Location Crime: Salt Lake County (Utah)

55 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

Crime location: Salt Lake County (Utah)

- Revere Burnett was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse and found guilty of multiple felonies; appealed and received a lesser conviction sentence for misdemeanors; was not required to register as a sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Unknown result,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: Sweden
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: Served his prision sentence and is currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Spencer Dixon was a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused in 2002 of touching a 13-year-old girl inappropriately inside the LDS chapel of the Monument Park 7th Ward; acquitted in a jury trial
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Dave Doe was a Mormon bishop in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; excommunicated, but never prosecuted
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- John Doe was a Mormon bishop in or near Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy; the alleged sexual assault took place in the Salt Lake Temple in the 1980s (approximately 1986), during a visit to perform baptisms for the dead
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, LDS temple,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
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- Michael Driggs was a Mormon missionary in Brazil in the early 1970s; allegedly sent to a different mission in the United States after being found having inappropriate relationships with young boys; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1985 in Arizona; convicted again of child sexual abuse in 2013 in Utah; he met his victim in the Utah case at church, according to court documents
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1950
- Mission: Brazil Brazil, US Southern States, possibly Arizona
- Places lived: Arizona, Brazil, Maricopa County (Arizona), Utah,
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- Jay Elggren was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to jail and probation
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: is a registered sex offender, lives in Salt Lake City, Utah
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- William Evans was a prominent Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; was bishop twice of the Grant 6th ward; from 1957 to 1962, was in the Utah State Legislature; served as Salt Lake County Clerk from 1968 to 1983; died in 1991; allegedly raped a relative in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1909
  Died: 1991
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: 1991: died
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- Samuel Faber was an LDS church member in Sandy, Utah; charged in 2022 of sexually assaulting a woman he met on an LDS dating app called Mutual; in 2024, admitted to sexually assaulting three women and pleaded guilty to amended first-degree felony charges of rape and forcible sodomy, and third-degree felony aggravated sexual assault and two counts of third-degree felony forcible sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2024: pleaded guilty
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- Matthew Faerber was an LDS church member and high school choir director in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1990 or 1991 to two counts of attempted sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in February 1991 to six months in jail (two of those months under house arrest) followed by three years of supervised release
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Released,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1962
- Mission: 1981-1982 Brazil Brazil Porto Alegre
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: not a registered sex offender; lives in Duluth, Minnesota
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- Juan Flores Atenco was a Mormon branch president in West Valley City, Utah for five years, including in the early 2000s; accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his office and another room at an LDS church building; convicted in 2012 of misdemeanor forcible sexual abuse and unlawful detention; sentenced to zero to one year in jail; in March 2025, charged with rape and object rape (alleged crimes in 2002)
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Branch president,
- Convicted: 2012,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building, Vehicle,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1955
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2025: charged with rape and object rape in Utah
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- Kevin Garn was a former Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Sunday school,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1955
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Thomas Gibby was an LDS church member and dentist in Salt Lake County, Utah; sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy; pleaded guilty to two felony counts: one second-degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child, and one third-degree charge of attempted sex abuse of a child
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Released,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1948
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2006: released from prison
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- David Gomez was a former LDS bishop and department of corrections administrator in or near West Valley City, Utah; arrested in 2004 and charged with 125 counts of sexual abuse; charges were dropped in 2005 due to issues related to the statutes of limitations
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1946
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2005: criminal charges dropped
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- Jay Grant was a Mormon bishop of the Adams Ward in Los Angeles, California; charged in 1981, at age 79, with five counts of forcible sexual abuse; sexually assaulted three young girls; convicted of all five counts; died in 1988 in Orem, Utah; ran "Grandpa Grant's Memory Club," a neighborhood study group for up to 175 LDS children; Grant sometimes had "students" spend the night at his apartment
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1902
  Died: 1988
- Mission: United States Southern States / Northern States [Ohio]
- Places lived: California, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 1988: died in Orem, Utah
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- Efrey Guzman was an LDS church member and branch president in Sandy, Utah; charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated burglary, both first-degree felonies, and sexual abuse of a child and forcible sexual abuse, both second-degree felonies; acquitted
- Criminal case(s): Found not guilty,
- Church positions: Branch president,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1966
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: Was acquitted in 2014
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- Andrew Gwilliam was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2003,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Albert Halladay was a former LDS bishop in Sandy, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1988; pleaded guilty in 1989 to one second degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1930
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- Melvin Hansen was a Mormon church member, school music teacher and former Tabernacle Choir member in Utah; convicted in 2021 in Utah of first degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; also accused of sexual abuse in Arizona
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Other leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: is in prison in Utah
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- Les Johnson was a Mormon church member in northern Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; was granted parole in 1984 in Utah after serving 7 months of a 0-5 year prison sentence; as of 2023, lives in Bountiful, Utah
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1944
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: released from prison in the 1980s; lives in Utah as of 2023
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- Isaac Kemp was a Mormon church member in Draper, Utah; allegedly sexually abused children in Draper and Nebraska; sentenced to prison in Nebraska until 2038
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Crime scenes: Online, Public,
- Victims: 2 victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nebraska, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Nebraska, Utah,
- Latest update: 2025: in a Nebraska prison until 2038, then eligible for parole after
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