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Donation options »24 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Jose Arias
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- was a Mormon church missionary in Palm Desert, California; accused of sexual abuse; civil suit filed against LDS church and Arias; judge awarded judgment by default for the plaintiff (victim) against Arias in 2017 in the amount of approximately $4.2 million; the LDS church was not found liable.
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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in California,
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John Baysden
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- was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors; sentenced to 180 days in jail.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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Robert Campbell
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- was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
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Niles Carr
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- was a Mormon missionary in Ireland in the late 1980s, originally from California; convicted of child sexual abuse charges; Mormon leaders allegedly assigned Carr to work with boy scouts after knowing he was sent home from his mission due to child sex abuse allegations.
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- Alleged coverup
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
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Curtis Crittenden
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- was a Mormon church member and LDS full-time missionary in Guatemala in 1993-1995; admitted to sexually abusing boys while on his mission and later when he was the head of 4-H in Tooele County; sentenced to prison in 2007 in Utah for child sexual abuse of several boys in his care as their 4-H leader.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
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Abraham Cruz
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- was a Mormon missionary in Saratoga Springs, Utah; arrested in May 2024 on suspicion of sexual assault; charged with three first-degree felony counts (two of forcible sodomy, one of rape); charges were dismissed without prejudice in June 2024.
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- Criminal: Charges dropped, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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John d'Aquin
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- 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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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, in Louisiana,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
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Michael Driggs
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- 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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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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Matthias Heinrichs
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- was an LDS church member and missionary from the Netherlands, serving his mission in England; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred during his mission; pleaded guilty; jailed for two years.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 2010s, in England, United Kingdom,
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Hayden Hunter
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- was a Mormon missionary in California; he was from Pleasant Grove, Utah; arrested in 2020 for distribution of child sexual abuse material (child pornography) while on his mission; convicted of possession of CSAM in 2021.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 2020s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Online,
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Daniel Landeros
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- was a Mormon missionary; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Positions: Missionary,
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Jason Larsen
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- was an LDS missionary from Idaho in Bakersfield, California; accused in 1997 of sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl at a school; as of 2024, lives in Meridian, Idaho.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Victim's school,
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Robert Longman
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- was a Mormon missionary in Corpus Christi, Texas; molested a three-year old in a bedroom while two other missionaries talked with the mother; pleaded no contest to charges filed in May 1989 of indecency with a child; sentenced to eight years probation, a $1,000 fine, and required to pay $400 in court costs.
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- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Probation,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
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Brandon Manning
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- was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Georgia, Scotland, United Kingdom, Utah,
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Calvin McGee
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- was an LDS missionary in Virginia in 2022; accused of soliciting sexually explicit pictures and video from a person he believed to be an 11-year-old girl, and inviting her to meet in person; arrested in Boise, Idaho in July 2023 and accused of rape of a minor; pleaded guilty to two charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in May 2024 to three to 25 years in prison.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 2020s, in Idaho, Virginia,
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John Misseldine
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- was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two little children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a lawsuit said a local Mormon leader failed to report abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender.
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- Alleged coverup
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LDS church payment: $782,000
- Criminal: Alford plea, Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
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Matthew Nash
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- was a former Mormon missionary from Utah who served a mission in North Carolina in 1999; accused in 2001 of sexually molesting 11 girls while on his mission; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
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James Penrod
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- was a Mormon church missionary in Pennsylvania in 1997; originally from Utah; sent home to Utah from his mission and arrested in July 1997 and charged with child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison for sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, in Pennsylvania, Utah,
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Kyle Saucier
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- was a Mormon missionary in Utah; charged in 2007 with aggravated sexual abuse of a child, but the charges were dropped after prosecutors said they could not proceed due to "witness problems".
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- Criminal: Charges dropped,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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Jason Stark
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- was a former full-time Mormon missionary in Kentucky; accused of sexually abusing three people in 2005 while on his mission; a lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
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Derrick Starley
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- was an LDS church member and full-time missionary in Idaho; sentenced to prison for a sex crime committed while on his Mormon mission.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
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James Victor
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- was a Mormon missionary in Canada in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old boy while on his mission; an LDS stake president and a mission president (David Sorensen) allegedly covered up abuse allegations; Sorensen later became an LDS general authority.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Canada,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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Robert White
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- was a Mormon missionary in South Dakota in the late 1960s; in 2008, a civil lawsuit filed against the Mormon church said he sexually abused a boy while on his mission.
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- Alleged coverup
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LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in South Dakota,
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Sean Woolf
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- was an LDS church member and full-time missionary; accused of sexual abuse of a child; the alleged abuse occurred during his mission; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2020; the church settled with the victim.
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- Alleged coverup
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LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Positions: Missionary,
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