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Denny Antreo
- was an LDS church member in Rexburg, Idaho; accused of breaking and entering women's apartments at BYU-Idaho and watching them sleep.
- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho),
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Larren Bybee Arnold
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen (molested a nine year-old boy) in Idaho; convicted in October 1984; received a five year suspended sentence and three years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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Scott Oscar Ashton
- was an LDS church member in Pasco, Washington; charged with prostitution-Patronizing a Prostitute 04/30/2015; Ashton's sentence was modified on 1/29/2016 to Disturbing the Peace.
- Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho, Washington,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2016,
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Robert Ersol Berchtold
- was a Mormon church member in Idaho; sexually abused a child; in 1986, was found guilty of rape of a child and spent one year in jail.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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Layne Schuyler Bingham
- was an LDS church member in Boise, Idaho; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2008; as of 2023, was a registered sex offender living in Boise.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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Stanley Lyn Bitsoi
- was a Mormon church member in Rigby, Idaho; convicted of .
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
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Ronald Terry Brockner
- was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; found guilty in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Brandon Rex Brown
- was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately .
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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Robert Thomas Bunker
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in McCammon, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; sentenced to 33 days in jail; as of 2023, is a registered sex offender living in Idaho.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Roland Shea Byrd
- was an LDS church member in Caldwell, Idaho; convicted of sexual abuse of a child under 16 years; as of 2024, lives in Toquerville, Utah as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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Robert D Campbell
- was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
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Richard A Cook
- was a Mormon church member and former LDS nursery leader in Boise, Idaho; arrested in 2020 on suspicion of sexually abusing young boys.
- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
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Donald Marden Cornell
- was an LDS church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Troy Dameron
- was a Mormon church member, electrician and sheriff's deputy in Teton County, Idaho; lived in Rexburg, Idaho; a 911 dispatcher said he asked her sexually charged questions, shared sexual fantasies and masturbated in a bathroom near her work desk; pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure; sentenced in May 2024 to 15 days in jail (with work release) and two years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
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John Doe
- was a Mormon bishop in Pocatello, Idaho; an abuse survivor told FLOODLIT that Doe sexually abused them in his office at church in late 1999.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
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Dennis Joe Empey
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Blackfoot, Idaho; accused of sexually abusing many children; his stake president allegedly knew Empey was abusing kids; convicted of child molestation in May 1991; sentenced to two years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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Matthew Collin Felshaw
- was a Mormon church member in Caldwell, Idaho; charged with sexually assaulting a young child; took a plea deal and was convicted of Injury to child; received suspended prison sentence and 8 years probation and has to register as a sex offender.
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
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Richard Oren Fowler
- was a Mormon church member in Sandy Point, Idaho; pleaded guilty to two felony counts of Children-Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in 20.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
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Rex Lyle Furness
- was a former Idaho state senator and Mormon bishop in Idaho; in 1996, pleaded guilty to sexual battery for fondling an underage girl; was sentenced to 60 days in jail; given a withheld judgment: if he did not violate the terms of his probation, the felony conviction would be kept from his record.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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Cory Richard Gaylor
- was an Idaho school teacher and LDS deacons quorum adviser; arrested and charged with lewd conduct and enticing a child via the Internet; in July 2023, pleaded guilty; sentenced in September 2023 to 60 years in prison, with 13 years fixed before being eligible for parole.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
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John Earl Goodrich
- Alleged coverup
- was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024.
- Criminal: Convicted, Criminal charges dropped, Withheld judgment,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Crime: 2000s, in Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
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Billy Joe Hagen
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison; died in 2005.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1970s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979,
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Jake S Hally
- was an LDS church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Colorado, Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho), Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
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Jeffrey Lee Hardin
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted of lewd conduct with a minor in October 1991.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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Benjamin Robert Hicks
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Idaho,
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Clayton Ray Hildreth
- was a Mormon stake president in Butte, Montana; from Dillon, Montana; arrested in June 2004 by Boise, Idaho police for soliciting sex from a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl online; was stake president at the time of his arrest; pleaded guilty in October to a charge of interstate travel with intent to have sex with a minor; sentenced in 2005 to three years and five months in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
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William Anthon Jansen
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and police officer in Twin Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Ronald Alvin Jenkins
- was a former Mormon scout leader, bishopric counselor and stake high council member in Idaho; worked as a high school teacher; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1996 of 10 counts of lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to 17 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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Allen Brent Johnson
- was an LDS church member; drove from Utah to Idaho to meet up with a person he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex; sentenced to eight years in prison; as of March 2024, is a registered sex offender living in Provo, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
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Eric Whitney Jones
- was an LDS church member in Blackfoot, Idaho; arrested for alleged sexual contact with a toddler; convicted in January 2024 of battery with the intent to commit lewd conduct of a child after a one-day trial; sentenced in March 2024 to two to 20 years in prison; required to register as a sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
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Arthur Noel Krigbaum
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Idaho,
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Virgil Dean 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.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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Kip E Later
- Alleged coverup
- 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.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
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Lawrence Libey
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Brett Lee Long
- was an LDS church member in Nez Perce County, Idaho; convicted of sexually abusing a child under the age of 16.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Isaac Vernon Mardis
- 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.
