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- Scott Abraham (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member in Powell, Wyoming; set up a hidden camera in women's bathroom at work place; convicted in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Wyoming as a registered sex offender
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- Convicted: 2020,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Michael Adamson (1945 – ) was a Mormon church caretaker and organist in York, England; allegedly abused at least four children as young as seven years old between 1966 and 1982; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
- Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Was Other leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Terry Allen (1943 – ) was an LDS church member in California; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison; was assigned to multiple trusted church positions, including Sunday school president, despite the Mormon church being aware that he had raped a teenager; LDS leaders were accused of hiding his abuse from local church members; as of 2024, lives in Grapevine, Texas
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California, Connecticut, Texas,
- Crime state: California, Connecticut,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Cortney Andrew (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member and bishopric counselor in Logan, Utah; charged in 2023 in Utah with four second degree felony counts of enticing a minor by internet or text; pleaded guilty to reduced charges in December 2023; sentenced in January 2024 to 60 days in jail
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- Convicted: 2023,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Michael Andrew (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member, former LDS church employee and part-owner of a children's gymnastics academy in or near Prescott, Arizona; accused in 2024 of child sexual abuse; convicted via a plea agreement in 2025; set to be sentenced Oct. 29
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Idaho,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Was Church employee, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Bishop Baldwin was a Mormon bishop in Pittsburg, California in 1989; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly lasted from 1989 to 1997, when the victim was 5 to 13 years old; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Coy Ball (1954 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; was charged with 11 counts related to child sex abuse; in 2014, pleaded guilty to three counts of molestation of a child
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
- Convicted: 2014,
- Was Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Paul Barnes (1955 – ) was a Mormon stake patriarch and former stake presidency counselor in Queen Creek, Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse that took place in 2022 in Idaho; convicted in 2023 or later and sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Idaho, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Was Stake patriarch,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Christopher Bartle (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Perth, Western Australia; accused of sexual abuse of four girls that allegedly took place between 1998 and 2007
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,
- Was Unknown position,
- Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Samuel Baugh (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Kingston, Idaho; charged in 2025 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; allegedly molested two children for many years; his defense attorney noted Baugh was active in the church while requesting a reduction in the bond amount; Floodlit is seeking court documents
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Crime county: ID - Shoshone,
- Was Unknown position,
- Ongoing,
- Keith Bergstresser (1975 – ) was an LDS church member in Oregon and Idaho; convicted in 2002 in Oregon of contributing to sexual delinquency of a minor; made a registered sex offender; in 2019, was assigned a position in an elders quorum presidency in Idaho
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- Was Elders quorum,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Donald Bills (1959 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Andrew Bishop (1981 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Convicted: 2016,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- 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,
- Places lived: Argentina, Arizona, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
- Earl Bleak was an LDS church member and bishopric member in Tempe, Arizona; was a physician; accused of sexually abusing missionaries
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- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Unknown result,
- Herman Blom (1948 – 2023) 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,
- Places lived: Netherlands, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime country: Netherlands,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Michael Bolingbroke (1942 – ) was a Mormon bishop and stake seventy president in Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2022 lawsuit; died in 2024
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- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake seventy, Sunday school,
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alexander Boulton (1917 – 2015) was a former Mormon bishop of the 28th Ward in South Ogden, Utah; in 1995, convicted via plea deal of one second-degree felony count of child sex abuse; sentenced to probation
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Australia, England, United Kingdom, Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Convicted: 1995,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Peter Brackner was second counselor in an LDS bishopric in Purvis, Mississippi, and a scoutmaster; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Mississippi,
- Crime state: Mississippi,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Allen Brinkerhoff (1929 – 2019) was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019
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- Convicted: 2007,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Broadbent (1947 – ) 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 charges, 2nd lawsuit
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
- Was Youth leader,
- Ongoing,
- Dismissed, Ongoing,
- Ronald Brockner (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; moved to Idaho; convicted in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison
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- Convicted: 2020,
- Was Bishop, Stake president,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Brandon Brown (1978 – ) was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused in 2024 of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately at a mall in Chubbuck, Idaho; also accused of inappropriately touching a third teenage girl; in 2025, entered Alford pleas to felony and misdemeanor counts of sexual battery of a child; a judge rejected the plea agreement
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Was Unknown position,
- Alford plea, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal,
- Paydan Bussey (1998 – ) 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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- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Marc Cameron (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member and former BYU hip-hop dance instructor in Utah; arrested and charged in June 2025 after allegedly sexually assaulting underage students at a dance studio he owned in Cottonwood Heights; some of the alleged abuse took place as early as 2019
