11 LDS sex abuse cases found
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- 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, - Places lived: North Carolina, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
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- Convicted:
2006,
Was Missionary, 
Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Robert Campbell was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Nebraska,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Was Missionary, 
Unknown result, Unknown result, -
- Niles Carr was a Mormon missionary in Ireland in the late 1980s, originally from California; convicted of child sexual abuse charges; Mormon leaders allegedly assigned Carr to work with Boy Scouts after knowing he was sent home from his mission due to child sex abuse allegations
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California, Ireland,
- Crime country: Ireland,
- Crime state: California,
Was Missionary, Convicted, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Abraham Cruz (2004 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
Was Missionary, Charges dropped, Not convicted, -
- 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-
- Matthias Heinrichs was an LDS missionary in England; originally from the Netherlands; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred during his mission; pleaded guilty; jailed for two years
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: England, Netherlands, United Kingdom,
- Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2012, Was Missionary, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, -
- Hayden Hunter (2001 – ) 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,
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Crime state: California,
Convicted:
2021, Was Missionary, Convicted, Released, -
- Daniel Landeros (1970 – ) was a Mormon missionary; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Missionary,
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- Brandon Manning (1973 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Georgia, Scotland, United Kingdom, Utah,
- Crime country: Scotland, United Kingdom,
- Crime state: Georgia, Utah,
Convicted:
2001, 2020, Unknown, Was Missionary, Youth leader, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Alleged failure to report-
- Patrick Oliphant (1992 – ) was a Mormon missionary from Carlsbad, New Mexico who was serving a mission in Michigan in 2013; reportedly turned himself in for sexual abuse of a child he was babysitting; charged with six counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and three counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor; convicted in 2015 of nine felony charges
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Michigan, New Mexico,
- Crime state: New Mexico,
Convicted:
2015, Was Missionary, Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result, -
- 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,
- Places lived: Pennsylvania, Utah,
- Crime state: Pennsylvania, Utah,
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