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Idaho,
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Calvin James McGee
- Alleged coverup
- 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.
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
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Jared Chabot Murray
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Rexburg, Idaho; pleaded guilty in 1989 to a child sexual abuse charge.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Steve Nelson
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Idaho; in 2009, pleaded guilty to a charge of lewd conduct; sentenced to 30 years in prison; Mormon leaders failed to report abuse to police in the 1980s.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
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Keven Brad Nelson
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of grooming and/or sexual abuse by multiple boys in his scout troop; in 1988, his BSA registration was suspended.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
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Aaron Mark Nelson
- was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; charged with 3 counts of Battery-Actual, Intentional and Unlawful Touching or Striking of Another Against their Will and 3 counts of Disturbing the Peace; accepted plea deal and found guilty of Disturbing the Peace; died 31 days after convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
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Darin Ogden
- was a Mormon church member in Idaho; faced eight charges, including four counts of lewd conduct with a child younger than 16; in 2020, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
Grant Peck Packer
- was an LDS church member in Idaho; served a full-time mission to Canada in 1946-48 and two senior missions to Atlanta, Georgia and San Bernardino, California; charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation; died in 2008.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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Keith O'Dell (or Odell) Peterson
- was a Mormon church member and former high school teacher in Nampa, Idaho; accused in 1991 of inappropriate sexual contact; sentenced to 180 days suspended jail time and two years of probation; charge was dismissed in 1998 after he completed probation; pleaded guilty in October 2019 to one count of lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced in 2020 to 17 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2020, 2020s,
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Robert Scott Price
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
Ryan Pugh
- was a former Mormon missionary and BYU-Idaho student in Rexburg, Idaho; arrested and charged in 2024 with sharing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online.
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Idaho,
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Jeff Lewis Ranstrom
- was an LDS church member, elders quorum president and high school basketball coach in Idaho; accused in 2019 of sexually abusing a student; pleaded guilty to a felony charge of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2020 to 4 to 15 years in prison; as of December 2023, was out on parole living in Eagle, Idaho as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Tim Ryan
- Alleged coverup
- was allegedly an LDS church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2008 to a felony charge of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 16; detectives said the victim's family reported the abuse in 1999, but that it was dropped when they wouldn't cooperate with investigators.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
James Vetro Samuels
- was a Mormon church member in Thornton, Idaho; found guilty of LEWD COND WITH A MINOR CHILD U/16 Date : 03-18-1980.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
James Phillip Schmidt
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and scout leader, with multiple charges of child sexual abuse over six years; convicted in the late 1990s in Maryland; as of 2024, registered as a sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1980s, 1990s,
- Case report »
Wade Lee Schvaneveldt
- was an LDS church member and high school girl's basketball coach in or near Grace, Idaho; accused of raping a child numerous times over a period of several years, including at his home while his family was attending LDS church meetings; in April 2023, accepted a plea deal to two felony counts of rape; in June 2023, was sentenced to 8 to 18 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
Sidney L Spencer
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in 1984 of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop approved his application to be a scout leader despite his prior sex crime conviction.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Derrick Starley
- was an LDS church member and full-time missionary in Idaho; sentenced to prison for a sex crime committed while on his Mormon mission.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013,
- Case report »
Stephen Wayne Stokes
- was a Mormon church member and Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) professor; accused of sexual assault by a former student; died in 2016; in 2022, civil lawsuit against BYU-I was dismissed with prejudice.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Case report »
Bradley Grant Stowell
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s, 2005, 2008,
- Case report »
Mark A Swanson
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; a local Mormon bishop recommended him for a scout leader position, reportedly because "he feels he is completely rehabilitated".
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
- Case report »
Bagley Tara
- was an LDS church member in Idaho; pleaded guilty to two counts of Sexual Battery of a Child 16 or 17 years of age and was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
John Eric Thiele
- was a Mormon church stake high council member in Idaho; convicted in 2018 of sexual abuse, no jail time served; registered as sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
Brad Lee West
- was an LDS church member in Boise, Idaho; charged with sexual battery; took plea deal for battery; RN license revoked because of sexual of the abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2012,
- Case report »
Dylan Kevin Whiting
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS bishop in Nampa, Idaho; was removed from his position in 2021 after child sexual abuse allegations surfaced; was charged with four sex crimes; pleaded guilty to one felony count; sentenced in 2022 to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
Edwin Jay Wilcox
- was a Mormon church member in Idaho; ran a therapy center for "handicapped people" (as described in 1989 news article); convicted of child sexual abuse in 1988 and sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Byron Dean Wiscombe
- was an LDS bishopric counselor and Idaho city councilman; signed a plea agreement indicating he would admit to committing lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to prison in 2023.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
LaVar Madsen Withers
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and physician in Rexburg, Idaho; was accused of sexual abuse by at least 133 women and children (some as young as 13 years old) over a period of 30 years or more; admitted to sexual abuse; found guilty of misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 to 60 days in jail and two years probation; the Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend; died in 2005.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Stephen Ronald Young
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and police officer in Idaho; allegedly abused 20 babies over a 30 year period; found guilty in 2010 of lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced to 25 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »

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