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20 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

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- Stephen Boyd was a Mormon church member in Colorado and Eagle Mountain, Utah; graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1991; accused in 2023 asking a person he thought was a 13 year old girl in an online chat to meet up for sex; April 2025 plead guilty; May 2025 plea was held in abeyance; Boyd was ordered to register as sex offender for 36 months and serve 90 days in jail with credit for 7 days
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Jail, Plea agreement, plead held in abeyance, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2023-11-27: charged in Utah with one felony count of enticement of a minor; lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah
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- John Brost was a Mormon church member in Thornton, Colorado; accused of sexual abuse
- Born: 1949
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado,
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- John Brost was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Colorado,
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Places when accused: Colorado,
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- Max Cheatham was an LDS church member in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1960
- Mission: 1979-1981 Argentina Argentina
- Places lived: Argentina, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
- Places when accused: Colorado,
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- David Frank was an LDS Sunday school teacher in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit against the Mormon church
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Sunday school,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Colorado,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Colorado,
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- Jason Gagnon was a Mormon church member who allegedly perpetrated sex crimes in Colorado, Oregon and Virginia
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Born: 1969
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado, Oregon, Virginia,
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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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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1957
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California, Colorado,
- Latest update: 2012: named in a lawsuit won by the plaintiff, who accused Gum of molesting him; the Boy Scouts of America and the LDS church were also named and paid settlements
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- 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
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1939
  Died: 2021
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Places when accused: Colorado,
- Latest update: Died October 2021
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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1935
  Died: 2014
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Colorado,
- Places when accused: California,
- Latest update: 2014: died
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- David Homack was a Mormon church member in Colorado; convicted of sexual abuse in 2009 in Colorado
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Latest update: April 2023: registered sex offender in Colorado; lives in Arvada, CO
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- 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 July 2025, sentenced to five years probation
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1978
- Mission: 1997-1999 Bolivia Bolivia Cochabamba
- Places lived: Bolivia, Colorado, Utah, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Colorado,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: July 2025: sentenced to five years probation
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Places when accused: Colorado,
- Latest update: Serving time in prison in Colorado, earliest parole possibility in Oct. 15, 2098
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- Richard Nelson was an LDS church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Colorado,
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- Dan Overholt was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Colorado,
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- 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)
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1966
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado,
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1982
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Places when accused: Colorado,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Travis Scott was an LDS church member in Centennial, Colorado; found guilty of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION/CHILD-INDUCE/ENTICE
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Seminary teacher,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1981
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Places when accused: Colorado,
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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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado, Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender in Utah; lives in Spanish Fork, Utah
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