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George Aaron
- was a former Mormon bishop in a college ward in Provo, Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters in the 1980s and early 1990s; found civilly liable in 2001 to have "inflicted emotional distress," "breached fiduciary duty," and behaved with "reckless disregard" toward his younger daughter; paid $25,000 in punitive damages.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Nicholas Alahverdian
- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; accused of rape; recently extradited from Scotland; has a lengthy history of criminal behavior.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Brady Allen
- was a Mormon church youth leader and Utah teacher in Davis County, Utah; admitted to trying to meet 13-year-old for sex; convicted; sentenced to 1-15 years in Utah State Prison.
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- Crime: Unknown timeframe, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Youth leader,
Benjamin Alyk
- was an LDS church member from Utah and a missionary in Dominican Republic; confessed to making child sexual abuse material (CSAM); LDS church leaders allegedly knew about but did not report his criminal behavior to law enforcement.
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- Crime: Unknown timeframe, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Jared Anderson
- was a high school teacher (and one-time "teacher of the year") and Mormon church group leader in the San Antonio, Texas area; also lived in Millington, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah; sentenced to 10 years in prison for hosting sex parties for teenage boys.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Texas,
- Positions: Missionary,
Darcy Anderson
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl; sentenced in 2022 to serve a minimum of 16 years in prison.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Dale Andreason
- was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; found guilty of three counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD a 1st Degree Felony and was sentenced 6 years to life.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Positions: Primary, Youth leader,
Cortney Andrew
- was a Mormon church member and bishopric counselor in Logan, Utah; charged in early 2023 in Utah with four second degree felony counts of enticing a minor by internet or text: sentenced in January 2024 to 60 days in jail.
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- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Kayla Atkin
- was an LDS church member and therapist in Lehi, Utah; charged in 2022 with three felony counts of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in April 2023 to one count of attempted object rape (victim was 14-15 years old at the time of the crime); sentenced in September 2023 to 180 days in jail.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Richard Baker
- was an LDS bishopric counselor in Clearfield, Utah; accused of voyeurism and child sexual exploitation.
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Alleged coverup
Lynn Baldwin
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted of lewdness in 1996 and sexual exploitation of a minor in 2002 (attempted); released in 2006; is a registered sex offender.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Timothy Ballard
- was a Mormon anti-sex trafficking activist; claimed to be friends with LDS apostle Russell Ballard (no relation); accused in 2023 of sexual misconduct by at least eight women and a couple; in June 2024, one civil case was dismissed; in July 2024, a lawsuit said his DNA was found on a victim’s skirt.
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- Positions: Missionary,
Michael Banks
- was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Norman Barber
- was a Mormon church member and dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
McCoy Barney
- was an LDS church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2012.
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Wanda Barzee
- was an LDS church member in Utah; with Brian David Mitchell, held Elizabeth Smart captive from 2002 to 2003; sentenced in 2009 to 15 years in federal prison; granted early release in 2018.
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- Crime: 2000s, crime-2002, crime-2003, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Alan Bassett
- was a Mormon church member and air traffic controller in Fruit Heights, Utah; accused in a 2019 civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse (dismissed without prejudice); charged in June 2024 with child sexual abuse; over 80 victims came forward; admitted to molesting many neighbor girls; tried to get his case dismissed due to an unsigned 1989 agreement with a deputy Davis County attorney.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Other leader, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Alleged coverup
Charles Bates
- was a Mormon church member and Boy Scout leader in the Salt Lake City, Utah area; accused in 2025 of sexual abuse of four boys that allegedly took place from at least 2006 to 2020; the alleged abuse took place on numerous occasions in Bates's home and vehicle, the Kearns Community Pool, and Boy Scouts trips; Bates allegedly created child sex abuse material (CSAM) of multiple victims.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
John Baysden
- was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors; sentenced to 180 days in jail.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Brandon Beckham
- was a Republican candidate for Utah Senate; charged in 2022 with one second degree felony count of forcible sexual abuse; pleaded not guilty; as of January 16, 2024, the case was headed toward a final pretrial hearing on January 17.
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- Alleged crime: Unknown timeframe, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Gary Bell
- was an LDS church member and former prosecutor in Utah; pleaded guilty in December 2022 to four second degree felony charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in January 2023 to one to 15 years in prison; in June 2023, was convicted of 15 counts of 2nd degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of class B misdemeanor voyeurism; no additional prison time was added.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
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.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Donald Bills
- was a school teacher (one-time "teacher of the year") and former Mormon bishopric member in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, including rape of a 17-year-old girl; sentenced in 2015 to a minimum of eight years in prison; as of January 2025, lives in Orem, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Alleged coverup
Arthur Bishop
- was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988.
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
Andrew Bishop
- was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah (Manila Creek Stake); arrested in 2015 and admitted to sexually abusing 5 individuals in 10 years; convicted of sexual abuse of a minor in the first and second degree in February 2016; sentenced in 2016 to prison in Utah.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Scout leader,
Joseph Bishop
- was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- Alleged coverup
Thomas Black
- was an LDS church member and BYU greenhouse manager in Provo, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in Utah in 2003 for rape.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: BYU,
David Blackner
- was an LDS church member in or near Washington Terrace, Weber County, Utah; registered sex offender who used an alias while in leadership positions.
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- Positions: Youth leader,
Donald Blanchard
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Herman Blom
- was a Mormon church member in the Netherlands and in Pleasant Grove, Utah; allegedly sexually abused a child in 2018; died in 2023.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Netherlands, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
Gordon Bodily
- was a Mormon bishop and physical education teacher in Hyrum, Cache Valley, Utah; accused in 2000 of luring a 17-year-old North Carolina girl to Utah for sex while serving as an LDS bishop; sentenced in 2001 to 21 months in federal prison.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Glen Borst
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2004 for child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Timothy Bothell
- was a LDS church employee and LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 to two years in jail for sexual abuse of two girls, ages 11 and 13.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Church employee, Stake high council,
Douglas Bowen
- was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Washington, California, Utah and Idaho; was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
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- Crime: 1970s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
Jack Bowers
- was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2010 to two second degree felony counts of child sex exploitation; sentenced to two consecutive terms of 1 to 15 years in prison.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Positions: Scout leader,
Kevin Bowman
- was an LDS first counselor in a ward bishopric and a restaurant owner in Spanish Fork, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Taiwan 1999-2001; accused of sexual abuse of a teenage girl who worked in his restaurant; arrested in July 2023; in June 2024, found guilty by a jury of forcible sexual abuse (second-degree felony) and lewdness (class B misdemeanor); sentencing set for July 29, 2024.
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- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Other leader,
- Alleged coverup
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.
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Brian Briggs
- was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges; sentenced to a year in jail; violated probation and was sentenced to one to 15 years in the Utah State Prison.
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David Broadbent
- was a Mormon and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; by 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward; in 2024, was charged with forcible sexual abuse, and the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the lawsuit could proceed; 2025: more criminal charges.
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Youth leader,
Michael Bronson
- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2017 for first-degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
Keith Brown
- was an LDS church member; father of five famous piano playing children; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his daughters when they were children; sentenced to a minimum of ten years and up-to-life in prison.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Gary Brown
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing one of his scouts.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
Jarom Brown
- was a Mormon church member and Utah Valley University professor; accused in 2021 of voyeurism and electronic communication harassment; convicted and sentenced in 2022.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
William Bruhn
- was an LDS church member and civic leader in Utah; accused of masturbating in a public restroom; convicted.
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- Crime: 1970s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Paul Bryant
- was an HOA president and former Mormon primary teacher in Lehi, Utah; was a branch president during an LDS mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; died by suicide in December 2024.
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- Positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
Jared Buckley
- was a Mormon church member and charter school director (Leadership Learning Academy) in Clearfield, Utah; was a Mormon missionary in the Philippines from 2004 to 2006 (Quezon City Mission); arrested in April 2025 on suspicion of child sexual exploitation.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Eddie Bunch
- was an LDS church member in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2016 of misdemeanor lewdness involving a child and misdemeanor sexual battery; one victim was 16 years old and the second victim was 12 years old; served 135 days in jail and had 36 months of probation; as of March 2024, is a registered sex offender living in St. George, Utah.
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- Positions: Temple worker,
Ted Bundy
- was baptized into the LDS church in 1975, but was not an active participant in church services and ignored most church restrictions; accused of rape and murder of dozens of women and girls; convicted of murder; executed by electric chair in Florida in 1989.
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- Positions: ever-not-active-lds,
Gerald Burgie
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; charged in 1981 with third-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child.
