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19 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

- Eric Avant was a Mormon cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; convicted in 1979 of sodomizing an 11-year-old; Mormon leaders allegedly knew of his sexual attraction to young boys but did not check police records; convicted in 1988 of 14 counts of aggravated sexual battery and sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting nine boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims; the church settled a lawsuit in 1992
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $2,000,000
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Virginia,
- Places when accused: Virginia,
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- Gerald Carter was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Virginia,
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- Thomas Evans-Southall was an LDS bishop in Charlottesville, Virginia; originally from England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2018 and sentenced to two consecutive terms of two years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Virginia,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in England
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- Frank Ferrara was a Mormon church member and doctor in Northern Virginia; convicted in 1997 of four counts of forcible sodomy
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Virginia,
- Places when accused: Virginia,
- Latest update: Lives in : VIRGINIA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION, 4901 PATRICK HENRY HIGHWAY, BURKEVILLE, VA 23922
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- Christopher Fleming was an LDS church member in Chesapeake, Virginia; found guilty of 10 counts of various sexual abuse to a minor; currently incarcerated in Virginia
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Virginia,
- Places when accused: Virginia,
- Latest update: Currently Incarcerated: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, RICHMOND, VA 23225
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- Shawn Frost was an LDS church member in Virginia; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse; in 2023, sued in $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; he was the victim's home teacher / ministering brother
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Settlement,
- Church positions: Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Other leader, Stake clerk, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Florida, Virginia,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: Haiti Haiti Port-au-Prince
- Places lived: England, Florida, Greece, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Virginia,
- Latest update: December 2022: out on bail, awaiting trial; November 2023: reached a settlement agreement in a $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; settlement amount undisclosed
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- Jason Gagnon was a Mormon church member who allegedly perpetrated sex crimes in Colorado, Oregon and Virginia
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Born: 1969
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado, Oregon, Virginia,
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- Shawn Gooden was an LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1974
- Mission: United States Ohio Cleveland (Spanish speaking)
- Places lived: Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Pennsylvania,
- Latest update: November 2023: sentenced in Virginia to up to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to four felony counts; faces more charges in Pennsylvania
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- John Goodrich was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $300,000
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Settlement,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Idaho, Virginia,
- Latest update: December 2023: AP story breaks about a secret $300,000 offer by the Mormon church to Goodrich's confessed sexual abuse victim
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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: High priest, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- Cecil Jacobson was a Mormon church member and fertility doctor in Virginia; found guilty of secretly using his own sperm to artificially inseminate patients
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Virginia,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1936
  Died: 2021
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Virginia,
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- Larry Johnson was a Mormon mission president from 1989 to 1992 (Virginia Roanoke) and a longtime LDS institute teacher in California; accused of sexual abuse in a lawsuit filed in 2021 in Orange County, California against Johnson and the LDS church; case ended in a settlement
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Church discipline: Unknown,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Church employee, Mission president, Other leader,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Virginia,
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- Rafael Lopez was a Mormon church member in Falls Church, Virginia; convicted of aggravated sexual abuse; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Virginia,
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- Jan Manley was a Mormon church member in Virginia; arrested in 2018 on suspicion of various offenses related to child sexual abuse; allegedly abused multiple children
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Virginia,
- Places when accused: Virginia,
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- David McConkie was a Mormon bishop (approximately 2013-16), stake president (2016-21) and deputy district attorney in Colorado; paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; allegedly confessed child sexual assault to a Mormon church leader in 2008; in July 2025, sentenced to five years probation
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1978
- Mission: 1997-1999 Bolivia Bolivia Cochabamba
- Places lived: Bolivia, Colorado, Utah, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Colorado,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: July 2025: sentenced to five years probation
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- Calvin McGee was an LDS missionary in Virginia in 2022; accused of soliciting sexually explicit pictures and video from a person he believed to be an 11-year-old girl, and inviting her to meet in person; arrested in Boise, Idaho in July 2023 and accused of rape of a minor; pleaded guilty to two charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in May 2024 to three to 25 years in prison
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 2002
- Mission: United States
- Places lived: Idaho, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Idaho, Virginia,
- Latest update: May 2024: sentenced in Idaho to three to 25 years in prison
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- Adam Phipps was an LDS church member in Manassas, Virginia; accused of taking indecent liberties with children; charged and convicted in 1993; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Virginia,
- Latest update: 2022-12-01: registered sex offender in Virginia; lives in Nokesville, Virginia
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- James Sirles was a Mormon church member in Chesterfield, Virginia; convicted of possession of child pornography and production and distribution of child pornography
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1924
  Died: 2018
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Virginia,
- Places when accused: Virginia,
- Latest update: Died in 2018
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- Charles Tyhurst was a former LDS bishop and optometrist in southwest Virginia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; 2020: sentenced in Virginia to prison for five years for aggravated sexual battery of a minor; 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Richmond, Virginia
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1947
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Virginia,
- Places when accused: Virginia,
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Richmond, Virginia. 2020: sentenced in Virginia to prison for five years for aggravated sexual battery of a minor
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