18 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

      • Stephen Boyd was a Mormon church member in Colorado and Eagle Mountain, Utah; graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1991; accused in November 2023 of felony enticing a minor, a sex crime; allegedly asked an undercover police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl in an online chat to meet up for sex; police statement said he sent a photo of his face and crotch via text to the officer
      • Brett Candelaria 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
      • Max Cheatham was an LDS church member in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse
      • David Frank was an LDS Sunday school teacher in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit against the Mormon church
      • Jason Gagnon was a Mormon church member who allegedly perpetrated sex crimes in Colorado, Oregon and Virginia
      • 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
      • Mark Gum 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
      • Cletus Hanifin was an LDS church member in Boulder, Colorado; accused of sexually abusing a young teenage girl in his home, while his wife was away
      • Harvey Harper 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
      • David Homack was a Mormon church member in Colorado; convicted of sexual abuse in 2009 in Colorado
      • David McConkie 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 April 2025, proposed a plea deal to avoid prison
      • Aaron Neff was a Mormon church member in Grand Junction, Colorado; convicted of abusing two teenage girls, one for many years; sentenced to 89 years prison
      • Richard Nelson was an LDS church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
      • Dan Overholt was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse
      • Darin Ray 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)
      • Brian Robbins 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
      • Travis Scott was an LDS church member in Centennial, Colorado; found guilty of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION/CHILD-INDUCE/ENTICE
      • 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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