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- Positions: Scout leader,
Revere Burnett
- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse and found guilty of multiple felonies; appealed and received a lesser conviction sentence for misdemeanors; was not required to register as a sex offender.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Sheril Burton
- was a Mormon church member and BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of two underage girls; sentenced to up to 15 years in prison; as of January 2024, lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: BYU,
Paydan Bussey
- was a Mormon church member in Washington and Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse charges while a minor in Washington; removed from sex offender registries in Washington and Utah; allegedly molested a child in 2019 while on a trip to Spain paid for by the Mormon church; charged in Washington and Utah in 2024 with child sexual abuse felonies; named in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
William Butcher
- was a Mormon church member in Provo, Utah; turned himself in to police in 2013, three days before he was planning to begin a Mormon mission, and admitted to sexually abusing 12 boys and girls; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2014 to 18 years to life in prison; as of 2025, lives in Provo, Utah.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Samuel Butler
- was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2020 to 15 years to life in prison for child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Timothy Butler
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Roland Byrd
- 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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- Positions: Unknown position,
Cory Campbell
- was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexually abusing five underage girls; sentenced in 2010 to prison.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Youth leader,
Charles Camper
- was a Mormon church member in Layton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2004; charged in 2023 with aggravated child sexual abuse, voyeurism and sexual exploitation of a minor; convicted in June 2024.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Samuel Cantrell
- was an LDS church member in Farmington, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Albert Carlson
- was a Mormon church member in Utah, New Mexico and Texas; arrested in the 1980s in Utah on a molestation charge after allegedly molesting an underage boy who he met through the church; the case was dropped to a lewdness charge which did not require him to register as a sex offender; in 2025, sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, in Texas, Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Jon Carpenter
- was an LDS church member; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the day after sentencing, injured himself to avoid serving longer in prison.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Sunday school,
William Carstensen
- was a Mormon church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; charged; died by suicide.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,
Jonathan Carver
- was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 17-year-old girl at a counseling center where he worked; pleaded guilty and sentenced in 2009 to prison; as of 2023, lives in Clearfield, Utah.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
David Chadwick
- was an LDS church member in Eagle Mountain, Utah; convicted in 2019 of sex abuse of a child.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Alleged coverup
Max Cheatham
- 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, in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
- Positions: Missionary,
Kami Chesnut
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
David Chesser
- was an LDS church member and track and field athlete in Texas and at BYU-Provo; joined the airforce and moved to Japan; In 2016, was convicted of 2 counts of child sexual abuse and was sentenced to 13 years of confinement accused of sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Unknown location, Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Kevin Christensen
- was a Mormon church member and judge in Brigham City, Utah; accused of receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to individuals he believed to be minor children.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Stake high council,
Prue Christopher
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Tanner Clark
- was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced in 2019 to 90 days in jail for two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16 or 17 year old, two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to minors; may have had over 100 victims; arrested in 2021 (while on probation) for enticing a minor; convicted and sentenced to 1 to 5 years in prison.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Michael Clay
- was an LDS church member and BYU professor in Provo, Utah; charged with sexually abusing three students; entered a plea bargain in May 2023 in which he agreed to plead no contest to three class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery, complete 24 months of probation, do 50 hours of community service, and take a sexual boundaries course; sentenced in June 2023 according to the plea deal.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: BYU, Church employee, Scout leader, Youth leader,
Stephen Coleman
- was an LDS church member and analyst in the Utah state Office of Planning and Budget; accused of sexual abuse in 2011; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2016, was serving two sentences of 15 years to life in prison in Utah.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Gerald Collingwood
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
Keldon Cook
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Allan Cook
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2020 to three second degree felony charges of aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in 2020.
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- Positions: Missionary,
Brandon Cordero
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Kenneth Cordova
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted of three counts of sexual battery in February 2024; lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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- Crime: 2010s, 2019, in Utah,
Benjamin Covey
- was a Mormon church member in the 1840s and 1850s; in 1848, was excommunicated for having sexual intercourse with two girls "less than Twelve years of age" who were his foster daughters; was rebaptized and soon thereafter was made bishop of the Salt Lake City Twelfth Ward from 22 February 1849 until 1856.
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- Crime: 1800s, in Nebraska,
- Positions: Bishop,
Mark Cram
- was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor, and city manager in Riverton, Utah; charged in 2006 with voyeurism; admitted climbing a 9-foot wall at a tanning salon to watch a 16-year-old girl undress; pleaded guilty; plea was held in abeyance; he completed the terms set by the court, charge was dismissed and case was expunged in 2008; as of February 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2006, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Church employee, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor,
- Alleged coverup
Justin Crawley
- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; convicted in 2019 of enticing a minor / 3rd degree felony and sexual exploitation of a minor / 3rd degree felony attempted.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Curtis Crittenden
- was a Mormon church member and LDS full-time missionary in Guatemala in 1993-1995; admitted to sexually abusing boys while on his mission and later when he was the head of 4-H in Tooele County; sentenced to prison in 2007 in Utah for child sexual abuse of several boys in his care as their 4-H leader.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Clark Crookston
- was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison.
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Bishop, High priest, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Alleged coverup
Alan Croshaw
- was a Mormon bishop in Utah in the 1990s; admitted to having a lifelong sexual addiction with a preference for prepubescent girls; downloaded and distributed child pornography; in 2015, sentenced to 30 days in jail for felony voyeurism and misdemeanor lewdness; violated probation by downloading porn.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
Russell Crosland
- was a Mormon church member in Fillmore, Utah; tried meeting with a person he thought was a 13-year-old child that he chatted with online for sex; it was an undercover agent; he was arrested.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
Abraham Cruz
- was a Mormon missionary in Saratoga Springs, Utah; arrested in May 2024 on suspicion of sexual assault; charged with three first-degree felony counts (two of forcible sodomy, one of rape); charges were dismissed without prejudice in June 2024.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Missionary,
John Cummings
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
David Curtis
- was a Mormon church member and middle school counselor in St. George, Utah; in 2025, pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
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- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
Robert Dahle
- was an LDS church member, Utah Highway Patrol trooper; alleged rapist of a 13-year-old girl.
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- Positions: Elders quorum, High priest, Scout leader, Sunday school,
Candon Dahle
- 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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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Idaho,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Luke Dalton
- was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison.
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Montana, Ohio, Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
James Danenon
- was an LDS church member in American Fork, Utah; guilty of sexual abuse of a minor abuse.
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- Alleged coverup
Michael Davis
- was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Minnesota, Utah,
- Positions: Elders quorum, Other leader,
- Alleged coverup
David Dawson
- was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Logan, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted.
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- Positions: Elders quorum, Primary, Youth leader,
Reed Decker
- was a Mormon church member in Davis County, Utah; charged in March 2023 with two felony counts of child sexual abuse; as of March 2024, a jury trial is scheduled for September 2024.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Broch DeGraff
- was an LDS church member and private school teacher at Liahona Preparatory Academy in Pleasant Grove, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2013 to up to 20 years in prison.
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- Positions: Missionary,
James Denos
- was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four minor girls living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950.
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- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
- Alleged coverup
Ryan Didier
- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Adam Dimond
- was an LDS church member and dancer in Farmington, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2020 to a second-degree felony charge of enticing a minor by Internet or text; sentenced to 40 days in jail and 4 years of probation.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Robert Dindinger
- was an LDS church member, psychologist and pornography addiction book author in Orem, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Scotland 1995-97; worked at Brigham Young University; charged in 2025 with convincing child patients to undress so he could secretly record them; in 2018, his license was placed on probation after he "inappropriately touched" a 17-year-old during "masturbation satiation therapy" .
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: BYU, Missionary,
Spencer Dixon
- was a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused in 2002 of touching a 13-year-old girl inappropriately inside the LDS chapel of the Monument Park 7th Ward; acquitted in a jury trial.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
John Doe
- was a Mormon church member in Vernon, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged coverup
John Doe
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged coverup
Dave Doe
- was a Mormon bishop in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; excommunicated, but never prosecuted.
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- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
John Doe
- was a Mormon bishop in or near Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy; the alleged sexual assault took place in the Salt Lake Temple in the 1980s (approximately 1986), during a visit to perform baptisms for the dead.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Temple worker,
- Alleged coverup
Lionel Drage
- was an LDS bishop in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; was allegedly excommunicated from the LDS church for sexually abusing one or more children; died in 2022.
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- Positions: Bishop,
Michael Driggs
- was a Mormon missionary in Brazil in the early 1970s; allegedly sent to a different mission in the United States after being found having inappropriate relationships with young boys; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1985 in Arizona; convicted again of child sexual abuse in 2013 in Utah; he met his victim in the Utah case at church, according to court documents.
