Location Crime: Washington

44 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

Crime location: Washington

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- Elwood Anderson was a LDS bishopric counselor in Gig Harbor, Washington; allegedly downloaded and shared more than 9,000 images of young children engaged in sexually explicit activity; convicted; sentenced in 2014 to five years in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1967
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
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- Adam Archibald was a Mormon church member in Yakima, Washington; accused of sexual abuse of an adult woman for several years; sentenced to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2014,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1977
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Scott 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 case(s): Convicted, Probation,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2016,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1976
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Washington,
- Places when accused: Idaho, Washington,
- Latest update: Lives in Pasco, Washington
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- David Blain was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Born: 1970
  Died: 2015
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Dennis Bough was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Paydan Bussey was a Mormon church member in Washington and Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse charges while a minor in Washington; removed from sex offender registries in Washington and Utah; allegedly molested a child in 2019 while on a trip to Spain paid for by the Mormon church; charged in Washington and Utah in 2024 with child sexual abuse felonies; named in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1998
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Spain, Utah, Washington,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Christian Carman was a Mormon church member in Kennewick, Washington; accused in 2025 of voyeurism
- Born: 1996
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Michael Carnegie was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Kitsap, Washington; convicted in 2017 of one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation; sentenced to 30 days in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2014, in Washington,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
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- James Carnegie was a Mormon bishop in Silverdale, Washington in the mid-1980s (Silverdale 3rd Ward, Silverdale Washington Stake); convicted in 2009 and sentenced to jail for child molestation
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Dennis Collins was an LDS church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Buckland Darrell was a former LDS Primary teacher in Redmond, Washington; accused of molesting young boys in sacrament meeting and at their homes; charged with first-degree felony child molestation in 2022-23 (5 victims); admitted to sexually abusing around 6 to 8 boys; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2024 to at least 8 years in prison; faced two additional counts in March 2025 after two more victims came forward
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Primary,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1979
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: March 2025: facing two additional charges after two new victims came forward
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- Richard Dilley was an LDS church member and scout leader in Burien, near Seattle, Washington; dishonorably discharged from the Navy in 1983 after admitting to abusing boys in a Scouting program in Athens, Greece; pleaded guilty in 1990 to one count of third degree child rape and five counts of child molestation for "repeated" offenses over two years of the scouts in his LDS troop; sentenced to 9 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Scout activity,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Greece, Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Airway Heights, Washington
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Washington,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Washington,
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Washington,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Washington,
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Tacoma, Washington; allegedly sexually abused a preschooler in his ward in the 1980s; the LDS church settled with the abuse survivor for $1.1 million in 2023
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $1,100,000
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Moses Lake, Washington; accused of child sexual abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Alleged crime: 2023, in Washington,
- Born: 2006
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Brian Drake was an LDS church member in the Bellingham, Washington area; accused of sexually abusing two underage girls, along with his brother Aaron Drake, from 2002 to 2009
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
- Latest update: September 2023: charged
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- Aaron Drake was an LDS church member in the Bellingham, Washington area; accused of sexually abusing two underage girls, along with his brother Brian Drake, from 2002 to 2009
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
- Latest update: 2023: charged
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- Kelly Erickson was an LDS church member and US Air Force military member in Washington; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2023, incarcerated in Tucson, Arizona
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Washington,
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- Michael Fischer was a Mormon church member and young men's president in Washington; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Vehicle,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Washington,
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