Location Crime: Arizona

80 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

Crime location: Arizona

- Paul Adams was an LDS church member in Arizona; sexually abused two children for several years after confessing to his bishop; arrested and charged; died by suicide in 2017 while in custody awaiting trial
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1982
  Died: 2017
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2023: multiple victims are involved in a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
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- Leizza Adams 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)
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Manuel Archibeque was a Mormon church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; allegedly admitted to his bishop that he had sexually touched a child; charged in two cases in 2006 with sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of molestation of a child, all class two felonies; one case was dismissed in 2006 without prejudice; in the other, pleaded guilty to two reduced charges of child abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1971
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Places when accused: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- Mathew Arrington was a Mormon church member and foster child advocate in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2021 to 15 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1963
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Randall Arrington was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Arlo Atkin was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, spent 132 days in jail
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
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- Brandon Baldwin was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Coy Ball was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; was charged with 11 counts related to child sex abuse; in 2014, pleaded guilty to three counts of molestation of a child
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Convicted: 2014,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1954
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Places when accused: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- James Bayless was a Mormon church member in Gilbert, Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2015 to two counts of molestation of a child; as of 2024, is a registered sex offender living in Mesa, Arizona
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1946
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Places when accused: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Latest update: 2024: is a registered sex offender living in Mesa, Arizona
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- Patrick Bennett was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to nine years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Earl Bleak was an LDS church member and bishopric member in Tempe, Arizona; was a physician; accused of sexually abusing missionaries
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- David Borg was a Mormon church member and scout leader; pleaded guilty to molesting multiple boys; sentenced to 34 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Donnie Boring was a former Mormon bishop and stake high council member in California / Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2017 to a felony charge of sexual abuse; died in December 2017
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1950
  Died: 2017
- Mission: 1969-1971 United States Northern California
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Latest update: died in December 2017
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- Rachel Brock was a Mormon church member in Arizona; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the same boy that her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of molesting
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- Susan Brock was an LDS church member in Arizona; 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2011,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1962
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- David Cannata was a Mormon bishop in Tucson, Arizona in 2005 when he sexually abused a child who was 5 or 6 years old; was a stake high council member sometime in the 2010s; was confronted by the victim and turned himself into the police; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison; was excommunicated from the Mormon church because of the abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Crime: 2005, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1965
- Mission: Unknown country Unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2025: serving a sentence in the Arizona Department of Corrections until 02/27/2026
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- Christopher Church was a Mormon high priest and anesthesiologist in Arizona; had his license revoked in 2011 for a pattern of touching women's breasts while they were unconscious; 2012 civil suit was dismissed
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1966
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Michael Coleman was an LDS bishop and former sound recording engineer in Mesa, Arizona (Lehi 2nd Ward); arrested in 2014 for sexual solicitation of a minor online; the alleged crime took place while he was bishop
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1960
- Mission: 1980-1982 Argentina Argentina Buenos Aires South
- Places lived: Argentina, Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Places when accused: Arizona,
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- Kenneth Copple was a Mormon church member in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced in 2019 to prison
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- Larry Deutsch was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1966
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Missouri,
- Places when accused: Missouri,
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