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- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Joseph Dunlop
- was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Primary,
Cesar Duran
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor in a Spanish-speaking LDS ward in Orem, Utah (Geneva Height Stake); arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl in his ward; the alleged abuse took place inside an LDS church building.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Alleged coverup
Joseph Durborow
- was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in Federal and State courts in 2003.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
Oliver Eames
- was an LDS church member, sixth grade teacher and Mormon Tabernacle Choir singer in Farmington, Utah; admitted to trying to fondle several children he had been hired to tutor; pleaded guilty in 1988 to two felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; local police had documented 52 alleged child sexual abuse incidents involving him.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Other leader, Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir,
Frederick Edvalson
- was a Mormon in Utah and Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland; convicted 3 times of sexual abuse in Maryland in the 1980s; third conviction: while on probation, groomed a 10-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her in a room inside a Mormon chapel on multiple occasions from 1983 to 1984; reportedly told her he was giving her "special religious training;" sentenced to 8 years in prison.
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- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
Chet Egley
- was a Mormon church member in Weston, Idaho; tried to meet a 13 year old girl for sex in Utah; pleaded guilty and convicted to one count sexual abuse of a child and two counts of enticing a minor by internet or text.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Elders quorum, Sunday school, Youth leader,
Michael Ehlert
- was a Mormon church member and former BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse in Guam in 2017.
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- Positions: BYU,
Jay Elggren
- was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to jail and probation.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Gerald Elison
- was an LDS church member and junior high school drama teacher in Orem, Utah; accused in 2014 in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy student in the early 1980s; died in 2019.
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- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council,
Douglas Elmer
- was a Mormon church member and former employee of Feature Films for Families in Utah; accused in 2023 of a sex crime.
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Gary Erickson
- was an LDS church member, boy scout leader and Mesquite, Nevada police detective; was arrested in 2018, pleaded guilty to a charge of crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct; convicted in Utah.
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- Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Scout leader,
Robert Erickson
- was an LDS church member in Eagle Mountain, Utah; in 2023, charged with three first degree felony counts of aggravated child sexual abuse; he was 91 years old at the time of the charges.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Verd Erickson
- 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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- Positions: Bishop,
William Evans
- was a prominent Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; was bishop twice of the Grant 6th ward; from 1957 to 1962, was in the Utah State Legislature; served as Salt Lake County Clerk from 1968 to 1983; died in 1991; allegedly raped a relative in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Alleged coverup
Samuel Faber
- was an LDS church member in Sandy, Utah; charged in 2022 of sexually assaulting a woman he met on an LDS dating app called Mutual; in 2024, admitted to sexually assaulting three women and pleaded guilty to amended first-degree felony charges of rape and forcible sodomy, and third-degree felony aggravated sexual assault and two counts of third-degree felony forcible sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Matthew Faerber
- was an LDS church member and high school choir director in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1990 or 1991 to two counts of attempted sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in February 1991 to six months in jail (two of those months under house arrest) followed by three years of supervised release.
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
John Fanning
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987 of a teenage boy during an overnight scouting activity.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
David Farley
- was a former doctor and LDS church member in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients; the alleged abuse occurred over a span of many years, during which Farley was an LDS stake high council member for some time; never criminally charged; in February 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley.
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- Alleged crime: Unknown timeframe, in Oregon,
- Positions: Primary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
Scott Farr
- was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; found guilty in 1981 of forcible sexual abuse and 1991 of sex solicitation.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Juan Flores Atenco
- was a Mormon branch president in West Valley City, Utah for five years, including in the early 2000s; accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his office and another room at an LDS church building; convicted in 2012 of misdemeanor forcible sexual abuse and unlawful detention; sentenced to zero to one year in jail; in March 2025, charged with rape and object rape (alleged crimes in 2002).
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Branch president,
- Alleged coverup
Elvin Flores Lima
- was a Mormon church member in Layton, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Jeffrey Fox
- was a former state legislator (1977-1982) in Utah; convicted federally for possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2013 and placed on probation for 15 years; in 2019, probation was terminated for completing terms; in 2022, arrested and charged in Utah with 8 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; case dismissed without prejudice due to a federal charge.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
Patrick Fox
- was a Mormon church member in Saratoga Springs, Utah; found guilty of a sex crime; registered sex offender in Utah.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Youth leader,
Ryan Frandsen
- was an LDS church member and fireman in Davis County, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2010 to five counts of lewdness involving a child; child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was found on his computer; sentenced in 2010 to 90 days in jail and three years of probation.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
Richard Freeman
- was an LDS church member and high school teacher in Fresno, California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison; moved to Provo, Utah.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in California,
Michael Fritchen
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison twice for child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Leeroy Fry
- was a former Mormon bishop in Farmington, Utah; in 1982-83, was an LDS bishop in the Hunter 1st Ward of the Hunter Central Stake in Magna, Utah; in 2012, pleaded guilty to two charges of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a 1st degree felony.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
Francis Fuller
- was a Mormon bishop in Highland, Utah in 1993; also was a stake high council member in Utah; in 2018 or 2019, pleaded guilty to two second degree felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2019 in Utah to two years in jail and four years probation; registered sex offender.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
Brad Gale
- was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for photographing a teenage boy engaging in sexual acts.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Kevin Garn
- was a former Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Sunday school,
- Alleged coverup
Jeffrey Gatlin
- was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of aggravated sexual abuse of a child/1st degree felony; as of October 2023, serving in Central Utah Correctional Facility Housing in Boulder, Utah, CUCF Boulder.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Thomas Gibbons
- was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton, Utah; worked as a police officer; pleaded guilty to two felony charges of forcible sex abuse; sentenced in 2000 in Utah to prison.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Primary,
Thomas Gibby
- was an LDS church member and dentist in Salt Lake County, Utah; sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy; pleaded guilty to two felony counts: one second-degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child, and one third-degree charge of attempted sex abuse of a child.
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Gabe Gilbert
- was an LDS missionary; convicted in 2021 of five counts of first-degree felony aggravated sexual extortion of a child and four counts of second-degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor; was sentenced to terms of five years to life in state prison for each of the first-degree felonies.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Keith Gillins
- was a former mayor, LDS bishop and high school teacher in Fillmore, Utah; arrested on charges of having sex with a 17-year-old girl; convicted in 2009 of first degree felony attempted rape, first degree felony attempted sodomy and second degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 2009 to three sentences of three years to life in prison.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Farrell Gledhill
- was an LDS church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Scott Gollaher
- was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Missionary,
David Gomez
- was a former LDS bishop and department of corrections administrator in Utah; arrested in 2004 and charged with 125 counts of sexual abuse; charges were dropped in 2005 due to issues related to the statutes of limitations.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Jonathan Gonzalez
- was an LDS church member in Layton, Utah; found guilty of BURGLARY - 2nd Degree Felony, LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD - Class A Misdemeanor, LEWDNESS - FIRST OR SECOND OFFENSE - Class B Misdemeanor.
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- Positions: Missionary,
Kenneth Good
- was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of molesting 4 underage girls; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1991 to 8 years in prison; released on parole in December 1993; as of 2023, lives in Taylorsville Utah.
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Georgia,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
Alan Grant
- was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in August 1998 to two months in jail.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Positions: Primary,
Jay Grant
- was a Mormon bishop of the Adams Ward in Los Angeles, California; charged in 1981, at age 79, with five counts of forcible sexual abuse; sexually assaulted three young girls; convicted of all five counts; died in 1988 in Orem, Utah; ran "Grandpa Grant's Memory Club," a neighborhood study group for up to 175 LDS children; Grant sometimes had "students" spend the night at his apartment.
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- Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
Jeffrey Graton
- was a Mormon church counselor in a bishopric in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2018 for child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
Cory Grint
- was a Mormon church member in Vernal, Utah; pleaded guilty to lewdness involving a child; sentenced to 364 days in jail, with a suspended jail sentence of 364 days and 36 months of probation; as of 2025, lives in Vernal, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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- Crime: 2014, in Utah,
Roger Gunn
- was an LDS church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; found guilty of SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD - 2nd Degree Felony; currently lives in Bonita, California.
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Efrey Guzman
- was an LDS church member and branch president in Sandy, Utah; charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated burglary, both first-degree felonies, and sexual abuse of a child and forcible sexual abuse, both second-degree felonies; acquitted.
