60 LDS sex abuse cases found
LDS bishops
- LDS position during crime: Bishop
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- Stewart Allsford (1951 – 2017) was a former LDS bishop in the Plymouth England stake; accused of sexually abusing two girls; died by suicide on third day of his child sex abuse trial
Alleged crime: 1990s, 
Alleged crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
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LDS positions: Bishop, - Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Alleged failure to report
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Alleged crime country:
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- Michael Antrobus (1947 – 2023) was a former Mormon branch president (similar to a bishop) and bishop in Connersville, Indiana for 10 years (approximately 1974-84); convicted of child sexual abuse charges (9 counts, 6 victims) in Sacramento County, California in 2021-2022; sentenced to 8 years in San Quentin State Prison; died by suicide in prison in September 2023; allegedly had at least a dozen victims
Convicted:
2021, 2022, - LDS positions: Bishop, Branch president, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- Geoffrey Ashdown (1947 – ) was a Mormon bishop and deputy school principal in Australia; convicted after alleged sexual abuse of two boys; the alleged abuse took place while Ashdown was a bishop; died in 2012
- Convicted:
1994,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- 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
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
Arizona,
Crime state:
LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, 
Alleged failure to report-
- James B was an LDS bishop in Newport Beach, California in about 1990 to 1995; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in his office at church every week from 1990 to 1995, when the victim was 12 to about 17 years old; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- 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
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Joseph Blodgett (1975 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; ongoing case as of 2025
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- 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
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2001, LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, 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
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake seventy, Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Unknown result, 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
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Oregon,
Convicted:
2020, LDS positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Alleged failure to report-
- 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
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Arizona,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- 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
- Convicted:
2009,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- 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
- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Alleged crime state:
Arizona,
- Alleged crime country:
Brazil,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Clark Crookston (1949 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Crime county:
Convicted:
2022, LDS positions: Bishop, High priest, Missionary, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report"I assumed I was alone. I felt guilty even to question his worthiness. [...] I buried the hurt and kept it secret for over 30 years. [...] The children who came forward are my heroes. These are the brave souls [who] broke the curse that has been happening for nearly 60 years."
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- 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
- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2002, LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report"In public, my father was always so perfect, and he told us he was perfect. [...] He went to church every Sunday, we had family home evening and we read the Scriptures. People put him on a pedestal. But he was molesting children … right under our noses."
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- 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
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime county:
AZ - Maricopa,
- Crime state:
Arizona, Missouri,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Spencer Dixon (1964 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused in 2002 of touching a 13-year-old girl inappropriately inside the LDS chapel of the Monument Park 7th Ward; acquitted in a jury trial
- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Alleged crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
Alleged crime city:
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Jury trial, -
- 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
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
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- 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
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- 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
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
California,
Convicted:
2013, LDS positions: Bishop, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Rex Furness (1923 – 2005) was a former Idaho state senator and Mormon bishop in Idaho; in 1996, pleaded guilty to sexual battery for fondling an underage girl; was sentenced to 60 days in jail; given a withheld judgment: if he did not violate the terms of his probation, the felony conviction would be kept from his record
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment, Alleged failure to report-
- Samuel Gardner (1932 – 1968) was an LDS bishop in the Oklahoma City First Ward in the early 1960s; accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the bishop's office at a Mormon chapel in about 1961; died in 1968
- Alleged crime: 1960s,
- Alleged crime state:
Oklahoma,
LDS positions: Bishop, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Keith Gillins (1947 – ) was a former mayor, LDS bishop and high school teacher in Fillmore, Utah; arrested on charges of having sex with a 17-year-old girl; convicted in 2009 of first degree felony attempted rape, first degree felony attempted sodomy and second degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 2009 to three sentences of three years to life in prison
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2009, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- David Gomez (1946 – ) was an LDS bishop in West Valley City, Utah in the late 1980s and early 1990s; allegedly raped, sodomized and fondled several boys he met as their bishop; charged in 2004 with six felonies; charges were dropped in 2005 due to statutes of limitations issues; church officials excommunicated Gomez, but allegedly failed to report to civil authorities for six or seven months
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Alleged crime city:
crime-city-ut-west-valley,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Expunged, Not convicted, Police investigation, Alleged failure to reportDespite excommunicating Gomez, church officials did not tell police of the alleged abuse for six or seven months until his 2004 arrest
"We'd like to keep this low key."
