be located. He stated he wanted to "chance it" and then stated there should be three files of child pornography. ""MASON made several statements regarding the child pornography being an error and that he had not meant to download the files [...] He told me files were located in his video files and that he accessed them as recently as three to four days prior. MASON said he accessed the files on average two times a week."-
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- Herbert Mataele (1967 – ) was an LDS church member in Bluffdale, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing a disabled girl he was caring for; sentenced in October 2023 to between three years and life in prison, but that prison sentence was suspended; the judge ordered him to serve three years in jail, with credit for the almost year and a half he had already served, followed by six years of probation
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, - View report »
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- Craig Mathias (1960 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Santa Clarita, California; was in the Northridge 1st Ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting five boy scouts at his home; the alleged abuse involved up to 11 scouts; reportedly urged one victim on a recorded phone call not to tell police about the abuse; sentenced to six years in prison; released in 1990; registered sex offender (2025)
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
1987,
Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, Ward official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of saying victim was responsible, - View report »
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- Franklin Mathias (1934 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in La Grande, Oregon; had a career as a schoolteacher; accused in 1987 of sexual abuse; sentenced in 1988 to four years in prison for molesting a child; he said that he had 242 victims over a 30-year period; convicted in 1997 of failure to register as a sex offender and was placed on probation for 24 months
Convicted:
1988,
Positions: High priest, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school,
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
Mathias reportedly admitted that he had 242 victims over a 30-year period-
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- James Matlock was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
Positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, - View report »
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- David Matlock (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member; arrested and convicted in 2022 of open and gross lewdness
Convicted:
2022,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Robert Matthews was a Mormon church member and singer in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; arrested in 2006, after police received evidence that he swam naked with four young boys during a trip in July 2006; he allegedly took pictures of the nude swim and later processed the images on his computer; charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and lewdness involving a child; convicted
Convicted:
2007,
Positions: Tabernacle Choir,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Norman Maxfield (1944 – ) was an LDS church member and high school drama teacher in Utah; convicted in 1988 of sexually abusing boys
Positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Raymond Maxson (1951 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lincoln, Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
Positions: Stake high council,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Paul Mayer (1975 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Sandy, Utah; accused of recording a 16-year-old in a bedroom and bathroom on a GoPro; charged with 19 counts related to sexual abuse of a minor; pled guilty to aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and voyeurism; sentenced in 2025 to 1-15 years in prison and 0-364 days in jail
Convicted:
2025,
Positions: Bishop,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
Alleged church actions: No church discipline, - View report »
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- Bruce McAskill (1928 – ) was a Mormon church ward clerk in Jackson, Michigan; before becoming ward clerk, was convicted of rape; after becoming ward clerk, in 1994, was found guilty by a judge of kissing and fondling an 8-year-old boy whom he was babysitting; McAskill had met the boy's mother at church; a police officer said McAskill told him 'he didn't see any problem' with an adult sleeping naked with a child
Positions: Other leader, Ward clerk,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, - View report »
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- Michael McClellan (1957 – ) was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; arrested; convicted of attempted lewdness with a minor; sentenced to prison; as of 2024, lives in Cottonwood, Arizona
Convicted:
2004,
Positions: Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, - View report »
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- Timothy McCleve (1956 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Harrisville, Utah when he was charged with sexually abusing three children; some of the abuse took place while he was bishop; sentenced in 2008 to up to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 2024, charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2008,
Positions: Bishop,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, - View report »
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- Richard McClung (1943 – 2026) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Rockford, Illinois in 2006; convicted in 2007 and 2014 of charges related to child sexual abuse; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl on church property in 2006 despite facing criminal charges at the time and remaining in the bishopric; died in plane crash Feb. 14, 2026 in Poplar Grove, Illinois
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2007, 2014,
Positions: Bishopric counselor,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse, Excommunicated, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, - View report »
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- David McConkie (1978 – ) was a Mormon bishop (approximately 2013-16), stake president (2016-21) and deputy district attorney in Colorado; paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; allegedly confessed child sexual assault to a Mormon church leader in 2008; in July 2025, sentenced to five years probation
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, - View report »
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- Jacob McConkie (1980 – ) was raised as a Mormon church member in Utah; charged in 2025 with nine sexual exploitation of a minor charges for possessing CSAM
Positions: LDS status unknown,
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, - View report »
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- Steven McDill (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in Tippecanoe County, Indiana; found guilty of child molestation; sentenced to 9 year/5 suspended in July 1996
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Spencer McDougal (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, - View report »
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- Maynard McFarland (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in California and Minnesota; sentenced in 2005 to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for many years; released from prison in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2005,
Positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, - View report »
"I allowed Satan to be my lord."According to a 2022 lawsuit, a bishop knew McFarland was abusing his daughter, but didn't report the abuse to police, and continued to let McFarland participate actively in church ceremonies and meetings, including baptizing his daughter-
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- Calvin McGee (2002 – ) was an LDS missionary in Virginia in 2022; accused of soliciting sexually explicit pictures and video from a person he believed to be an 11-year-old girl, and inviting her to meet in person; arrested in Boise, Idaho in July 2023 and accused of rape of a minor; pleaded guilty to two charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in May 2024 to three to 25 years in prison
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2024,
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - View report »
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- David McGhie (1963 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2000 of child sexual abuse; an LDS bishop was accused of failing to report the abuse
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2000,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - View report »
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- Glen McGhie (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara, California; found guilty of lewd or lascivious act on a child age 14/15, a felony; lost his physical therapy license
Convicted:
2002,
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - View report »
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- Blaine McGraw (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member and OBGYN in Fort Hood, Texas; an investigation began October 2025; charged with 273 counts of sexual abuse related charges as of May 2026
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, - View report »
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- Bill McKay was an LDS church member and mayor of Kennewick, Washington; admitted in 2023 to police he paid for sexual services at multiple massage parlors in Kennewick; was not criminally charged
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted, - View report »
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- Stephen McKean (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah and a BYU professor; arrested in April 2026 and charged with distributing material harmful to a minor (third-degree felony), and three counts of enticing a minor (class A misdemeanor); allegedly sent an explicit photo to an undercover police officer he thought was a 17-year-old girl
Convicted:
Ongoing,
Positions: Sunday school teacher, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
"You’re going to make me like you better than my wife."Police documents say McKean sent an explicit photo of himself, then quickly deleted it. But the agent was able to quickly save the photo-
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- Mitchell McKee (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member and retired Utah State Highway Patrol officer in Heber City, Utah; when arrested in 2024, was a licensed marriage and family therapist with experience helping LDS clients address "pre and post mission sexual issues;" accused of sexual abuse of a minor
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, - View report »
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- Troy McKee (1967 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted in 1992 of ENTICING A MINOR/2ND DEGREE FELONY, ENTICE SOLICIT SEDUCE OR LURE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT - 2nd Degree Felony,LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD/CLASS A MISDEMEANOR; is registered sex offender living in Spanish Fork, Utah
Convicted:
1992,
Positions: Bishopric counselor,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Robert McKell (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Convicted:
2018,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
Alleged church actions: unknown, - View report »
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- Melvin McKinney was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Darrell McNeill was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse by Aaron Vargas; Feb. 2009 Vargas confronts McNeill in his home; shoots and kills McNeill; tells police he was molested by McNeill starting at age 11 when they were neighbors in Oregon; Vargas sentenced to 9 years in prison in California
Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
Alleged church actions: unknown, - View report »
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- Chester Meek was a Mormon bishop in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada from 1990 to 1995; while bishop, he allegedly sexually sexual assaulted multiple female church members; at least one alleged incident of abuse occurred in the bishop's office inside an LDS church
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Church paid $unknown
Convicted:
2000,
Positions: Bishop, Other leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted,
Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, - View report »
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- Richard Mellor (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Robert Metcalf (1949 – ) was a Mormon in California, Arizona; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1974; sentenced in 1979 to six years in prison; excommunicated; after prison, was rebaptized, made a scout leader and allegedly molested a scout on a campout in about 1987, according to a 1990 civil lawsuit against the LDS church; sentenced in Arizona in 1989 to 37 years in prison; 2020 lawsuit vs. LDS church
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, - View report »
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- Danielle Meyer (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Loomis, California; accused of sexual abuse
Positions: Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Miguel Michel was an LDS church member in Buenos Aires, Argentina; accused of child sexual abuse in or around 2000; allegedly sexually molested three children ranging in age from five to eight years old
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- John Midgett (1962 – ) was a Mormon Sunday school teacher in the San Diego area, California; also was a Navy petty officer first class; accused of 43 felony counts of child molestation for allegedly sexually abusing eight girls, ages 5 to 10, in his Sunday school class; pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 years in prison; as of 2024, lives in Bountiful, Utah as a registered sex offender
Convicted:
1992,
Positions: Primary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, - View report »
"We have been through hell. If you can’t trust your Sunday school teacher, how can you trust anyone else?"-
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- Stephen Miehe (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Richard Miles (1951 – ) was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit; case was dismissed with prejudice in 2020
Positions: Mission president,
Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, - View report »
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- Che Miles (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; pleaded guilty to attempted sexual exploitation of a minor child in 2023; downloaded CSAM from Nathan Mark Law, also in the FLOODLIT database, as well as downloaded other CSAM; convicted and sentenced to 11 years federal prison.