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- Positions: Branch president,
Andrew Gwilliam
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison; registered sex offender.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Lincoln Gygi
- was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Eric Hacking
- was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Douglas Hall
- was an LDS bishop and retired Utah Highway Patrol sergeant in Monticello, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2001 to two third degree felony counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2002 to one second degree felony count of sex abuse of a child.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Ronald Hall
- was an LDS church member and former Mormon Tabernacle Choir member in Utah and Washington; accused of sexually molesting three underage girls in 1997 or 1998; acquitted in 2000; accused of sexual abuse of a fourth victim, an underage girl, in approximately 2003; convicted in 2005 of third-degree felony attempted child sexual abuse; died in 2023.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Positions: Seminary teacher, Tabernacle Choir,
Frank Hall
- was an LDS church member in Utah; former award-winning first grade schoolteacher; sentenced in 2007 to prison for sexually abusing his students.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Albert Halladay
- was a former LDS bishop in Sandy, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1988; pleaded guilty in 1989 to one second degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child; convicted.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
Timothy Hallows
- was a Mormon bishop in Utah when he perpetrated sex crimes; sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM); released in January 2023; as of February 2024, lives in Pleasant View, Utah.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Jake Hally
- was an LDS church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Colorado, Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho), Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
David Hamblin
- was a Mormon church member and former elders quorum president in Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse in three separate cases; investigated along with ex-wife Roselle Stevenson (arrested in 2023) for alleged ritualistic sexual abuse; in 2025, a court dismissed one case with prejudice after "discovery issues;" one case remained as of March 2025.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Elders quorum,
- Alleged coverup
Leroy Hamblin
- was a Webelos scout leader in Kaysville, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1987 to lewdness with a child; served prison time.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
Steven Hammock
- was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1983 to two counts of forcible sex abuse of a child and served six months in an inpatient treatment facility; the LDS church excommunicated him, but during a civil suit filed in 1989 by the victim, it refused to divulge information that Hammock gave to church officials; in 1994, a federal judge awarded damages to the victim.
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- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Alleged coverup
Connor Hammond
- was a Mormon church member and BYU student in Utah; in 2019, pleaded guilty to rape of a child and was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Jeffrey Hansen
- was a former Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; was bishop of a young single adults (YSA) ward; charged with distribution of pornography and stalking.
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- Positions: Bishop,
Melvin Hansen
- was a Mormon church member, school music teacher and former Tabernacle Choir member in Utah; convicted in 2021 in Utah of first degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; also accused of sexual abuse in Arizona.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Other leader, Tabernacle Choir,
Brent Hansen
- was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; was also mayor of Spanish Fork and president of its chamber of commerce; accused in a civil lawsuit of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; his dentistry license was suspended for 30 days; died in 2015.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
Kent Hansen
- was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics.
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- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
Ned Hansen
- was a fire chief/EMS in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; retired, then became Tremonton, Utah fire chief; arrested in Jan. 2025, charged with child sexual exploitation; accused of discussing ways to sexually abuse children with Box Elder County judge Kevin Christensen (a Mormon).
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah, Wyoming,
- Positions: Unknown position,
William Hanson
- was a Mormon youth leader in several US states; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the Mormon church settled a civil lawsuit in which the victim accused it of failing to protect him.
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- Positions: High priest, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
Michael Hare
- was an LDS church member in Tooele, Utah; pleaded guilty of sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Maurice Harker
- was an LDS church member and therapist in Utah; accused of psychologically and physically harming sexual abuse victims who came to him as patients; charged in September 2023 with felony aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult and kidnapping.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Larry Harmston
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse which allegedly took place at a Mormon chapel in Orem, Utah; convicted; charged again (result unknown).
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
Lynn Harrison
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded no contest.
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Positions: Scout leader,
Richard Harrison
- was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Grantsville, Utah; pleaded guilty in November 2024 to sexually abusing one his students; the abuse happened in the 2017-2018 school year; as of 2025, is in Tooele County Jail.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Devin Hartman
- was an LDS church member in Mableton, near Atlanta, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; given two consecutive sentences of life in prison.
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Georgia, Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Ashlyn Harvey
- was an LDS church member in Gunnison, Utah; accused in 2024 of sexual contact with a 17-year-old student for whom she was a substitute teacher.
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Craig Harward
- was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in California,
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Alleged coverup
Jeremiah Hatch
- was a Mormon bishop and scout leader in American Fork, Utah (12th Ward) in the 1970s and early 1980s; accused of sexual abuse of six children that allegedly took place in 1976 during an overnight camping trip, and at his home during a sleepover; allegedly abused up to 30 or more children around the same time.
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- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader,
Elwood Haws
- was an employee and vice president of an LDS church-owned trust company in Utah; charged in 2020 with 13 second degree felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor (related to possession of child pornography); admitted that he viewed child pornography 3-4 times a week over a 3-4 year span; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three counts and was sentenced to 180 days in jail; in 2023, violated probation.
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Church employee,
Darren Haymond
- was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah and a custodian at Provo High School; pleaded guilty to voyeurism, a class B misdemeanor; sentenced in 2011.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Christopher Hazlett
- was an LDS church member in Kansas and Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Jeffrey Head
- was an LDS bishop in Utah; committed sex crimes while serving as a Mormon bishop; in 2019, a jury found him guilty of attempted forcible sexual abuse, two counts of lewdness and sexual battery; sentenced to four months in jail and four years of probation.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
Dale Heath
- was an LDS church member and chiropractor in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Daniel Henshaw
- was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl; sentenced to seven months in jail; arrested in 2023 and found competent to stand trial on charges of plotting to rape and murder a Logan, Utah woman.
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- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Michael Hiatt
- was a Mormon church member in Clinton, Utah; charged in Utah in March 2023 with two second degree felony counts of enticing a minor, and one third degree felony count of dealing in materials harmful to a minor; pleaded guilty in June 2023 to one second degree felony count of enticing a minor; sentenced in August 2023 to 45 days in jail, with credit for 15 days served, and 4 years probation.
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- Positions: Missionary,
Kenneth Higa
- was an LDS church member and karate teacher in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl, one of his karate students; was unable to pass a court ordered competency test, so the case was unable to proceed.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Kyle Hill
- was a Mormon church member; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to 15 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Douglas Holyoak
- was a Mormon bishop in Sycamore, Illinois from about 1999 to 2004; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexual assault of an underage girl in his office at church when she reported sexual harassment by other youth; allegedly covered up the assault with the help of a stake presidency counselor (Michael John Evans).
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Illinois,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Evan Hopper
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Craig Housley
- was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty in 2018 of child sexual exploitation; sentenced to 210 days in state prison and five years of probation.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader,
Allan Howe
- was an LDS church member and Utah politician; accused of a sex crime; convicted.
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- Crime: 1970s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Erik Hughes
- was a Mormon bishop in Mapleton, Utah and a Mormon church senior product manager when he sexually abused two underage children in his LDS ward dozens of times; was sentenced to prison in 2017; released in 2023; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Utah.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
Stanley Hunt
- was an LDS church member in St. George, Utah; Hunt was a custodian in the Washington County School District in St. George Utah; Hunt was found guilty of 2 counts of SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD - 2nd Degree Felony.
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- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Ward clerk,
Hayden Hunter
- was a Mormon missionary in California; he was from Pleasant Grove, Utah; arrested in 2020 for distribution of child sexual abuse material (child pornography) while on his mission; convicted of possession of CSAM in 2021.
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- Crime: 2020s, in California,
- Positions: Missionary,
Loren Hurd
- was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender as of 2023; lives in Ogden, Utah.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
Robert Jackson
- was a former assistant BYU professor and Mormon bishopric member (second counselor) in Provo, Utah; sentenced to two years in prison in 2006 for video recording a 14-year-old undressing.
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- Positions: Bishopric counselor, BYU, Scout leader,
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.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Nevada,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
Floyd Jennings
- was a former Mormon bishop and school bus driver in Utah; arrested in February 2017 for soliciting sex from two girls he thought were 13 years old; convicted in 2019.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
Christopher Jensen
- was a Mormon church member in Utah and West Virginia; sentenced to 35 to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing two children; local LDS church coverup alleged; LDS church settled civil lawsuit mid-trial in 2018 for $32 million, also spending over $27 million on legal fees; FLOODLIT.org discovered the settlement details in 2025 and made them public for the first time.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah, West Virginia,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Bruce Jeppesen
- was a Mormon elders quorum president when he sexually abused a child; sentenced to two concurrent terms of 15 years in the Utah State Prison.
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- Positions: Elders quorum,
Robert Jeppsen
- was an LDS church member in Utah; charged in 2022 with sexual abuse.
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Carl Johnson
- was a former Mormon bishop and former mayor of West Bountiful, Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexually abusing several children between 1983 and 1997; pleaded guilty in 2023 to four felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2023 to three consecutive terms of nine years to life each for first-degree felonies, plus one term of one to 15 years on a second-degree felony.
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Stake high council,
Melvin Johnson
- was a Mormon seminary teacher and Brigham Young University (BYU) religion professor; accused by multiple victims of sexually abusing them when they were children; excommunicated and rebaptized; reportedly confessed to sexual abuse, but was not criminally charged; two victims filed lawsuits against him; one named the Mormon church as a defendant; it settled out of court.
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in California, Utah,
- Positions: BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Alleged coverup
Allen Johnson
- was an LDS church member in Utah; drove from Utah to Idaho to meet up with a person he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex; sentenced in 2015 to eight years in prison; as of March 2024, is a registered sex offender living in Provo, Utah.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Les Johnson
- was a Mormon church member in northern Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; was granted parole in 1984 in Utah after serving 7 months of a 0-5 year prison sentence; as of 2023, lives in Bountiful, Utah.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Bryce Johnson
- was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; convicted of three counts of aggravated child sex abuse/1st degree felony and sexual exploitation of a minor/2nd degree felony; sentenced to prison.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
Jordan Jolley
- was an LDS church member in Syracuse, Utah; convicted of voyeurism in January 2024.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Primary, Youth leader,
Michael Jordan
- was an LDS church member in West Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2015 of 33 felonies related to child sexual abuse (CSA).
