29 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Places lived: Provo (Utah)
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- Thomas Black (1961 – ) was an LDS church member and BYU greenhouse manager in Provo, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in Utah in 2003 for rape
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Crime: 2000s, - Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
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- Convicted:
2002,
Was BYU, 
Convicted, Parole, Prison, Released,
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- David Broadbent (1947 – ) was a Mormon and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; by 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward; in 2024, was charged with forcible sexual abuse, and the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the lawsuit could proceed; 2025: more charges, 2nd lawsuit
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Was Youth leader, 
Ongoing, Dismissed, Ongoing, -
- Keith Brown was an LDS church member; father of five famous piano playing children; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his daughters when they were children; sentenced to a minimum of ten years and up-to-life in prison
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- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Sheril Burton (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of two underage girls; sentenced to up to 15 years in prison; as of January 2024, lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
Was BYU, Convicted, -
- William Butcher was a Mormon church member in Provo, Utah; turned himself in to police in 2013, three days before he was planning to begin a Mormon mission, and admitted to sexually abusing 12 boys and girls; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2014 to 18 years to life in prison; as of 2025, lives in Provo, Utah
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, -
- David Chesser was an LDS church member and track and field athlete in Texas and at BYU-Provo; joined the airforce and moved to Japan; In 2016, was convicted of 2 counts of child sexual abuse and was sentenced to 13 years of confinement accused of sexual abuse
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Japan, Provo (Utah), Texas, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2016, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Prison, -
- Michael Ehlert (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member and former BYU professor in Utah; convicted in 2017 in Guam of sexual abuse
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- Convicted:
2017,
- Was BYU,
- Convicted,
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- Richard Freeman (1963 – ) was an LDS church member and high school teacher in Fresno, California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison; moved to Provo, Utah
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: California, Provo (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: California,
Convicted, Prison, -
- Brad Gale was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for photographing a teenage boy engaging in sexual acts
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Convicted:
2006, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Prison, -
- David Hamblin (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and former elders quorum president in Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse in three separate cases; investigated along with ex-wife Roselle Stevenson (arrested in 2023) for alleged ritualistic sexual abuse; in 2025, a court dismissed one case with prejudice after "discovery issues;" one case remained as of March 2025
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Was Elders quorum, Ongoing, Police investigation, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Jeffrey Hansen (1964 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; was bishop of a young single adults (YSA) ward; charged with distribution of pornography and stalking
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- Was Bishop,
- Unknown result,
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- Darren Haymond was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah and a custodian at Provo High School; pleaded guilty to voyeurism, a class B misdemeanor; sentenced in 2011
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Convicted:
2011, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, -
- Louis Kinyon (1954 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2005 of aggravated murder
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Convicted:
2005, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Antonio Lacy (1994 – ) was an LDS church member and BYU student in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2012 of forcible sexual abuse
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Convicted:
2012, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Unknown result, -
- Leslie Loveland (1994 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty of rape in 2019; sentenced to one year in prison and three years of probation
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Convicted:
2019, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, -
- Jonathan Merrill was a Mormon church member and Timpview High School sport club coach in Provo, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- Unknown result,
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- Shawn Mortensen (1965 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency member in Albuquerque, New Mexico; in February 2021, admitted to police that he had sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in January 2021; convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to prison in New Mexico
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: New Mexico, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: New Mexico,
Convicted:
2022, Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Hugh Nibley (1910 – 2005) was a prominent LDS scholar in Utah; in 2005, was publicly accused by his daughter of childhood sexual abuse against her; died in 2005 in Provo, Utah; was never charged with a sex crime
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- Was BYU, Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Sunday school,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Scott Owen (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in Nov. 2023; sentenced in 2025 to prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Convicted:
2025, Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Kenny Parcell was an LDS church member and president of the National Association of Realtors; former Mormon ward young men's leader in Utah and bishopric counselor at BYU-Provo; accused in 2023 of sexual harassment by three women; resigned
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Jake Retzlaff was a starting quarterback for the Brigham Young University (BYU) football team; not a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit filed in 2025; lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice June 30, 2025
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Was Not LDS, Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, -
- Lance Rushton (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; accused of photo shopping faces of family members, ward church members of adults and children on to pornographic material and distributing them; convicted in 2007 and sentenced to three months in jail and three years of probation
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Convicted:
2007, Was Music leader, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, -
- Richard Sampson (1945 – ) was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; was director of medical affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; allegedly sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Provo (Utah), Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Arizona, Utah,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa, UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Convicted:
2014, Was Bishop, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council, Convicted, Parole, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- Shawn Scherick (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted three times of sex crimes between 2004 and 2012
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Convicted:
2010, Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender, -
- Jeffery Scofield (1974 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; found guilty in 2004 of two counts of sexual abuse of a child (a 6-year-old girl); spent six years in prison and underwent therapy; in 2017, was arrested and charged with rape of a 73-year-old woman; the case was dismissed because the victim could not be located to testify in court
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- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
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- Eric Senior was an LDS church member in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse in the 1990s; convicted; sentenced to prison; lost an appeal with the California Supreme Court; as of March 2024, lives in Provo, Utah as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: California, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: California,
Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, -
- Roselle Stevenson (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused in August 2023 of child sexual abuse; ex-wife of ritualistic abuse suspect David Hamblin; charge dismissed with prejudice in May 2025
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Was Unknown position, Ongoing, -
- Donald Tolman (1943 – ) was an LDS church member and former bishop in Provo, Utah (Provo 10th Ward, starting in 1975); convicted in 2020 of six felony counts related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2020 to 25 years to life in prison
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Ireland, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2020, Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Convicted, Prison, -
- Timothy Tuttle (1962 – 2016) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2016 of three counts of class A misdemeanor sexual battery
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Convicted:
2016, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Unknown result, Filters
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