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- Was Unknown position,
- Ongoing,
- David Cannata (1965 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Tucson, Arizona in 2005 when he sexually abused a child who was 5 or 6 years old; was a stake high council member sometime in the 2010s; was confronted by the victim and turned himself into the police; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison; was excommunicated from the Mormon church because of the abuse
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Craig Capron (1965 – ) was a podiatrist; Mormon branch president in Macy, Nebraska (1999-2002), then a stake/ward executive secretary in Wyoming; allegedly sexually abused at least five children over a span of 20-plus years, despite LDS officials allegedly knowing of the first victim and prohibiting Capron from teaching kids; convicted in 2024 in Wyoming; sentenced to six to 12 years in prison; convicted again in 2025
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- Convicted: 2024,
- Was Branch president, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Albert Carlson (1944 – ) 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,
- Places lived: New Mexico, Texas, Utah,
- Crime state: Texas, Utah,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Found guilty, No contest, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Michael Carnegie (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Kitsap, Washington; convicted in 2017 of one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation; sentenced to 30 days in jail
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- James Carnegie was a Mormon bishop in Silverdale, Washington in the mid-1980s (Silverdale 3rd Ward, Silverdale Washington Stake); convicted in 2009 and sentenced to jail for child molestation
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- Convicted: 2009,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged failure to report
- Mark Chapman (1971 – ) was an LDS church member, church janitor and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel
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- Convicted: 2022,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Kevin Christensen (1960 – ) 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; pleaded not guilty in July 2025
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Box Elder,
- Crime city: UT - Tremonton,
- Was Stake high council,
- Ongoing,
- Richard Cook was a Mormon church member and former LDS nursery leader in Boise, Idaho; arrested in 2020 on suspicion of sexually abusing young boys
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- Was Nursery,
- Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Kip Crofts (1966 – ) was a high school football coach in Caldwell, Idaho; was a Mormon bishopric counselor twice from 2014 to 2019; arrested and charged in 2025 with sexual abuse of a teenager
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Ongoing,
- David Curtis (1969 – ) 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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- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- John d'Aquin (1966 – ) was an LDS church member; convicted in 1994 in Louisiana of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles performing sexually immoral acts; convicted in 2007 in Louisiana of indecent behavior with juveniles
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Louisiana,
- Crime state: Louisiana,
- Convicted: 2007,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Candon Dahle (2003 – ) was a Mormon BYU baseball pitcher in Utah; in 2025, charged in two Idaho counties with crimes related to child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in Fremont County in May 2025; sentenced to 180 days in jail for sexually assaulting a young girl for five years; Floodlit.org is seeking court documents
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Utah,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Buckland Darrell (1979 – ) was a former LDS Primary teacher in Redmond, Washington; accused of molesting young boys in sacrament meeting and at their homes; charged with first-degree felony child molestation in 2022-23 (5 victims); admitted to sexually abusing around 6 to 8 boys; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2024 to at least 8 years in prison; faced two additional counts in March 2025 after two more victims came forward
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Was Primary,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Dawson was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Logan, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted
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- Was Elders quorum, Primary, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Randall Deaton (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in the Holmes Lake Ward, Lincoln Nebraska Stake; convicted in 2002 of attempted 1st degree sexual assault of a minor; the abuse took place before Deaton joined the LDS church; subsequently called as counselor in a YSA ward bishopric
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Nebraska,
- Crime state: Nebraska,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- James Denos (1929 – 2017) was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in 1970 in Westminster, Orange County, 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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- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Robert Dindinger (1970 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Was BYU, Missionary,
- Ongoing,
- 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,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Was Bishop, Temple worker,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Doe (1961 – ) was an LDS church member and former Mormon bishop in Alabama, Alaska and Texas; in 2022 or 2023, confessed to child sexual abuse to his LDS bishop and stake president in Texas, according to a person familiar with the case; they reported him to local police in 2023; in 2024, a plaintiff filed a civil lawsuit against him; Doe and the church settled with the victim in 2025
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- Was Bishop,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Doe was an LDS church member in Germany; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Doe was an LDS stake mission president; accused by Mormon leader Vaughn Featherstone in 1975 of child sexual abuse of "many, many Aaronic Priesthood boys" in Doe's stake
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- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Unknown location,
- Was Other leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Doe was a Mormon temple worker in Los Angeles, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the LDS church of sexually assaulting a man in 1984 while performing a private anointing ritual in the Los Angeles LDS temple
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Temple worker,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Michael Driggs (1950 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Arizona, Brazil, Maricopa County (Arizona), Utah,
- Crime state: Arizona, Utah,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa, UT - Salt Lake,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jeremy Dumas (1968 – ) was a Mormon bishop and boy scout leader in Indiana; pleaded guilty to charges related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2024; sentenced in September 2024 to 10 years in federal prison