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
Dennis Judd
- was an LDS church member and Uintah County, Utah attorney; charged with voyeurism and stalking in October 2023 after allegedly filming his female employees in his law firm's bathroom; in January 2024, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of stalking; plea held in abeyance; in June 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of voyeurism.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Spencer Kartchner
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2009 and 2021.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Ward mission leader,
David Keller
- was a Mormon temple worker, Sunday school teacher and former stake presidency member in Paradise, Cache Valley, Utah; admitted in May 2024 to child sexual abuse and was charged with seven first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Temple worker,
Doyle Kelstrom
- was a Mormon church member in Oregon and Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1992 to five years to life in prison in Utah.
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Alleged coverup
Isaac Kemp
- was a Mormon church member in Draper, Utah; allegedly sexually abused children in Draper and Nebraska; sentenced to prison in Nebraska until 2038.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Nebraska, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Lon Kennard
- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
William Kennedy
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Timothy Kimball
- was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2022 with child sexual abuse; died by suicide in June 2023 while awaiting indictment.
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- Positions: Missionary, Other leader,
Thomas Kimball
- was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse by multiple women; died by suicide in October 2020, shortly after allegations became public.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
Louis Kinyon
- was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2005 of aggravated murder.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
Marion Klingler
- was an LDS church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; now lives in Springville Utah as registered sex offender.
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- Positions: Primary, Scout leader,
Yuhin Kwan
- was an LDS church member and former Mormon missionary in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Antonio Lacy
- was an LDS church member and BYU student in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2012 of forcible sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Robert Lant
- was a Mormon church member in Utah County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Michael Larsen
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; convicted in the 1980s of child sexual abuse; as of 2023, lives in Tooele, Utah.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
James Larsen
- was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; accused of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to prison.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Robert Larsen
- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD in 1993, and SEX ABUSE CHILD in 1998, as well as POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in 2009.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
George Lee
- was a Mormon general authority in Utah; member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1975 to 1989; in 1994, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a child, a third-degree felony; registered sex offender; died in 2010.
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- Crime: Unknown timeframe, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: General authority, Mission president, Other leader,
- Alleged coverup
Nicholas Lewis
- was a Mormon church member and BYU student; accused of sexually abusing young girls and attempting to solicit sex from a teen online; sentenced in 2017 to jail and probation; 2023: registered sex offender living in Bremerton, Washington.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
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.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Leonard Loschen
- was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2022 to prison in Utah for sexually abusing LDS missionaries.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
Leslie Loveland
- was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty of rape in 2019; sentenced to one year in prison and three years of probation.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
Dennis Loveless
- was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1977 and 1984; sentenced to prison both times; died in 2016.
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Andrew Loveless
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2023 of third-degree felony attempted forcible sexual abuse; as of 2025, registered sex offender living in Santaquin, Utah.
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Douglas Lovell
- was a Mormon church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a woman he murdered, Joyce Yost; Lovell claimed the LDS church meddled in his 2015 trial by discouraging a former prison bishop from testifying in his defense.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
Chet Ludlow
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; went on a Mormon mission to Louisiana; accused of sexual abuse.
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Seth Lyon
- was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; arrested in 2006 in a police sting operation and charged with enticement of a child over the internet.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Martin MacNeill
- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2014.
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- Positions: Bishop,
Major Madon
- was an LDS church member in Mapleton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse; as of 2024, serving time in prison in Central Utah Correctional Facility.
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- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Stake high council, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
Kelly Mangrum
- was an LDS church member and dentist in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual misconduct, prescribing medications for a drug addict for sex.
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Brandon Manning
- was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Georgia, Scotland, United Kingdom, Utah,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
Benjamin Manning
- was a Mormon church member in Massachusetts and Utah; in 2014, molested a child while living with her family in Salt Lake City, Utah; charged with child sexual abuse in 2019; was a Sunday school teacher at some point between 2014 and 2024; found guilty by a jury in February 2024; sentenced in April 2024 to 120 years in prison.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Massachusetts, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Sunday school,
Jayson Martineau
- 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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- Positions: Missionary,
Herbert Mataele
- was an LDS church member in Bluffdale, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing a disabled girl he was caring for; sentenced in October 2023 to between three years and life in prison, but that prison sentence was suspended; the judge ordered him to serve three years in jail, with credit for the almost year and a half he had already served, followed by six years of probation.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Robert Matthews
- was a Mormon church member and singer in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; arrested in 2006, after police received evidence that he swam naked with four young boys during a trip in July 2006; he allegedly took pictures of the nude swim and later processed the images on his computer; charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and lewdness involving a child; convicted.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2006, in Utah,
- Positions: Tabernacle Choir,
Norman Maxfield
- was an LDS church member and high school drama teacher in Utah; convicted in 1988 of sexually abusing boys.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
Timothy McCleve
- was a former Mormon bishop in Harrisville, Utah when he was charged with sexually abusing three children; some of the abuse took place while he was bishop; sentenced in 2008 to up to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 2024, charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation.
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
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.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Colorado,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
David McGhie
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2000 of child sexual abuse; an LDS bishop was accused of failing to report the abuse.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
Mitchell McKee
- was a Mormon church member and retired Utah State Highway Patrol officer in Heber City, Utah; when arrested in 2024, was a licensed marriage and family therapist with experience helping LDS clients address "pre and post mission sexual issues;" accused of sexual abuse of a minor.
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- Positions: Missionary,
Blake Mendenhall
- was an LDS church member in American Fork, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Jonathan Merrill
- was a Mormon church member and Timpview High School sport club coach in Provo, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Richard Miles
- was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit; case was dismissed with prejudice in 2020.
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- Positions: Mission president,
Brenda Miles
- was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: ever-bishop-wife, ever-mission-president-wife, ever-relief-society-president,
Allen Miller
- was a Mormon church member in Panguitch, Utah; accused of sexually abusing a Panguitch high school student and a sports staff member; was arrested March 27, 2025.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, 2024, in Utah,
Sergey Millett
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty in 2009 to child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
David Millett
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced in 2022 to prison for first-degree felony sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Trevor Milton
- was a Mormon church member and former technology billionaire (Nikola) in Utah; accused in a 2020 lawsuit of sexual assault of two minors.
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- Alleged coverup
Brian Mitchell
- was a Mormon church member and temple worker in Utah; abductor, with Wanda Barzee, of Elizabeth Smart.
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Stake high council, Temple worker,
Thomas Monson
- was an attorney for the LDS church's law firm, Kirton McConkie; In 1989, Monson paid a $75 fine and was placed on probation after he pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting sex from a prostitute; sued in the 1990s for sexual harassment; reached a settlement with the victim; was a Mormon bishop in Utah in 2008.
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
Aaron Montoya
- was a Mormon children's Primary teacher and law enforcement officer in Utah; found guilty in 2005 of sexually abusing children during LDS church meetings and at his home; later pleaded guilty in another case; in all, at least nine victims came forward; sentenced to prison in 2005; as of March 2025, is out of prison on parole and lives in Woods Cross, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Primary,
Timothy Monzello
- was a Mormon bishop in Azusa, California (Azusa 1st Ward, Glendora California Stake) from about 2005 to 2010; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexual abuse that allegedly took place between 2008 and 2010, starting when the victim was seven years old; the alleged abuse took place in the bishop's office at church and at Monzello's home.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Luis Morales Silva
- was an LDS church member in Lehi, Utah; in 2022, pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree felony sex abuse of a child; sentenced to one to 15 years in prison.
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Mark Morgan
- was an LDS church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Scotty Mortensen
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
Shawn Mortensen
- was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency member in Albuquerque, New Mexico; in February 2021, admitted to police that he had sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in January 2021; convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to prison in New Mexico.
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- Crime: 2020s, in New Mexico,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader,
David Moss
- was an LDS bishop (2015-19) and police officer in Utah; arrested in 2019 for soliciting an undercover cop for sex; pleaded guilty in 2019 to a 3rd degree felony charge of exploiting a prostitute and a misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute; sentenced to prison, but both terms were suspended.
