17 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Places lived: Colorado
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- John Brost was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Was Unknown position, 
Unknown result,
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- Brett Candelaria (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse on multiple occasions; sentenced in 2008 to two consecutive terms of 10 years to life in prison; later sentenced to 36 more years to life
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Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, - Places lived: Colorado,
- Crime state: Colorado,
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- Convicted:
2008,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Max Cheatham (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Argentina, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
- Crime state: Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
Was Missionary, 
Convicted, Unknown result, -
- David Frank was an LDS Sunday school teacher in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit against the Mormon church
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- Was Sunday school,
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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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
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- Convicted:
2002,
- Was Ministering/home teacher,
- Convicted, Prison,
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- Mark Gum (1957 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Oxnard, California; a 2011 lawsuit against the LDS church and the Boy Scouts of America accused him of sexually assaulting a boy scout; while the boy was living with Gum (with the consent of the boy's parents), church members visited and accepted the living arrangement, the suit said; in 2012, the Mormon church made a settlement payment for an undisclosed amount
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California, Colorado,
- Crime state: California,
Was Scout leader, Never charged, Not convicted, Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Harvey Harper (1935 – 2014) was an LDS church member and deputy county district attorney in Los Angeles, California; arrested in 1984 and charged with child sexual abuse; jumped bail; found guilty; sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison; lived secretly in Colorado for 20 months until federal investigators found him; local LDS church coverup alleged
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California, Colorado,
- Crime state: California,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- David Homack (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member in Colorado; convicted of sexual abuse in 2009 in Colorado
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Crime state: Colorado,
Convicted:
2009, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Unknown result, -
- David McConkie (1978 – ) was a Mormon bishop (approximately 2013-16), stake president (2016-21) and deputy district attorney in Colorado; paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; allegedly confessed child sexual assault to a Mormon church leader in 2008; in July 2025, sentenced to five years probation
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Bolivia, Colorado, Utah, Virginia,
- Crime state: Colorado,
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader, Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Alleged failure to report-
- Aaron Neff (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Grand Junction, Colorado; convicted of abusing two teenage girls, one for many years; sentenced to 89 years prison
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- Convicted:
2019,
- Was Youth leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
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- Richard Nelson was an LDS church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Crime state: Colorado,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Dan Overholt was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Crime state: Colorado,
Was Scout leader, Unknown result, -
- Darin Ray (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Douglas County, Colorado; convicted in 2004 of felony sex assault on a child by one in a position of trust (victim under 15)
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- Was Ministering/home teacher,
- Convicted,
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- Brian Robbins (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy Scout leader in Colorado; in 2013, was arrested and charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child; was a scoutmaster at the time of his arrest
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Crime state: Colorado,
Was Scout leader, Unknown result, -
- Travis Scott (1981 – ) was an LDS church member in Centennial, Colorado; found guilty of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION/CHILD-INDUCE/ENTICE
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- Was Seminary teacher,
- Convicted,
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- Allen Stailey was an LDS church member in Colorado and Utah; convicted in 1999 in Colorado of sexual assault on a child
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Colorado, Utah,
- Crime state: Colorado,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, -
- Todd Tanner (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in the Cortez/Durango, Colorado area and St, George, Utah; co-founder of Utah-based dirty soda business Swig Drinks in approximately 2010; charged in 2010 in Colorado with crimes related to child sexual abuse; convicted in 2011 and sentenced to 48 months probation; allegedly was a Sunday School teacher in St. George, Utah after his conviction
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Colorado, Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Colorado,
- Crime county: UT - Washington,
After Tanner's 2011 conviction in Colorado, the Mormon church allegedly assigned him to be a Sunday School teacher for LDS teenagers in St. George, Utah
Convicted:
2011, Was Stake high council, Sunday school, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender, "All I wanted was to go far away to a place where you could not hurt me [..] Now I speak for the 12-year-old girl I once was. [...] You changed how I feel about myself [...] You don't deserve that kind of power. [...] Many days, it seems I feel ready to give up. [...] I continually uncover the hidden wounds that will need to be healed. [...] I choose to take back my power and relinquish the power he held over me."
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