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Indiana,
- Crime state: Indiana,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Edwin Dyer (1935 – 1986) was a Mormon church member and scoutmaster in central Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested as many as 15 boys over a 28-year period; shot and killed in 1986 by one of his victims; the Mormon church settled out of court for $200,000 with one victim
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- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Chet Egley (1982 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Idaho, Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Was Elders quorum, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Gerald Elison (1930 – 2019) 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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- Was Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed,
- Verd Erickson (1936 – 2022) 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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- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom, Virginia,
- Crime state: Virginia,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Was Bishop, Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Juan Flores Atenco (1955 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Convicted: 2012,
- Was Branch president,
- Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- William Gillespie (1936 – ) was an LDS church member in Montgomery, Alabama; accused of reaching inside the swimsuits of two girls and fondling them in his backyard pool in 1987; convicted in 1988 of three charges of first-degree sexual abuse and sentenced to one year in prison, plus four years of probation; conviction was reversed on appeal, then upheld; was allegedly excommunicated from the Mormon church
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Alabama,
- Crime state: Alabama,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Stephen Goode (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in Gresham, Oregon; arrested in 2019 and accused of sexually abusing a child during a trip in 2018; in 2022, found guilty in a jury trial of four felony charges; sentenced to 8.5 years in prison and 20 years supervision
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Probation,
- Shawn Gooden (1974 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Crime state: Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jay Grant (1902 – 1988) 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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- Was Bishop, Youth leader,
- Convicted,
- Gene Guinn (1932 – 2008) was an LDS church member in the Dallas Seventh Ward, Texas; in 2000, found guilty by a jury of indecency with a child and sentenced to 68 years in prison; the victim was 10 years old at the time of the crime; Mormon officials allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,
- Convicted: 2000,
- Was High priest,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Lincoln Gygi (1988 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted,
- Ryan Hall (1970 – ) was a former Mormon bishopric member and veteran sheriff's department detective in Maryland; in 2024, arrested and charged with several sex crimes related to child sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Maryland,
- Crime state: Maryland,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Ongoing,
- Douglas Hall (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and real estate agent in Idaho; pleaded guilty in 2025 to first-degree felony object rape in Utah, and to lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16 in Idaho; other charges in both cases were dropped via plea agreements; sentenced to five years to life in prison in Utah, and to eight years to life in prison in Idaho, per court documents
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Oklahoma, Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Idaho, Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Washington,
- Crime city: UT - St. George,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- David Hamblin (1954 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
- Was Elders quorum,
- Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jeffrey Hansen (1964 – ) 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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- Was Bishop,
- Unknown result,
- Melvin Hansen (1952 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Was Other leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Convicted, Police investigation,
- Brent Hansen (1938 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Steven Hansen (1953 – ) was a former LDS bishop; accused of sexual abuse
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- Convicted: 2018,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Russell Harbin (1974 – ) was a Mormon church member in Polson, Montana; convicted of sexual intercourse without consent with an 11-year-old child; the alleged abuse lasted from 2022 to 2024; he allegedly was assigned to be a Primary teacher sometime after the abuse began; sentenced in 2025 to 40 years in prison; the judge suspended 20 years of the 40-year term
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Montana,
- Crime state: Montana,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Was Primary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- William Harding (1940 – ) was a Mormon branch president, elders quorum president and ward clerk in Tasmania and Queensland, Australia; charged in or before 2023 with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor in two states in Australia; allegedly had as many as 40 victims; in 2024, pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced to 9 months in jail in Brisbane; in 2025, faced new charges in Tasmania
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,
- Was Branch president, Ward clerk,
- Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
- Richard Harrison (1989 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Craig Harward (1948 – ) 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,
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted: 2004,
- Was Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader,
- Never charged,
- Alleged failure to report
- Arlin Hatch was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church
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- Was Unknown position,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
- Collin Hawkins (1997 – ) was a Mormon church member and adjunct Russian professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho; was a Mormon missionary in St. Petersburg, Russia from 2015 to 2017; arrested in 2025 on suspicion of 20 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; the charges were related to CSAM (child sexual abuse material)
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: ever-russia, Idaho, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Missionary,
- Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Samuel Heavilon (1960 – ) was allegedly a former LDS branch president in Frankfort, Indiana; convicted in 2018 and in 2024 of child exploitation; sentenced both times to prison
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Indiana,
- Crime state: Indiana,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Was Branch president, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Douglas Holyoak (1960 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Illinois, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Illinois,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Caleb Horner was an LDS church member in Melbourne, Australia; arrested in November 2021 and accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy he met in 2020; found guilty in 2024 of two counts of sexual assault by touch of a child under 16; sentenced in October 2024 to three years "community corrections," avoiding additional jail time