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- Crime: 2010s, 2019, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
Erick Mosteller
- was a Mormon church member and former youth leader in Utah; was caught downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM); admitted to soliciting sex acts from trafficked women at Asian massage parlors; pleaded guilty in March 2023 to two second degree felony charges of child sexual exploitation; sentenced in August 2023 to 250 days in jail, with credit for 79 days served; placed on 4 years probation.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
Tevita Mounga
- was a former Mormon bishop and ward mission leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; arrested and charged in May 2024 with sexual assault and kidnapping.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Ward mission leader,
Steven Murdock
- was a Mormon stake high council member and former LDS bishop in Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah; allegedly sexually harassed multiple women in his ward while he was their bishop (he was bishop from 2013 to 2017); in 2019, was caught taking photos of a young woman in a dressing room in Tennessee; pleaded guilty in November 2019; sentenced in 2019 to one year probation, 48 hours community service .
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- Crime: 2010s, in Tennessee,
- Positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Alleged coverup
Jesse Murff
- was an LDS church member and attorney in Utah; arrested in May 2020 on 26 counts related to alleged sexual abuse; died in June 2020 at a hospital several days after he apparently attempted suicide in his cell.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Shane Murray
- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded and convicted of 2 counts of FORCIBLE SEX ABUSE - 2nd Degree Felony the victim was 14 year old female.
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Matthew Nash
- was a former Mormon missionary from Utah who served a mission in North Carolina in 1999; accused in 2001 of sexually molesting 11 girls while on his mission; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Missionary,
Craig Nebeker
- was a Mormon church member in California and St. George, Utah; accused of sexual abuse and convicted of three counts of AGGRAVATED SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD and one count SODOMY ON A CHILD.
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- Crime: 2010s, in California, Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
Gordon Neeley
- was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018.
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- Positions: High priest, Missionary,
Kim Nelson
- was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse; LDS leaders allegedly knew about the abuse and failed to report to police.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
Jayden Nelson
- was an LDS church member in South Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 4-year-old child and of a teenage female; sentenced in 2018 to 15 years to life in prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
James Neumeyer
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2024.
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Paul Newman
- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; charged in 2020 with child sexual abuse; convicted of a sex crime.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
Hugh Nibley
- was a prominent LDS scholar in Utah; in 2005, was publicly accused by his daughter of childhood sexual abuse against her; died in 2005 in Provo, Utah; was never charged with a sex crime.
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- Positions: BYU, Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Sunday school,
Gregg Nielsen
- was an LDS church member and dentist in South Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Demar Nilson
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Johnathon Nixon
- was a Mormon church member in Indiana and Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2005 in Davis County, Utah; convicted again in 2018 and sentenced to prison.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Indiana, Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Brent Noorda
- was a Mormon church member and chiropractor in St. George, Utah; arrested in 2019 and accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison.
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- Positions: Missionary,
Bryce Norton
- was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing four young karate students.
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- Crime: 2010, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
David Novak
- was an LDS Social Services counselor in Utah who worked for 12 years with child sexual abuse victims; convicted in 1999 of sexually abusing a girl; released from jail after serving about 40 days.
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- Positions: Church employee,
Zander Nunley
- was a police officer and former Mormon missionary in Salt Lake City, Utah; went on an LDS mission to Nicaragua in 2018 to 2019; accused in December 2024 of sexual assault of a woman who said he met her via an online dating app; she said he invited her to his home to watch a Christmas devotional broadcast by worldwide Mormon leaders; she said he removed his LDS temple garments to assault her.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Missionary,
Lonnie Nyman
- was a Mormon church member and funeral director in Utah; accused of sex crimes; pleaded guilty; sentenced in August 2019.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Eric Olsen
- was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Bakersfield, California; admitted to Ontario, California police that he had sexually abused between 200 to 300 girls, with as many as 30 victims in Kern County; convicted in 2007 in California of 6 felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced to five years in prison; lifetime registered sex offender; as of 2023, lives in Brigham City, Utah.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Jeffrey Olson
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted of first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child and was sentenced in 2020 to four consecutive terms of three years to life in prison.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Thomas Opfar
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
Scott Owen
- was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in Nov. 2023; sentenced in 2025 to prison.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Alleged coverup
Jonathan Owens
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
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Alan Pace
- was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; sentenced in 2015 to 30 days in prison and 36 months of probation for felony child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Robert Paisola
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2008 and sentenced to 90 days in jail.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Spencer Palmer
- was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; lived in Utah; posthumously accused of child sexual abuse by his grandson.
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- Positions: Bishop, BYU, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Temple president,
Kenny Parcell
- was an LDS church member and president of the National Association of Realtors; former Mormon ward young men's leader in Utah and bishopric counselor at BYU-Provo; accused in 2023 of sexual harassment by three women; resigned.
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- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
Terry Parker
- was a former Mormon bishop and school teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington; in 1996, two former students filed a civil lawsuit against the school district, Parker and the school's former principal, saying Parker sexually abused them; they said they reported to the school district, which then allegedly did nothing to protect them; the suit was dismissed with prejudice in Feb. 1998.
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Washington,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Youth leader,
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.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Curtis Payne
- was a Mormon church member and elementary school teacher in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2019 of child sexual abuse and sentenced to four consecutive terms of 15 years to life in prison.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Jason Pedersen
- was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; convicted guilty of first-degree felony attempted aggravated sex abuse of a child; as of April 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah as a registered sex offender and is an LDS elders quorum president.
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- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
James Penrod
- was a Mormon church missionary in Pennsylvania in 1997; originally from Utah; sent home to Utah from his mission and arrested in July 1997 and charged with child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison for sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Pennsylvania, Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Brian Peterson
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Scout leader,
Eneudo Petit
- was a Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; while bishop, allegedly sexually abused a child; accused of molesting another child before becoming a bishop; allegedly avoided arrest warrant for child sexual abuse by fleeing the US to Venezuela; arrested in Texas in 2021; convicted in Utah in 2022 and sentenced to prison; as of July 2024, is in the Uintah County Jail.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Scott Phister
- was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Wyoming; later moved to Utah and worked as a massage therapist; pleaded no contest in 2022 to two class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery for touching a female massage client in a sexual manner.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
Derrick Pickering
- was a Mormon church member and nurse practitioner in Utah; accused in 2024 by multiple former patients in a civil lawsuit of touching them in sexually inappropriate ways.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Danny Pitcher
- was a Mormon church member and youth sports coach in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years to life in prison; as of 2024, remained in prison.
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Byron Poelman
- was a bishop and stake president in Utah and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church; arrested in 1994 for soliciting a prostitute; pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Alleged coverup
Lloyd Pond
- was a Mormon church spokesman and leader of an LDS church radio program in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1996 to one count of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 1997 to prison; died in 2019.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Mark Porter
- was a Mormon church member and former stake presidency member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2022 after allegedly groping women in a Logan grocery store; pleaded guilty in December 2022.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader,
Michael Pratt
- was an LDS seminary principal in Utah; arrested in 2009; convicted and sentenced in 2010 for the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old seminary student.
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- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Church employee, Other leader, Seminary teacher,
Spencer Pratt
- was a Mormon church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; arrested in January 2025 on suspicion of child sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
Kent Prestwich
- was an LDS church member and nursery leader (Primary teacher/worker) in Lewiston, Utah; arrested in 2023 for allegedly downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for 15 years "because it aroused him;" pleaded guilty to two 2nd degree felony counts of child sexual exploitation; January 2024: sentenced to two concurrent terms of one to 15 years in prison, with credit for 91 says served.
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- Positions: Nursery, Primary,
Keith Price
- was a Mormon bishop in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2018 of class A misdemeanor voyeurism; secretly recorded underage girls; the crime occurred while he was serving as bishop.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Byard Price
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse, then reapplied to be a scout volunteer after his conviction.
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- Positions: Scout leader,
Shane Pugh
- was a Mormon church member in Cedar Hills, Utah; accused of touching an underage girl while she was sleeping; in 2017, pleaded guilty to forcible sexual abuse (2nd degree felony); sentenced to 1 to 15 years in prison and 3 years probation.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Sunday school,
Noah Rada
- was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of possession of child sexual abuse material in 2022; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three years in prison and 20 years probation.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Bryce Ray
- was a Mormon church member and former bank officer in West Haven, Utah; arrested in July 2024 and charged with enticing a minor and sexual solicitation of a child.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
Grayson Redd
- was a Mormon church member and former sheriff's deputy in Monticello, Utah; accused in 2024 of sexual abuse; died by suicide in July 2024, days after posting bail.
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Kenneth Richens
- was an LDS church member and chief information officer (CIO) of Central Valley Medical Center in Nephi, Utah; accused in 2023 of child sexual exploitation; pleaded guilty in February 2024 to two felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; in April 2024, sentenced to two consecutive terms of one to 15 years in prison.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Douglas Richens
- was former international director of the Mormon church's disability services and prison ministry; worked for the LDS church for 23 years; retired, became a professional life coach in Tooele, Utah; charged with sodomy on a child and aggravated sexual abuse; court ordered him held without bail as of Mar. 21, 2025.