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- John Goodrich (1959 – ) 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
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Idaho, Virginia,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment, Civil case(s): Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- 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
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2001, 2002, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): 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
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime county:
UT - Davis,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2020, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- James Hayes (1956 – ) was an LDS bishop in the Timmins - North Bay area, Ontario, Canada; convicted of sexual exploitation in November 2001; molested an underage girl in his ward while serving as her bishop
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime country:
Canada,
Convicted:
2001, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, 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
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released, 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)
- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Alleged crime state:
Illinois,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, 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
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake high council, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- Lon Kennard (1941 – 2019) was a former Mormon bishop in Heber City, Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2011, LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- George Koford was a Mormon bishop in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Timothy McCleve (1956 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Harrisville, Utah when he was charged with sexually abusing three children; some of the abuse took place while he was bishop; sentenced in 2008 to up to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 2024, charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2008, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Timothy Monzello was a Mormon bishop in Azusa, California (Azusa 1st Ward, Glendora California Stake) from about 2005 to 2010; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexual abuse that allegedly took place between 2008 and 2010, starting when the victim was seven years old; the alleged abuse took place in the bishop's office at church and at Monzello's home
- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, 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
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Steven Murdock (1963 – ) was a Mormon stake high council member and former LDS bishop in Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah; allegedly sexually harassed multiple women in his ward while he was their bishop (he was bishop from 2013 to 2017); in 2019, was caught taking photos of a young woman in a dressing room in Tennessee; pleaded guilty in November 2019; sentenced in 2019 to one year probation, 48 hours community service
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Tennessee,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Bishop, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Community service, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- F N was an LDS bishop in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Unknown result, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Paul Newman (1957 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Highland, Utah; charged in 2020 with one second-degree felony count of attempted sex abuse of a child; the alleged abuse took place in 2013, while Newman was a bishop; in 2022, pleaded no contest to a reduced third-degree count; a prison term of up to five years was suspended; was fined $1,003 and placed on 48 months of probation; registered sex offender
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime city:
UT - Alpine,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2022, LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Probation, Registered sex offender, -
- 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
- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Alleged crime state:
Arizona,
LDS positions: Bishop, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Scott Owen (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in Nov. 2023; sentenced in 2025 to prison
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Eddie Padilla was a Mormon bishop in Taos, New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- 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
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2022, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Ronald Phelps was an LDS bishop and stake executive secretary, and attorney, in Oklahoma; arrested for indecent exposure before becoming an LDS bishop; accused of child sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly covered up the abuse
- LDS positions: Bishop, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- 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
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime country:
Canada,
LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Civil case(s): Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Geoffrey Powell (1947 – ) was an LDS bishop in Western Australia; accused of sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl in his ward; the alleged abuse took place while he was a bishop; the victim twice complained to the LDS church, but said she was not believed and was chastised, and it was suggested she should move away if she felt uncomfortable; in 2019, he was sentenced to 12 months in jail
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime country:
Australia,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, 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
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2018, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): 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
- Convicted:
2004,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- James Robinson was an LDS bishop in Utah; accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl; charges were dropped
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- Nefi Rubalcava was a Mormon bishop in Norwalk/Cerritos in southern California; accused of child sexual abuse in two lawsuits filed against the Mormon church in 2025; he was the foster father of one of his alleged victims and the bishop of both of them; he allegedly participated in a sex trafficking ring involving at least one other bishop and a stake president
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Unknown result, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Richard Sampson (1945 – ) was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; was director of medical affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; allegedly sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Crime county:
AZ - Maricopa, UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Arizona, Utah,
Convicted:
2014, LDS positions: Bishop, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- Thomas Schofield (1955 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a 16-year-old child in 2004-05 while he was a Mormon Bishop; some of the alleged abuse took place in the Salt Lake City and Oakland LDS temples and the bishop's office at church
- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Alleged crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Alleged crime state:
California, Utah,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- UNKNOWN Smith was a Mormon bishop in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with two Melchizedek priesthood holders in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old
- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Mark Stevens (1956 – ) was a Mormon bishop in West Jordan, Utah in 2006; charged in 2025 with sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl that allegedly took place in his office at church
- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Douglas Stoddard (1949 – ) was an LDS bishop in Hurst, Texas; convicted in 1992 of a felony child sexual abuse charge of indecency with a child by contact; sentenced to 8 years of probation; a lifetime registered sex offender in Texas; named publicly in August 2023 by a victim who said Stoddard molested him and three other boys in his Mormon ward while serving as bishop
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Texas,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender, Alleged failure to report-
- Glendon Templeton was a Mormon bishop, Sunday school teacher and scout leader in Arizona; was bishop of the Maryvale Ward in West Phoenix from 2014 to 2019; excommunicated in 2019; also was a volleyball coach for high school-aged girls; accused numerous times and arrested, but never prosecuted for alleged sex crimes; sued in 1997 for alleged sexual abuse; allegedly sexually assaulted multiple teenage girls
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Alleged crime county:
AZ - Maricopa,
- Alleged crime state:
Arizona,
LDS positions: Bishop, Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation, Civil case(s): Unknown result, 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
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- John Wichmann was an LDS bishop in the San Diego California South Stake in 2015-16; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of sexual abuse of a 16-year-old boy; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged sexual assaults took place in an unlocked church classroom in San Diego 25 times while other congregants were nearby
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- Gary Woolstenhulme (1933 – 2002) was a Mormon bishop in Imperial Beach, California in 1978; died in 2002; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church (plaintiff John Roe JB 65 - San Diego 24CU008107, CASD 3:24-cv-02349-AJB-MSB); allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy in his office at church
- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Luis Zarate was a Mormon bishop in Panama; accused of sexual abuse of a 4-year-old
- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Alleged crime country:
Panama,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Unknown result, Alleged failure to reportFilters
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