Location Crime: Nevada

15 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

Crime location: Nevada

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- Daniel Bake was a Mormon church member in Fernley, Nevada; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- Allen Brinkerhoff was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Nevada,
- Convicted: 2007,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1929
  Died: 2019
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2019: died in Nevada
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- Scott Darrington was a former LDS bishop and assistant school principal in Fallon, Nevada; convicted of possession of child pornography, spent a year in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1967
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- Martin Gillen was a Mormon church member in Nevada and Colorado; in 2002, Gillen was convicted of sexual assault of a 6-year-old and sentenced to eight years in prison in Colorado; in 2016, arrested and charged again with child sex abuse, but case was dismissed
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Colorado, Nevada,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Colorado, Nevada,
- Places when accused: Nevada,
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- Paul Jellum was a Mormon scout leader in Logan, Utah in the 1980s; suspended by the BSA in 1987 after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Boy Scout in his troop during a 1986 Scouting event at Camp Hunt near Bear Lake, Utah; in 1990, Jellum became a scoutmaster in a Nevada LDS ward despite his prior suspension; in 1991, Jellum admitted to the abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada, Utah,
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- Boyd Lords was a Mormon church member in Winnemucca, Nevada; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2022 to one felony count of lewdness with a child under the age of 14; was sentenced to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: High priest, Missionary, Ward executive secretary,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: United States Indiana Indianapolis
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: as of 2023, Lords's father is a stake patriarch in the Winnemucca, Nevada area; the Lords family was a pillar in their local LDS community
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- Douglas Lund was a former Mormon bishopric counselor in Pahrump, Nevada; arrested in 2011 and accused of repeated sexual abuse of two young girls; the alleged abuse occurred over a period of several years
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Places when accused: Nevada,
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- David Matlock was a Mormon church member; arrested and convicted in 2022 of open and gross lewdness
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1969
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- Michael McClellan was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; arrested; convicted of attempted lewdness with a minor; sentenced to prison; as of 2024, lives in Cottonwood, Arizona
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2004,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1957
- Mission: United Kingdom Scotland
- Places lived: Arizona, Nevada,
- Places when accused: Nevada,
- Latest update: Moved out of Las Vegas, Nevada where he was convicted, currently lives in Cottonwood, Arizona
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- John Misseldine was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a lawsuit said a local Mormon leader failed to report abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $782,000
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1982
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Places when accused: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
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- J R was a Mormon church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS church payment: $100,000
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- Jack Schofield was an LDS church member, school administrator and state senator in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual harassment; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT he sold her repeatedly to sex trafficking clients at a motel in Las Vegas
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1923
  Died: 2015
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Places when accused: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2015: died
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- Ivan Shelden was a Mormon church member in Long Beach, Mississippi; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested hundreds of children across several US states over a period of decades; died in 2009
- Born: 1938
  Died: 2009
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Arkansas, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico,
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- Robert Stevenson was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- Karey Zimmerman was a Mormon church member in Utah and Nevada; in 2025, was accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in Nevada and Utah; the Mormon church was also named as a defendant; the lawsuit said a Utah bishop failed to report abuse allegations to police
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1962
- Mission: United Kingdom England (unknown)
- Places lived: England, Nevada, Salt Lake County (Utah), United Kingdom, Utah,
- Places when accused: Nevada,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2025: accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in Nevada and Utah; the Mormon church was also named as a defendant
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