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Stewart Allsford
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Suicide,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Michael Dennis Antrobus
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- 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; our sources report that he had at least a dozen victims.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021, 2022,
- Case report »
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Arlo Kay Atkin
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes- 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, served time in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Case report »
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James B
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Case report »
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Bishop Baldwin
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Never charged,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church activity, LDS church building, Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Gordon Brent Bodily
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2001,
- Case report »
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Paul Douglas Burdick
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Michael Wayne Coleman
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime years: 2010s,
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Clark Elwood Crookston
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- was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; found guilty of attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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James Edrick Denos
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- was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four of his granddaughters living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Larry Deutsch
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Online,
- Crime years: 2010s, 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
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Spencer Remde Dixon
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Found not guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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John Doe
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Never charged,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, LDS temple,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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John Doe
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- was a Mormon bishop in Pocatello, Idaho; an abuse survivor told FLOODLIT that Doe sexually abused them in his office at church in late 1999.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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Matthew Thomas Doyle
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- was an LDS church member in Texas; found guilty of sexual assault.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Todd Mitchell Edwards
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for child sexual abuse that occurred in 2006 and 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Rex Lyle Furness
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
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Samuel Howard Gardner
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
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Keith Lorraine Gillins
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2009,
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David James Gomez
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- was a former LDS bishop and department of corrections administrator in Utah; arrested in 2004 and charged with 125 counts of sexual abuse; charges were dropped in 2005 due to issues related to the statutes of limitations.
- Criminal case: Criminal charges dropped,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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John Earl Goodrich
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Criminal charges dropped, Withheld judgment,
- Civil case: Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
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Douglas Bruce Hall
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- was an LDS bishop and retired Utah Highway Patrol sergeant; 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2001, 2002,
- Case report »
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Timothy James Hallows
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- was a Mormon bishop in 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
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James Hayes
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2001,
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Jeffrey Byron Head
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- was an LDS bishop in Utah; committed sex crimes while serving as a Mormon bishop; convicted of attempted forcible sexual abuse, two counts of lewdness and sexual battery; sentenced to four months in prison and four years of probation.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2019,
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Douglas Edwin Holyoak
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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).
- Criminal case: Never charged,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Erik Wayne Hughes
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2017,
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Lon Harvey Kennard
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- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in November 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2011,
- Case report »
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Timothy O'Sean McCleve
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2008,
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Timothy Bradbury Monzello
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Never charged,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, Perpetrator's home,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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David Neil Moss
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- was an LDS bishop (2015-19) and police officer in 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Public building,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2019,
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Steven Dean Murdock
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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 .
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Public building, Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2019,
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Paul William Newman
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- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; charged in 2020 with child sexual abuse; convicted of a sex crime.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020s,
- Case report »
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Bruce Lavon O'Dell
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- was a Mormon bishop and dermatologist in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona; in 1999, was charged with 48 counts of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Scott Dale Owen
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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 November 2023; charged in December 2023.
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Eddie Padilla
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- was a Mormon bishop in Taos, New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
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Eneudo Luis Petit
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
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Ronald Wayne Phelps
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS bishop 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Errol Kent Pilling
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Geoffrey James Powell
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2019,
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Carl Dee Pratt
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- was a Mormon bishop in San Manuel, Arizona; allegedly sexually abused a boy in his ward, in the bishop's office at an LDS chapel; died in 2006.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Case report »
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Keith Richard Price
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Unknown,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2018,
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Alberto Reyes
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- was a Mormon bishop in Argentina who sexually abused a child; allegedly sexually abused the victim for at least nine years; convicted in 2004.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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James Douglas Robinson
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- was an LDS bishop in Utah; accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl; charges were dropped.
- Criminal case: Criminal charges dropped,
- Case report »
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Richard Blaine Sampson
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- was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; Director of Medical Affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2014,
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Thomas Theron Schofield
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Never charged,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church activity, LDS church building, LDS temple,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Wes Leroy Skinner
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Never charged,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Douglas George Stoddard
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
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Keith Robert Vallejo
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- was a Mormon bishop in Utah; convicted of sexually abusing and raping two underage girls; sentenced in 2017 to five years to life in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
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Luis Zarate
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- was a Mormon bishop in Panama; accused of sexual abuse of a 4-year-old.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Case report »
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