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Denny Antreo
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- was an LDS church member in Rexburg, Idaho; accused of breaking and entering women's apartments at BYU-Idaho and watching them sleep.
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- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
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Larren Bybee Arnold
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen (molested a nine year-old boy) in Idaho; convicted in October 1984; received a five year suspended sentence and three years probation.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
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Scott Oscar Ashton
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- 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
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Robert Ersol Berchtold
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- was a Mormon church member in Idaho; sexually abused a child; in 1986, was found guilty of rape of a child and spent one year in jail.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Keith Kenneth Bergstresser
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- was an LDS church member in Oregon and Idaho; convicted in 2002 in Oregon of contributing to sexual delinquency of a minor; made a registered sex offender; in 2019, was assigned a position in an elders quorum presidency in Idaho.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
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Stanley Lyn Bitsoi
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- was a Mormon church member in Rigby, Idaho; convicted of .
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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Curt Boyack
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- was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly said he would turn himself in to police; died by suicide.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Brandon Rex Brown
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- was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately .
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Robert Thomas Bunker
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- was an LDS church member in McCammon, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; sentenced to 33 days in jail; as of 2023, is a registered sex offender living in Idaho.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged coverup
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Roland Shea Byrd
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- was an LDS church member in Caldwell, Idaho; convicted of sexual abuse of a child under 16 years; as of 2024, lives in Toquerville, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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Richard A Cook
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- was a Mormon church member and former LDS nursery leader in Boise, Idaho; arrested in 2020 on suspicion of sexually abusing young boys.
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- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Candon Dean Dahle
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- was a Mormon church member in Blackfoot, Idaho and Provo, Utah; in February 2025, was arrested in Utah and extradited to Idaho; at the time of his arrest, he was a starting pitcher for the Brigham Young University (BYU) baseball team; charged in Fremont County, Idaho with felony lewd conduct with a child under 16 years old; also charged in Bingham County for a juvenile case re: child sex abuse.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
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John Doe
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- was a Mormon bishop in Pocatello, Idaho; an abuse survivor told FLOODLIT that Doe sexually abused them in his office at church in late 1999.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Verd Jene Erickson
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- was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Riverton, Wyoming who moved to Utah; was accused of sexual misconduct and lost his dentistry license in 2010; died in 2022.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Matthew Collin Felshaw
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- was a Mormon church member in Caldwell, Idaho; charged with sexually assaulting a young child; took a plea deal and was convicted of Injury to child; received suspended prison sentence and 8 years probation and has to register as a sex offender.
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Richard Oren Fowler
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- was a Mormon church member in Sandy Point, Idaho; pleaded guilty to two felony counts of Children-Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in 20.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Rex Lyle Furness
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- was a former Idaho state senator and Mormon bishop in Idaho; in 1996, pleaded guilty to sexual battery for fondling an underage girl; was sentenced to 60 days in jail; given a withheld judgment: if he did not violate the terms of his probation, the felony conviction would be kept from his record.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment,
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John Earl Goodrich
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- was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024.
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- Criminal: Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Alleged coverup
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LDS church payment: $300,000
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Jake S Hally
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- was an LDS church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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Benjamin Robert Hicks
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
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William Anthon Jansen
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- was an LDS church member and police officer in Twin Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Alleged coverup
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Eric Whitney Jones
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- was an LDS church member in Blackfoot, Idaho; arrested for alleged sexual contact with a toddler; convicted in January 2024 of battery with the intent to commit lewd conduct of a child after a one-day trial; sentenced in March 2024 to two to 20 years in prison; required to register as a sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Virgil Dean Larson
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- was a Mormon church member and first counselor in an LDS ward bishopric in Chubbuck, Idaho; arrested in September 2024 and charged with sexual abuse of five boys, ages 12-15; he knew the boys from LDS ward activities and was their priesthood leader; as of March 2025, a jury trial was scheduled for Apr. 8.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Brett Lee Long
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- was an LDS church member in Nez Perce County, Idaho; convicted of sexually abusing a child under the age of 16.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
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Isaac Vernon Mardis
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- was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; charged with Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in April 2024; was also accused in 2022 by the same victim.
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Jayson Heath Martineau
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- was an LDS church member in Idaho and Tremonton, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in December 2023 in Utah and was sent on a one-year rider program.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Calvin James McGee
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- was an LDS missionary in Virginia in 2022; accused of soliciting sexually explicit pictures and video from a person he believed to be an 11-year-old girl, and inviting her to meet in person; arrested in Boise, Idaho in July 2023 and accused of rape of a minor; pleaded guilty to two charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in May 2024 to three to 25 years in prison.
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- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged coverup
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Gerald Elbert Mortimer
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- was an OB/GYN doctor in Idaho and former Mormon temple president and mission president in the Philippines; admitted in 2019 to secretly using his sperm to artificially inseminate multiple women; a civil suit against him was dismissed with prejudice in 2021, possibly because of a private settlement agreement.
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- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Dismissed with prejudice,
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Jared Chabot Murray
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Rexburg, Idaho; pleaded guilty in 1989 to a child sexual abuse charge.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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Gordon Ariel Neeley
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- was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; plead guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
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Steve Nelson
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- was an LDS church member in Idaho; in 2009, pleaded guilty to a charge of lewd conduct; sentenced to 30 years in prison; Mormon leaders failed to report abuse to police in the 1980s.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged coverup
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Aaron Mark Nelson
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- was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; charged with 3 counts of Battery-Actual, Intentional and Unlawful Touching or Striking of Another Against their Will and 3 counts of Disturbing the Peace; accepted plea deal and found guilty of Disturbing the Peace; died 31 days after convicted.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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Grant Peck Packer
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- was an LDS church member in Idaho; served a full-time mission to Canada in 1946-48 and two senior missions to Atlanta, Georgia and San Bernardino, California; charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation; died in 2008.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Robert Scott Price
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
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Ryan Pugh
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- was a former Mormon missionary and BYU-Idaho student in Rexburg, Idaho; arrested and charged in 2024 with sharing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online.
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- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
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Jeff Lewis Ranstrom
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- was an LDS church member, elders quorum president and high school basketball coach in Idaho; accused in 2019 of sexually abusing a student; pleaded guilty to a felony charge of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2020 to 4 to 15 years in prison; as of December 2023, was out on parole living in Eagle, Idaho as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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Tim Ryan
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- was allegedly an LDS church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2008 to a felony charge of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 16; detectives said the victim's family reported the abuse in 1999, but that it was dropped when they wouldn't cooperate with investigators.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged coverup
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James Vetro Samuels
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- was a Mormon church member in Thornton, Idaho; found guilty of LEWD COND WITH A MINOR CHILD U/16 Date : 03-18-1980.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
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Stephen Wayne Stokes
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- was a Mormon church member and Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) professor; accused of sexual assault by a former student; died in 2016; in 2022, civil lawsuit against BYU-I was dismissed with prejudice.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice,
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Bradley Grant Stowell
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Alleged coverup
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Brad Lee West
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- was an LDS church member in Boise, Idaho; charged with sexual battery; took plea deal for battery; RN license revoked because of sexual of the abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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