7 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Places lived: Oklahoma
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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,
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Was Missionary, 
Convicted, Unknown result,
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- John Fanning (1932 – 2012) was a Mormon branch president in Texas, bishop in Oklahoma and Boy Scout executive in several US states, including Utah; accused in 1986 in Utah of sexually abusing at least three boys, including during LDS-sponsored scouting activities; admitted guilt; convicted via plea agreement in 1986 or 1987; sentenced to 30 days in jail and spent approximately 18 months on probation; died in 2012
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Louisiana, Utah,
A Mormon scout executive agreed to continue paying Fanning for a month after he admitted to sexually assaulting a child
Convicted:
1987, 
Was Bishop, Branch president, Missionary, Scout leader, Senior missionary, 
Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, 
Alleged failure to report"I told [John Fanning] we had two options. Immediate termination or he could resign and I would pay him through the end of next month but he had to leave as of now. He elected to resign."
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- Richard Fisco (1936 – 2019) was an LDS branch president and scout leader in Oklahoma and Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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- Was Branch president, Scout leader,
- Convicted,
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- Samuel Gardner (1932 – 1968) was an LDS bishop in the Oklahoma City First Ward in the early 1960s; accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the bishop's office at a Mormon chapel in about 1961; died in 1968
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- Alleged crime: 1960s,
- Places lived: Oklahoma,
- Crime state: Oklahoma,
Was Bishop, Stake high council, Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Matthew Hack was a Mormon church member and stake high council member in Oklahoma; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse; pleaded no contest to an amended charge of child neglect
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal,
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- Douglas Hall (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and real estate agent in Idaho; pleaded guilty in 2025 to first-degree felony object rape in Utah, and to lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16 in Idaho; other charges in both cases were dropped via plea agreements; sentenced to five years to life in prison in Utah, and to eight years to life in prison in Idaho, per court documents
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Oklahoma, Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Idaho, Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Washington,
- Crime city: UT - St. George,
Hall allegedly assaulted a child hundreds of times, per Utah court documents
Convicted:
2025, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, "Doug [...] would use religious manipulation to pressure [the victim] to stop listening to heavy metal music, promising her that if she stopped listening to inappropriate music, 'Heavenly Father and Jesus would help her forgive him.'"
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- Ronald Phelps was an LDS bishop and stake executive secretary, and attorney, in Oklahoma; arrested for indecent exposure before becoming an LDS bishop; accused of child sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly covered up the abuse
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- Was Bishop, Other leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
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