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- Positions: Church employee, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Unknown position,
Leroy Richins
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
Shonn Ricks
- was an LDS church member in Benson, Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; found guilty by a jury in 1997; served about 14 months in prison; attempted to serve a Mormon mission and was supported by his stake president, Jerry Toombs; his mission call was withdrawn.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
Phillip Rimmasch
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah in the 1980s; had a 50-plus year career as a mortician; convicted of child sexual abuse; on appeal, the Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial in 1989.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
Jeffrey Ringstad
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted in the 2010s of two counts of rape of a child, one count of object rape of a child, two counts of sodomy on a child, and three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, all first degree felonies.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
Chad Robertson
- was an LDS church member and high school assistant basketball coach in Parowan, Utah; accused in 2023 of unlawful sexual activity with a child; admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old boy on five separate occasions; in March 2024, pleaded guilty to two felonies; in June 2024, was sentenced to one year in the Iron County Jail, with credit for time served, and four years of probation.
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James Robinson
- was an LDS bishop in Utah; accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl; charges were dropped.
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- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Denim Robinson
- was a Mormon church member in Payson, Utah; pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2015 in Utah to one to 10 years in prison.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Youth leader,
Lowell Robison
- was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Mexico,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
Daniel Robison
- was a Mormon church member and bankruptcy attorney in St. George, Utah; charged in 2024 with 11 felonies related to sexual abuse of four children.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Dwayne Rogers
- was an LDS church member in Utah and Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted of aggravated sex abuse of a child.
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Jeremy Rose
- was a Mormon church member in Tremonton, Utah; accused and charged with 16 charges in Box Elder, County; case was transferred to Ogden, Utah courts.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Weber County (Utah),
Michael Rosser
- was an LDS church member in Indiana; accused in 2023 of child sexual abuse; made a plea agreement in February 2024, agreeing to plead guilty to reduced charges; convicted in 2024 and sentenced to six years in prison with two years probation.
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Bradley Roylance
- was a Mormon church member and attorney; convicted in 2010 of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor; sentenced to 180 days in prison.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Lance Rushton
- was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; accused of photo shopping faces of family members, ward church members of adults and children on to pornographic material and distributing them; convicted in 2007 and sentenced to three months in jail and three years of probation.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Music leader,
Eldon Saling
- was a Mormon church member in California and Utah; convicted in 1987 in California and in 1993 in Utah of charges related to sexual abuse; as of 2024, lives in Burley, Idaho as a registered sex offender.
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California, Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Keith Salmon
- was an LDS church member in Tennessee; found guilty of distributing CSAM.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Tennessee,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Douglas Saltsman
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexual abuse; sentenced to jail and probation.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Richard Sampson
- was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; was director of medical affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; allegedly sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Bishop, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Alleged coverup
Kyle Saucier
- was a Mormon missionary in Utah; charged in 2007 with aggravated sexual abuse of a child, but the charges were dropped after prosecutors said they could not proceed due to "witness problems".
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- Positions: Missionary,
Shawn Scherick
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted three times of sex crimes between 2004 and 2012.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
George Schliesser
- was a Mormon church member, scout leader and Primary teacher in Utah; charged in 1990 with two counts of sodomy on a child and two counts of sex abuse on a child; in September 2021, was arrested after a third alleged attempt at voyeurism, the first two in 2020.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Primary, Scout leader,
Thomas Schofield
- was a Mormon bishop in Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a 16-year-old child in 2004-05 while he was a Mormon Bishop; some of the alleged abuse took place in the Salt Lake City and Oakland LDS temples and the bishop's office at church.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged coverup
Jeffery Scofield
- was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; found guilty in 2004 of two counts of sexual abuse of a child (a 6-year-old girl); spent six years in prison and underwent therapy; in 2017, was arrested and charged with rape of a 73-year-old woman; the case was dismissed because the victim could not be located to testify in court.
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- Positions: Missionary,
Orin Searle
- was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2013 but was deemed incompetent to stand trial; a victim said that Searle's predatory behavior began as early as the late 1950s, and that several family members, and multiple members of the LDS 44th Ward (Mount Ogden Stake), knew that Searle was a child molester but did nothing to stop him; died in 2014.
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- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker,
- Alleged coverup
Eric Senior
- was an LDS church member in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse in the 1990s; convicted; sentenced to prison; lost an appeal with the California Supreme Court; as of March 2024, lives in Provo, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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- Crime: 1990s, in California,
Carl Sepos
- was an LDS temple worker and high priest in Payson, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexually abusing an adult woman with Down syndrome and autism at a hotel swimming pool; he blamed his sex crime in part on an addiction to pornography; sentenced to 150 days in jail, 36 months of probation and 100 hours of community service.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: High priest, Temple worker,
Matthew Shepard
- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; In October of 2019 chatted with online 13year old persona to try and meet for sex; found guilty to 3 counts of entice a minor by internet or text; currently in jail in Duchesne, Utah.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Ryan Sherry
- was a Mormon church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; tried to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex after online contact; arrested in a police sting operation; convicted in 2015 of forcible sexual abuse and attempted lewdness involving a child.
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David Shurtz
- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Bishop,
Robert Smith
- was a Mormon church member in Tooele, Utah; worked for the FBI; accused in 2022 of sexual abuse of several girls; as of April 2023, case is still underway in the Utah court system; in November 2023, charged with more sex crimes; Preliminary hearing date has been moved to June 30 2025 at 10 AM in third District Court, Tooele Utah.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: high counselor,
Paul Spencer
- was a Mormon church temple prep instructor and mission leader in Riverton, Salt Lake County, Utah; charged in December 2024 with multiple felonies related to arranging to meet a police detective posing as a 13-year-old girl for sexual assault in Lehi, Utah.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Other leader, Ward mission leader, Youth leader,
Kent Staheli
- was an LDS church member in California and Utah; served as first counselor in a Mormon bishopric; convicted in federal court in 2010 of charges related to child sex trafficking.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
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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- Crime: 1990s, in Colorado,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Derrick Starley
- was an LDS church member and full-time missionary in Chubbuck, Idaho; originally from Utah; perpetrated a sex crime while on his Mormon mission in October 2012; convicted in 2013 of felony injury to a child and sentenced to 10 days in jail.
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- Crime: 2010s, 2012, in Idaho,
- Positions: Missionary,
Mark Stevens
- was a Mormon bishop in Utah in 2006; charged in 2025 with sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl that allegedly took place in his office at church.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Roselle Stevenson
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused in August 2023 of child sexual abuse; ex-wife of ritualistic abuse suspect David Hamblin.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Terry Stidd
- Terry Alan Stidd was an LDS church member in Kearns, Utah; in 1998, pleaded guilty to rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree and was sentenced to 10 years in prison; as of 2024, is out on parole and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
Michael Stillman
- was a Mormon Tabernacle Choir member and professional scouter with the Boy Scouts of America in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah; accused in 1989 of having sexually abused a boy between the ages of 13 and 15 in the mid-1970s; decided to resign as district scout executive as long as it did not imply guilt; was never reported to police or charged with a crime.
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Alleged coverup
Robert Stillwell
- was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987; convicted in 1993 and 1998 in separate cases of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop reportedly became aware of the abuse, but did not take any church disciplinary action or report to police.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
Phillip Stokes
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; composed music for multiple videos posted to official LDS church websites and social media accounts; in 2022, sentenced in Utah to two terms of 25 years to life in prison for rape of a child and sodomy on a child, first-degree felonies.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
James Stokes
- was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; Was a drama teacher at a high school in Utah found guilty of forcible sexual abuse of a 14 year old drama student.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Sunday school, Youth leader,
Bradley Stowell
- 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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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Idaho,
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
James Stringham
- was a Mormon church member and pediatric physician in Salt Lake City, Utah; in 1980, he made a video recording of a sexual nature involving one of his child patients; in 1982, pleaded no contest to a second-degree felony charge of sexual exploitation of a minor; sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $7,500 restitution; his medical license was suspended for 90 days, and he was forbidden from treating patients of certain ages.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
Jason Strong
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Alleged coverup
Sean Sund
- was an LDS primary teacher in Utah; arrested in 2018 and accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl from his LDS ward during sleepovers at his home on multiple occasions; pleaded guilty in 2022 to second-degree felony sex abuse of a child and was sentenced to 361 days in jail; registered sex offender for life.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Other leader, Primary,
Kevin Sykes
- was an LDS church youth leader in Utah; arrested for possessing child pornography; later arrested for forcible sodomy, human trafficking, sexual abuse of a minor, child abuse and obstructing justice; pleaded guilty in February 2023 to four counts of felony child sexual abuse; in November 2023, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in Utah.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Youth leader,
Daniel Taggart
- was an LDS church member in Highland, Utah; co-founder of Ancestry.com, LDSAudio.com and Infobases; in 2015, sentenced to prison in Utah for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Keaton Tanner
- was a Mormon church member and school teacher in Pleasant Grove, Utah; accused and arrested for alleged rape of a child; authorities requested no bail because they feared he might flee to Germany, where he was once a Mormon missionary.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Missionary,
Heidi Tasso
- was an LDS church member and school teacher/counselor in St. George, Utah; charged in 2016 with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in June 2018 to one third-degree felony count of unlawful sexual activity with a minor; sentenced in August 2018 to 120 days in jail, 36 months probation and 200 hours of community service.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Brent Taylor
- was the Utah Valley Youth Symphony orchestra director and an LDS Sunday school teacher; accused in 2018 of sexually abusing multiple boys; a judge ruled in 2023 that he had exaggerated his health issues to avoid trial; pleaded guilty in June 2024; sentenced twice to prison in two separate child sex abuse cases in 2024.
