15 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

    • Jared Anderson

      • was a high school teacher (and one-time "teacher of the year") and Mormon church group leader in the San Antonio, Texas area; also lived in Millington, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah; sentenced to 10 years in prison for hosting sex parties for teenage boys.
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      • Crime: 2010s, in Texas,
      • Positions: Missionary,

    • Noel Anderson

    • Albert Carlson

      • was a Mormon church member in Utah, New Mexico and Texas; arrested in the 1980s in Utah on a molestation charge after allegedly molesting an underage boy who he met through the church; the case was dropped to a lewdness charge which did not require him to register as a sex offender; in 2025, sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse.
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      • Crime: 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, in Texas, Utah,
      • Positions: Unknown position,

    • Raymond Casillas

      • was a Mormon bishop and middle school teacher in San Antonio, Texas; arrested in 2014 and charged with felony aggravated sexual assault of a child; via a plea agreement, pleaded no contest to indecent contact with a child and agreed to a fine of $1,500; was sentenced in 2016 to 8 years in prison; as of March 2024, lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender.
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      • Positions: Bishop,

    • Bryce Chatland

    • Prescott De Jean

      • was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender.
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      • Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
      • Alleged coverup

    • John Doe

      • was an LDS church member and former Mormon bishop in Alabama, Alaska and Texas; in 2022 or 2023, confessed to child sexual abuse to his LDS bishop and stake president in Texas, according to a person familiar with the case; they reported him to local police in 2023; in 2024, a plaintiff filed a civil lawsuit against him.
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      • Positions: Bishop,
      • Alleged coverup

    • Matthew Doyle

    • Stanley Green

      • was a former Mormon bishop in Athens, Texas (in or before 1998 to 1999 or later); accused of sexual abuse; convicted; died in 2009.
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      • Positions: Bishop,

    • Gene Guinn

      • was an LDS church member in the Dallas Seventh Ward, Texas; in 2000, found guilty by a jury of indecency with a child and sentenced to 68 years in prison; the victim was 10 years old at the time of the crime; Mormon officials allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police.
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      • Crime: 1990s, in Texas,
      • Positions: High priest,
      • Alleged coverup

    • James Johannes

      • was a Mormon youth leader and US Army soldier assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA) in San Antonio, Texas; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison for spying on two teenage sisters and recording them preparing to attend LDS seminary classes.
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      • Crime: 2010s, in Texas,
      • Positions: Youth leader,

    • Timothy Kimball

      • was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2022 with child sexual abuse; died by suicide in June 2023 while awaiting indictment.
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      • Positions: Missionary, Other leader,

    • Eustacio Munioz

    • Norman Smith

    • Kenneth Wilstead

      • was an LDS church member in Garland, Texas; accused of sexual misconduct.
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      • Alleged crime: 2020s, in Texas,

     

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