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- Craig Harward was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Convicted: 2004,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1948
- Mission: 1972-1974 Uruguay Uruguay
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Latest update: July 2024: is a registered sex offender, lives in St. George, Utah; lawsuit filed against the LDS church and Harward, claiming local LDS leaders knew of his abuse but didn't report or try to stop it
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- James Haskell was a former Mormon bishop and practicing attorney in Vacaville, California; charged with 14 felonies and three misdemeanors for allegedly sexually abusing four children; was an LDS stake high council member when charged; pleaded not guilty; in June 2024, found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child
- Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Hung jury, Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1982
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: June 2024: found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child; hearing set for July 15
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- Hayden Hunter was a Mormon missionary in California; he was from Pleasant Grove, Utah; arrested in 2020 for distribution of child sexual abuse material (child pornography) while on his mission; convicted of possession of CSAM in 2021
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 2001
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Latest update: 2021: convicted in California of possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
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- Kenneth Jenks was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); was a ward executive secretary and ward librarian; charged with sexual abuse; convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about Jenks's abuse but allowed him to work with children
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Kevin Kirkland was a Mormon seminary teacher and school teacher in the Redlands, California area; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2016 to molesting four female students from May 2015 to May 2016; sentenced to two years in jail; released in June 2017
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Settlement,
- Church positions: Seminary teacher,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Craig Mathias was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Granada Hills, California; was in the Northridge ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting multiple boy scouts; sentenced to six years in prison
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1960
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Glen McGhie 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1958
- Mission: Japan
- Places lived: California, Washington,
- Latest update: Lives in Lynnwood, Washington and had his name removed from sex offender database
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- John Midgett 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Primary,
- Convicted: 1992,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1962
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Bountiful, Utah; is a registered sex offender
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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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: California,
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- Joseph Neipp was a former LDS bishop in San Jose, California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of convicted Mormon child sexual abuser Samuel Neipp
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Samuel Neipp was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in California; once named "teacher of the year" by the Union School District in the San Jose, California area; son of convicted child sexual abuser Joseph Neipp; pleaded no contest in 2019 to 12 charges related to sexual abuse; sentenced to 56 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1982
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Eric Olsen was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Bakersfield, California; admitted to Ontario, California police that he had sexually abused between 200 to 300 girls, with as many as 30 victims in Kern County; convicted in 2007 in California of 6 felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced to five years in prison; lifetime registered sex offender; as of 2023, lives in Brigham City, Utah
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- Convicted: 2007,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1977
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Latest update: 2007: convicted in California of six felony counts of child sex abuse; 2023: registered sex offender, lives in Brigham City, Utah
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- John Parkinson was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- Church positions: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1931
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Fairfield, California
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- David Phipps/Verity was an LDS church member and dentist in Sacramento, California; pleaded no contest in 1987 to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery involving two of his patients; In 1994, also pleaded no contest to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery; served time in jail and had dental license revoked
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea agreement,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2024: Lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and works as a business consultant to dentists offices; has legally changed his name to David Verity
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- Eldon Saling was a Mormon church member in California and Utah; convicted in 1987 in California and in 1993 in Utah of charges related to sexual abuse; as of 2024, lives in Burley, Idaho as a registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1963
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Idaho, Utah,
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender in Idaho; lives in Burley, Idaho
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- Vernon Sanford was an LDS church member in San Diego, California; died in 2000; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his son, Vernon Sanford Jr; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged abuse occurred between 1961 and 1970; the Sanfords were the plaintiff's LDS home teachers
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Vehicle,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Died: 2000
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2000: died; 2024: accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his son, Vernon Sanford Jr.
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- Vernon Sanford was an LDS church member in San Diego, California; died in 2000; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his father, Vernon Sanford Sr; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged abuse occurred between 1961 and 1970; the Sanfords were the plaintiff's LDS home teachers
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Vehicle,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his father, Vernon Sanford Sr.
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- Dennis Schult was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1935
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
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- Eric Senior was an LDS church member in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse in the 1990s; convicted; sentenced to prison; lost an appeal with the California Supreme Court; as of March 2024, lives in Provo, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: March 2024: lives in Provo, Utah as a registered sex offender
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- Michael Shean was a Mormon bishopric counselor and temple worker, and deputy district attorney in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys; sentenced to prison; the Mormon church allegedly made at least one settlement payment to a victim who said a stake president covered up the abuse for years
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Release from Mormon church position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1947
- Mission: 1966-1968 Uruguay Uruguay
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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