LDS Position Held When Accused: Scout leader

13 LDS sex abuse cases found

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- Alan Dunn (1941 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Venice, California (Los Angeles); accused in 1978 of child sexual abuse; confessed to the police
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- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Scout leader,
- Admitted guilt, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Stephen Field was a Mormon church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alfred Forrester (1936 – 2013) was a Mormon church member in California; excommunicated in the 1950s after conviction for child molestation; moved to Iowa, reoffended, incarcerated; returned to California, convicted once or twice more, then assigned to be a Mormon church scoutmaster; abused again, caught, sentenced to prison in 1979; a 2024 lawsuit against the LDS church alleged that a bishop failed to protect kids
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- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,
- Places lived: California, Iowa,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: California, Iowa,
- Convicted: 1979, convicted-year-1956, convicted-year-1960, convicted-year-1966,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Leroy Hamblin (1947 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Davis,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Lynn Hill was a Mormon scoutmaster in Utah; worked from 1976 to 1984 as a financial auditor for the LDS church, including in Japan and other Asian countries; sentenced in 2004 to up to five years in prison for sexually abusing a 17-year-old developmentally disabled girl; Hill molested her while driving her to an LDS church activity for disabled children, and at her home, according to charging documents
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2004,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Released,
- Paul Jellum (1959 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Nevada, Utah,
- Crime state: Nevada,
- Was Scout leader,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kip Later was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused in the 1980s of sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly failed to tell police about abuse allegations
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Was Scout leader,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- LaMell Lippard was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Scout leader,
- Unknown result,
- Keven Nelson was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of grooming and/or sexual abuse by multiple boys in his scout troop; in 1988, his BSA registration was suspended
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Was Scout leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Brian Peterson (1964 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Orem, Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison in 1990
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Convicted: 1989,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Brian Robbins (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy Scout leader in Colorado; in 2013, was arrested and charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child; was a scoutmaster at the time of his arrest
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Colorado,
- Crime state: Colorado,
- Was Scout leader,
- Unknown result,
- Robert Stillwell (1964 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Bradley Stowell (1972 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Idaho, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2005, 2008,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report

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