Location Ever: Nevada

21 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

- Daniel Bake was a Mormon church member in Fernley, Nevada; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- Arthur Bennett was an LDS church member in Hurricane, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of two teenage girls; allegedly faked a suicide to collect insurance money; was arrested and charged with murder and sexual abuse; died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial
- Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: deceased by suicide in a jail cell awaiting a trial
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- Allen Brinkerhoff was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Nevada,
- Convicted: 2007,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1929
  Died: 2019
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2019: died in Nevada
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- Scott Darrington was a former LDS bishop and assistant school principal in Fallon, Nevada; convicted of possession of child pornography, spent a year in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1967
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- Todd Edwards was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of one teenage girl in 2006 and another in 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse; in 2024, two victims sued the LDS church in separate lawsuits; one said a stake president and LDS law firm Kirton McConkie hindered police
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Vehicle,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Nevada,
- Places when accused: California,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: two victims filed separate civil lawsuits against the Mormon church, saying its leaders failed to protect them from Edwards
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- Gary Erickson was an LDS church member, boy scout leader and Mesquite, Nevada police detective; was arrested in 2018; in 2019, pleaded guilty in Utah to a charge of crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2019,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1968
- Mission: Philippines Philippines [unknown - served in Tacloban/Tolosa Leyte]
- Places lived: Nevada, Philippines, Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Latest update: 2018 or after: pleaded guilty; 2023: lives in West Jordan, Utah
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- Matthew Felshaw 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1980
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Nevada,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
- Latest update: no current registration on Idaho Sex offender list as of 2024-04-10
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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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- Paul Jellum was a Mormon scout leader in Logan, Utah in the 1980s; suspended by the BSA in 1987 after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Boy Scout in his troop during a 1986 Scouting event at Camp Hunt near Bear Lake, Utah; in 1990, Jellum became a scoutmaster in a Nevada LDS ward despite his prior suspension; in 1991, Jellum admitted to the abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada, Utah,
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- Michael Lister was an LDS church member in or near Cedar City, Utah and Bunkerville, Nevada; accused in Utah in 2023 of sexual abuse of two young girls; pleaded guilty to one count of sodomy on a child; sentenced in June 2023 to 25 years to life in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1960
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada, Utah,
- Latest update: June 2023: sentenced in Utah to 25 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to one felony count of sodomy upon a child
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- Boyd Lords was a Mormon church member in Winnemucca, Nevada; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2022 to one felony count of lewdness with a child under the age of 14; was sentenced to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: High priest, Missionary, Ward executive secretary,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: United States Indiana Indianapolis
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: as of 2023, Lords's father is a stake patriarch in the Winnemucca, Nevada area; the Lords family was a pillar in their local LDS community
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- Douglas Lund was a former Mormon bishopric counselor in Pahrump, Nevada; arrested in 2011 and accused of repeated sexual abuse of two young girls; the alleged abuse occurred over a period of several years
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Places when accused: Nevada,
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- David Matlock was a Mormon church member; arrested and convicted in 2022 of open and gross lewdness
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1969
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- Michael McClellan was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; arrested; convicted of attempted lewdness with a minor; sentenced to prison; as of 2024, lives in Cottonwood, Arizona
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2004,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1957
- Mission: United Kingdom Scotland
- Places lived: Arizona, Nevada,
- Places when accused: Nevada,
- Latest update: Moved out of Las Vegas, Nevada where he was convicted, currently lives in Cottonwood, Arizona
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- John Misseldine was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a lawsuit said a local Mormon leader failed to report abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $782,000
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1982
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Places when accused: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
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- Matthew Patton was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse and sentenced to prison; crossed state lines after being released from prison and was pulled over by police; tried to flee from police; charged police with knives and died
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1982
  Died: 2020
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada, Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Latest update: Homicide by police officer after he charged at them with 2 knives.
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- J R was a Mormon church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS church payment: $100,000
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- Jack Schofield was an LDS church member, school administrator and state senator in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual harassment; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT he sold her repeatedly to sex trafficking clients at a motel in Las Vegas
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1923
  Died: 2015
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Places when accused: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2015: died
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- Ivan Shelden was a Mormon church member in Long Beach, Mississippi; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested hundreds of children across several US states over a period of decades; died in 2009
- Born: 1938
  Died: 2009
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Arkansas, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico,
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- Robert Stevenson was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- Karey Zimmerman was a Mormon church member in Utah and Nevada; in 2025, was accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in Nevada and Utah; the Mormon church was also named as a defendant; the lawsuit said a Utah bishop failed to report abuse allegations to police
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1962
- Mission: United Kingdom England (unknown)
- Places lived: England, Nevada, Salt Lake County (Utah), United Kingdom, Utah,
- Places when accused: Nevada,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2025: accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in Nevada and Utah; the Mormon church was also named as a defendant
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