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- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Ongoing,
- Lawrence Huffman (1967 – ) was an LDS church member in Mound City, Kansas; pleaded guilty to charges related to sodomizing a minor; as of 2024, lives in Hutchinson, Kansas as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Kansas,
- Crime state: Kansas,
- Convicted: 2007,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Albert Jackson (1906 – 2010) was a Mormon church member in Lewiston, Utah and Centerville, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2002 (at age 96) via plea agreement to two second-degree felony counts of sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to two concurrent prison terms of one to 15 years each
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- William Jansen (1983 – ) was an LDS church member and police officer in Twin Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty
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- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Christopher Jensen (1991 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Arizona, Utah, West Virginia,
- Crime state: Utah, West Virginia,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Was Missionary,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Bruce Jeppesen (1956 – ) 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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- Was Elders quorum,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Melvin Johnson (1936 – ) 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,
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Crime state: California, Utah,
- Was BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Brent Johnson (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member in Cedar Hills, Utah; charged in 2024 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; police said they found three videos of Johnson in 2013 where he was recording himself sexually abusing an 11-year-old child while she was sleeping
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Unknown location,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Was Missionary,
- Unknown result,
- 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
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- Was Church employee, Mission president, Other leader,
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Eric Jones (1981 – ) was an LDS church member in Blackfoot, Idaho; arrested for alleged sexual contact with a toddler; convicted in January 2024 of battery with the intent to commit lewd conduct of a child after a one-day trial; sentenced in March 2024 to two to 20 years in prison; required to register as a sex offender
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- Convicted: 2024,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Ronald Jones (1937 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, stake president and temple presidency counselor; Military Relations director for the LDS church from 1989 to 1991; convicted of sex solicitation in Utah in 1990 and 1995; charged in 2025 with three first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, one first-degree felony child kidnapping count, and two related misdemeanors
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- Was Bishop, Branch president, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Temple worker, Unknown position, Ward executive secretary,
- Ongoing,
- 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,
- Places lived: Nebraska, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Nebraska, Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Was Unknown position,
- Convicted, Ongoing, Prison,
- Robert Kempton (1942 – 2018) was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Arizona; was an attorney and served a mission as a legal counsel for the LDS church in Africa; arrested in 2014 in a police sting for prostitution
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Scott Kidman (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member in Cache County, Utah; investigated in 2015-16 for alleged sexual abuse of multiple children, but charges were never filed; arrested in 2025 for alleged object rape; allegedly repeatedly sexually abused at least four young girls over a period of several years
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- Was Unknown position,
- Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Keith Knutson (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member in Seattle, Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges in 1995; a Mormon bishop allegedly failed to report abuse allegations to police
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Was Sunday school,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Robert Larsen (1965 – ) 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,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Was Scout leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Jack Loholt was an LDS church member and Boy scout leader in Kent, Washington; accused of sexual abuse in the 1970s; court records show that two Mormon bishops knew about the abuse allegations but did not tell police; the Mormon church was court-ordered in 2006 to pay $87,500 to one victim after it settled with three others for undisclosed sums
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- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Was Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Unknown result,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
- Boyd Lords was a Mormon church member in Winnemucca, Nevada; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2022 to one felony count of lewdness with a child under the age of 14; was sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Crime state: Nevada,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Was High priest, Missionary, Ward executive secretary,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Douglas Lund was a former Mormon bishopric counselor in Pahrump, Nevada; arrested in 2011 and accused of repeated sexual abuse of two young girls; the alleged abuse occurred over a period of several years
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- Was Bishopric counselor,
- Unknown result,
- 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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- Was Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Stake high council, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Richard Mallard (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; charged in July 2025 with 41 felony counts related to child sexual exploitation; in August 2025, was released on bond, despite initially being held without bail; several LDS church members sent the court letters of support on Mallard's behalf prior to his detention hearing
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Missionary, Scout leader,
- Ongoing,
- Edwin McClellan (1936 – 2019) was a Mormon bishop in Cottonwood, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing 3 female family members from the 1980s-2000s
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Was Bishop,
- Never charged,
- Alleged failure to report
- David McConkie (1978 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Bolivia, Colorado, Utah, Virginia,
- Crime state: Colorado,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report

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