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Sunday school, Youth leader,
Christopher Taylor
- was an LDS church member in Utah; arrested in January 2022 for possession of child pornography; case pending as federal charges are being evaluated.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Keele Taylor
- was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; convicted of possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material / CSAM); in July 2019, pleaded guilty to possession of CSAM; the distribution charge was dropped due to a plea agreement.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Alleged coverup
Anthony Teeples
- was an LDS church member in Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1989 and in 2019.
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- Crime: 1980s, 2010s, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Youth leader,
Arturo Tenorio
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Jared Tichy
- was an LDS church member and elementary school teacher in Salt Lake City, Utah; in April 2023, charged with child sexual abuse; several other victims came forward in April 2023.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
George Tilson
- was a Mormon church member in the Salt Lake City, Utah area (including Holladay); pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in the 1990s; alleged coverup by Mormon leaders.
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: High priest, Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
Donald Tolman
- was an LDS church member and former bishop in Provo, Utah (Provo 10th Ward, starting in 1975); convicted in 2020 of six felony counts related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2020 to 25 years to life in prison.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
James Tolman
- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah and Cheyenne, Wyoming; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE in 1994 in Utah and SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE in Wyoming.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah), Wyoming,
Jay Toombs
- was an LDS church member and private investigator in Benson, Cache Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; allegations of his abuse were reportedly known to three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother), who never reported it to police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison.
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
Robert Tubbs
- was an LDS scout leader in Slaterville, Weber County, Utah; admitted he told a Mormon bishop in the early 1970s he had molested multiple boys; Tubbs said the bishop kept the abuse secret; nearly 20 years passed and Tubbs molested others; in the 1990s, Tubbs pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced to six years to life in prison; paroled in 2000; violated parole; released in 2008.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged coverup
Spencer Turner
- was a Mormon church member in Murray, Utah; In June of 2007 arrested via an undercover sting operation for attempting to meet with a person he thought was a girl so he could kiss and fondle her; also alleged sexually abused three other minor girls.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Utah,
Drew Tutt
- was a Mormon church member, school teacher and soccer coach in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of two girls on his soccer team; in 2017, convicted of two counts of third degree felony sexual abuse of a minor student; in 2018, sentenced to prison.
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- Positions: Missionary,
Timothy Tuttle
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2016 of three counts of class A misdemeanor sexual battery.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Devin Tuttle
- was a Mormon church member in Draper, Utah; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A 16 OR 17 YEAR OLD/CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Youth leader,
Kimball Ungerman
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2020 to one felony count of 2nd degree aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison but the prison term was suspended; sentenced to probation; completed probation; as of 2023, registered sex offender; lives in Orem, Utah.
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- Positions: Missionary,
Keith Vallejo
- was a Mormon bishop in Utah; accused of sexually abusing and raping two underage girls; in 2017, was found guilty in a jury trial of ten counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse and one count of first-degree felony object rape; sentenced to five years to life in prison.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader,
- Alleged coverup
William Van Dyke
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual harassment of female students at Weber State University that needed financial aid.
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Homer Van Matre
- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake County, Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of child and sodomy on a child; charges were reversed on appeal when child recanted her story.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Sterling Van Wagenen
- was a co-founder of Sundance Film Festival and director of some Mormon temple endowment videos; publicly accused of sexual abuse of two children in two separate instances; sentenced to prison in 2019 for child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: BYU, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Alleged coverup
Jeffrey Vargo
- was an LDS church member in Washington County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah, Washington County (Utah),
Adrian Villar
- was an LDS church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of sexually abusing an 8 year old and 11 year old separately .
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- Positions: Primary,
Daniel Waddington
- was an LDS church member and retired police officer in American Fork, Utah; arrested in August 2023 and charged with 11 felony counts related to child sexual exploitation.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Unknown position,
Thomas Wallin
- was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; admitted to sexually abusing a child within an LDS chapel; in 2022, sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Matthew Wallis
- was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Louisiana,
- Alleged coverup
Nathan Ward
- was a Mormon church member and OBGYN in Missisippi and Utah; sentenced to prison in 2019 for production of child pornography.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Curtis Ware
- was a Mormon church member and football coach for Grantsville High School in Utah; convicted in June 2018 of one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, all class A misdemeanors; also pleaded guilty to class B misdemeanor tampering with a witness in a separate case.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Allen Washburn
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
Thomas Weaver
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony child sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Mark Webb
- was an LDS church member in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2014 to two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Charles Weber
- was an LDS church member and principal in Heber, Utah; convicted of forcible sodomy, forcible sexual abuse unlawful sexual activity with a minor; admitted to sexually abusing children throughout his 35 year career.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Kevin Weisenberger
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1993.
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Sydney Wengreen
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to felony sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2003 to five years to life in prison.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
Jeffery Westerman
- was a Provo, Utah police officer; was arrested for allegedly threatening to jail a woman unless she exposed herself to him.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Roland Westrup
- was a Mormon church member and returned missionary (St. Louis, Missouri) in approximately 2018-2020; arrested in Salt Lake County, Utah in March 2023; charged with 10 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; admitted to possessing and sharing child pornography, and to having sexual fantasies for many years about having sex with male children as young as infants to teens.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
Michael Whitehead
- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; convicted in 2004 of ENTICING A MINOR OVER THE INTERNET - Class A Misdemeanor.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Positions: Primary,
Shawn Whiting
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced in 2012 to one to 15 years in prison for collecting and creating child pornography.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
Craig Whiting
- was an LDS church member in Bluffdale, Utah; charged in 2018 with child sexual abuse; as of Feb 2023, pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial; jury trial was scheduled to move forward in 2023.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Dale Wilkinson
- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake County and Tooele County, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD - Class A Misdemeanor.
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Alan Willey
- was a Mormon church member and schoolteacher in Utah; honored as teacher of the year twice at local schools; sentenced to prison in 2007 for sexually molesting a child who was one of his students; accused of sexually abusing many other little children in his classes.
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
Keith Williams
- was a Mormon church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested a boy for three years; Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report the abuse to police, but approved Williams for an LDS temple wedding; convicted in 1991.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
David Williams
- was an LDS church member in West Valley, Utah; in 2019, found guilty of sexually abusing seven little girls for 14 years; the abuse was reported to parents and bishop and they allegedly did not report to police.
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- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
Robert Wily
- was an Mormon church member in Utah; in 2004, pleaded guilty to four class A misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; arrested in 2020 for allegedly possessing several child exploitation images; convicted of one felony count in 2022; sentenced to 365 days in jail and 48 months probation.
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- Crime: 2000s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Alexander Winward
- was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to 4 felony counts of child sex abuse, with all victims under the age of 7.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Stephen Wold
- was a Mormon church member and former full-time missionary (to Panama) who lived in Highland, Utah; convicted in 2017 of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a 10-year-old girl and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Positions: BYU, Missionary,
Ruth Worthen
- was a Mormon church member in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse by one adult in a 2019 civil lawsuit and in 2023 by four adults (one of whom was the 2019 plaintiff); arrested and charged in June 2024 with numerous felonies related to child sexual abuse.
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 2000s, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Mitchell Young
- was an LDS missionary in Canada; in 1980, was sent home after allegedly molesting children; convicted in Arizona (1985) and Utah (1988) of child sexual abuse; in 1993, sentenced in Utah to 15 years in prison for molesting a child for five years; a 2002 lawsuit against the LDS church accused Mormon leaders of providing a safe harbor for him; as of 2024, lives in Ogden, Utah; registered sex offender.
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona, Canada, Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Brigham Young
- Second president of the Mormon church; married 56 women, including a 15-year-old and three 16-year-olds; was publicly accused during his life (1801-1877) of sexual misconduct, including adultery and illegal polygamy; never charged with a sex crime; arrested and charged with adultery in 1871; not found guilty; died in 1877.
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- Alleged crime: 1800s, in Illinois, Utah,
- Positions: Apostle, Missionary,
- Alleged coverup
Jeffrey Young
- was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; convicted of 12 counts of VOYEURISM BY ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT CONCEALED OR DISGUISED, one count of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of obstructing justice.
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- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Nevada, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged coverup

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