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Larren Bybee Arnold
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen (molested a nine year-old boy) in Idaho; convicted in October 1984; received a five year suspended sentence and three years probation.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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Eric Patrick Avant
- was a Mormon church member and cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; convicted on 14 counts of aggravated sexual battery; sentenced in 1988 to 26 years in prison for molesting eight boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,000,000
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Bryan A Barner
- was a Mormon church member in New York in the 1980s; scout leader, molested a 12-year-old boy and two 13-year-old boys; sentenced to no more than one year in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
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David William Bennett
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in California and Korea; convicted in 1987 in California of child sexual abuse; moved to Korea; was assigned to be an LDS young men's president and scoutmaster; was accused of molesting several boys; disappeared in 1991; FLOODLIT is attempting to locate him.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
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Arthur Gary Bishop
- was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
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David James Borg
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader; pleaded guilty to molesting multiple boys; sentenced to 34 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
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David Neil Brown
- was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
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Luke Elbert Dalton
- was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
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Richard Lloyd Dilley
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Burien, near Seattle, Washington; dishonorably discharged from the Navy in 1983 after admitting to abusing boys in a Scouting program in Athens, Greece; pleaded guilty in 1990 to one count of third degree child rape and five counts of child molestation for "repeated" offenses over two years of the scouts in his LDS troop; sentenced to 9 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
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Alan Keith Dunn
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Venice, California (Los Angeles); accused in 1978 of child sexual abuse; confessed to the police.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
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Dennis Joe Empey
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Blackfoot, Idaho; accused of sexually abusing many children; his stake president allegedly knew Empey was abusing kids; convicted of child molestation in May 1991; sentenced to two years probation.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Probation,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
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Stephen D Field
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
Jayne Allen Furness
- was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Arroyo Grande, California; accused of sex abuse; found guilty of voyeurism charges in or before 1972, and found guilty of sexual abuse charges in 1976; sentenced in 1976 or 1977 to prison; died in 1987.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
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Dustin Hall
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member in Washington state; accused of sexually abusing boys in the Shelton Ward near Olympia.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1970s,
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Jeffrey Lee Hardin
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted of lewd conduct with a minor in October 1991.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
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Vance Paul Hein
- was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 1990s, 2000, 2000s, 2010s, 2012,
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Paul Maxce Jellum
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon scout leader in Logan, Utah in the 1980s; suspended by the BSA in 1987 after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Boy Scout in his troop during a 1986 Scouting event at Camp Hunt near Bear Lake, Utah; in 1990, Jellum became a scoutmaster in a Nevada LDS ward despite his prior suspension; in 1991, Jellum admitted to the abuse.
- Criminal case: Police investigation, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Ronald Alvin Jenkins
- was a former Mormon scout leader, bishopric counselor and stake high council member in Idaho; worked as a high school teacher; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1996 of 10 counts of lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to 17 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
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Stephen Kay
- was a Mormon church member, school teacher and scout leader in Brisbane, Australia; charged multiple times with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1996 and was sentenced to jail.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
Kip E Later
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused in the 1980s of sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly failed to tell police about abuse allegations.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1980s,
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LaMell Ray Lippard
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Craig Ralph Mathias
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Granada Hills, California; was in the Northridge ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting multiple boy scouts; sentenced to six years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Franklin Leon Mathias
- was a former Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in Oregon; had a career as a schoolteacher; accused in 1987 of sexual abuse; sentenced in 1988 to four years in prison for molesting a child; he said that he had 242 victims over a 30 year period.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
James R Matlock
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Melvin E McKinney
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Case report »
Robert Gene Metcalf
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in California and Arizona; convicted three times of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1979 to 6 years in prison for sexually abusing a child; returned to the Mormon church after being released from prison, was made a scout leader and allegedly molested a scout on a campout in about 1987, according to a civil lawsuit; sentenced in Arizona in 1989 to 37 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Case report »
Joseph Montanino
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Massachusetts; had a career as a police officer; accused in 1982 of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
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Daniel Montoya
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Long Beach, California; pleaded guilty in 1986 to charges of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Scotty Hyrum Mortensen
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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Keven Brad Nelson
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of grooming and/or sexual abuse by multiple boys in his scout troop; in 1988, his BSA registration was suspended.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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Rand Darrell Newby
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Washington, Oregon and San Francisco, California; had a career as a schoolteacher; charged in Oregon in 1986 with sexual abuse of two children; convicted of two counts, one class C felony and one class A misdemeanor; sentenced in 1987 to 5 years probation.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
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Thomas Opfar
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
Dan S Overholt
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Case report »
Brian Richard Peterson
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
Robert Scott Price
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
Gary Fuller Reese
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy scoutmaster; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
Phillip Kowalewski Rimmasch
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah in the 1980s; had a 50-plus year career as a mortician; convicted of child sexual abuse; on appeal, the Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial in 1989.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
Brian Robbins
- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; accused of child sexual exploitation.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Case report »
James Phillip Schmidt
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and scout leader, with multiple charges of child sexual abuse over six years; convicted in the late 1990s in Maryland; as of 2024, registered as a sex offender.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1980s, 1990s,
- Case report »
Dennis Walter Schult
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California.
- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Case report »
Timothy Mark Shoemaker
- was a Mormon church member in Newnan, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; as of 2024, lives in Newnan, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS youth activity, Scout activity/event, Vehicle,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
Robert David Stillwell
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987; convicted in 1993 and 1998 in separate cases of child sexual abuse; reportedly, the local Mormon bishop became aware of the abuse but didn't take any church disciplinary action.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
Bradley Grant Stowell
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 1990s, 2000s, 2005, 2008,
- Case report »
Thomas Frank Waitman
- was an LDS church member in Cupertino, California; convicted of felony child sexual abuse in 1995 in California; as of 2023, registered sex offender living in Redmond, Washington.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »

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