Convicted:
2023,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Pleaded guilty,
Alleged church actions: unknown, - View report »
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- Allen Miller (1949 – ) was a Mormon church member in Panguitch, Utah; accused of sexually abusing a Panguitch high school student and a sports staff member; was arrested March 27, 2025
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, - View report »
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- Ronald Miller (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and psychology professor in Hawaii (at Brigham Young University-Hawaii) and Orem, Utah (Utah Valley University); charged in 2024 in Utah with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse
Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, - View report »
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- Daniel Miller was a Mormon church member in Tucson, Arizona; accused of a sex crime; convicted, sentenced to prison; released, was allegedly permitted to attend LDS family ward; re-offended
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - View report »
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- Sergey Millett was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty in 2009 to child sexual abuse
Convicted:
2009,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- David Millett (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced in 2022 to prison for first-degree felony sexual abuse
Convicted:
2022,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, - View report »
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- Ronald Mills was an LDS church member in Orange, New South Wales, Australia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced in or around 1982 to 3 years in jail
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, - View report »
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- Russell Millsaps (1947 – ) was an LDS church member and retired police sergeant in Arizona; sentenced in 2016 to 323 years in prison for child sexual exploitation
Convicted:
2016,
Positions: Other leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, - View report »
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- Trevor Milton (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and former technology billionaire (Nikola) in Utah; accused in a 2020 lawsuit of sexual assault of two minors
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
Civil case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- John Misseldine (1982 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a lawsuit said a local Mormon leader failed to report abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
Alleged failure to report-
Church paid $782,000
Convicted:
2005,
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
Civil case(s): Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Jay Mitchell was an Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; sentenced to a total of sixty years in prison with a minimum of thirty years, for child sexual abuse
Positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, - View report »
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- Brian Mitchell (1953 – ) was a Mormon church member and temple worker in Utah; abductor, with Wanda Barzee, of Elizabeth Smart
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2009,
Positions: Stake high council, Temple worker,
Criminal case(s): Convicted,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Samuel Mitchell (1983 – ) was raised in the Mormon church; in 2025, was charged with multiple felony counts related to child sexual exploitation
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, - View report »
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- Burrell Mohler was an LDS church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse; criminal charges dropped; civil case in 2013, results unknown
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Unknown result,
Civil case(s): Unknown result, - View report »
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- Thomas Monson (1951 – ) was an attorney for the LDS church's law firm, Kirton McConkie and son of an LDS apostle; In 1989, paid a $75 fine and was placed on probation after he pleaded guilty to a charge of soliciting sex from a prostitute; sued in the 1990s for sexual harassment; reached a settlement with the victim; despite his crime, was assigned to be a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; was a bishop in 2008
Positions: Bishop,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
Civil case(s): Settlement,
Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction, - View report »
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- Daniel Montoya was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Long Beach, California; pleaded guilty in 1986 to charges of child sexual abuse
Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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