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25 LDS sex abuse cases found

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- Alan Andrus (1963 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Placerville, El Dorado County, California; accused of sexual abuse in 2020; as of September 2025, a jury trial may be imminent
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Jury trial, Ongoing,
- Arlo Atkin (1956 – ) was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, spent 132 days in jail
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Gordon Bodily (1949 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2001,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Paul Burdick (1972 – ) was an LDS bishop and drivers education teacher in Oregon; arrested in 2019 and charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to third-degree sex abuse involving underage female students in his job as a drivers ed teacher
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Was Bishop, Elders quorum,
- Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Raymond Casillas (1970 – ) was a Mormon bishop and middle school teacher in San Antonio, Texas; arrested in 2014 and charged with felony aggravated sexual assault of a child; via a plea agreement, pleaded no contest to indecent contact with a child and agreed to a fine of $1,500; was sentenced in 2016 to 8 years in prison; as of March 2024, lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender
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- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Michael Coleman (1960 – ) was an LDS bishop and former sound recording engineer in Mesa, Arizona (Lehi 2nd Ward); arrested in 2014 for sexual solicitation of a minor online; the alleged crime took place while he was bishop
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Argentina, Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime country: Brazil,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Was Bishop,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Larry Deutsch (1966 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Missouri,
- Crime state: Arizona, Missouri,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Matthew Doyle (1973 – ) was an LDS bishop in Copperas Cove, Texas (2nd Ward) in the 2000s; was a high school basketball coach; convicted in 2011 of sexual assault
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- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Todd Edwards (1964 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of one teenage girl in 2006 and another in 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse; in 2024, two victims sued the LDS church in separate lawsuits; one said a stake president and LDS law firm Kirton McConkie hindered police
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: California, Nevada,
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Was Bishop, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Leeroy Fry (1936 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2012,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Douglas Hall (1952 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2001, 2002,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Timothy Hallows (1958 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Kaysville, 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,
- Places lived: Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Davis,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Marvin Harker (1968 – ) was an LDS bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 2016; reportedly confessed to his mission president in 1987 to sexually abusing multiple children; also reportedly confessed to his bishop; both leaders told him not to report to police, according to records in a 2016 criminal case; convicted in 2019 (alleged abuse 1986-93); sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison; registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jeffrey Head (1964 – ) was an LDS bishop in Draper, 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,
- Places lived: Missouri, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Erik Hughes (1966 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Was Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Moss (1967 – ) was an LDS bishop (2015-19) and police officer in Lehi, 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,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Bruce O'Dell (1970 – ) was a Mormon bishop and dermatologist in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona; in 1999, was charged with 48 counts of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Was Bishop, Youth leader,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Eddie Padilla was a Mormon bishop in Taos, New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice
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- Was Bishop,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Eneudo Petit (1972 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah, Venezuela,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Errol Pilling (1942 – ) was a Mormon bishop and licensed psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; went on an LDS mission to England in the early 1960s; pleaded guilty in 1988 and in 1994 to charges of sexual misconduct; in September 1994, his registration as a chartered psychologist with the Psychologists Association of Alberta was cancelled; in 1994, was excommunicated; as of February 2024, lives in Twin Falls, Idaho
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Keith Price (1956 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alberto Reyes was a Mormon bishop in Argentina who sexually abused a child; allegedly sexually abused the victim for at least nine years; convicted in 2004
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- Convicted: 2004,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Keith Vallejo (1974 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Was Bishop, High priest, Other leader,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Dylan Whiting (1988 – ) was an LDS bishop in Nampa, Idaho; was removed from his position in 2021 after child sexual abuse allegations surfaced; was charged with four sex crimes; pleaded guilty to one felony count; sentenced in 2022 to prison
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Luis Zarate was a Mormon bishop in Panama; accused of sexual abuse of a 4-year-old
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Panama,
- Crime country: Panama,
- Was Bishop,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report

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