214 LDS sex abuse cases found
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- LDS position during crime: Unknown position
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- Joseph Walker (1955 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, stake presidency counselor and LDS Public Affairs employee in Utah; charged in 2025 with three third-degree felony counts related to child sexual exploitation; allegedly "engaged in several sexually explicit conversations […] to seduce, lure, and entice [a 14-year-old girl] into engaging in multiple sexual acts;" released from jail after letters from church members
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Alleged crime: 2020s, 
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
Walker helped Mormon apostle Russell Ballard prepare speeches for years-
LDS positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor, - Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
Alleged crime state:
"[Walker] needs to be with his community. He needs therapy, his ward, his family, his friends. He is not a risk to the community and never has been."
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- Stephen Wanlass (1939 – 2018) was a Mormon church member in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; in 1997, pleaded no contest to one third-degree felony count of attempted sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to up to five years in prison; registered sex offender; died in 2018
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Crime: 1980s, - Crime city:
UT - Monroe,
- Crime county:
UT - Sevier,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Crime city:
Crime county:
Convicted:
1997, 
LDS positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison, Registered sex offender, -
- Curtis Ware (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member and football coach for Grantsville High School in Utah; convicted in June 2018 of one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, all class A misdemeanors; also pleaded guilty to class B misdemeanor tampering with a witness in a separate case
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2018, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, -
- Michael Watson (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Mark Webb (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2014 to two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2014, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, -
- Waylon White (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Payson, Arizona; was a licensed practiced nurse (PN); charged in 2025 with 18 felonies related to child sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Michael Whitehead (1964 – ) was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; convicted in 2004 of ENTICING A MINOR OVER THE INTERNET - Class A Misdemeanor
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2004, LDS positions: Primary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Probation, -
- Alexander Winward was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to 4 felony counts of child sex abuse, with all victims under the age of 7
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2018, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Daniel Workman (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member and school bus driver in St. George, Utah; charged in 2025 with 20 counts related to child sexual exploitation
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Ruth Worthen (1949 – ) was a Mormon church member in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse by one adult in a 2019 civil lawsuit and in 2023 by four adults (one of whom was the 2019 plaintiff); arrested and charged in June 2024 with numerous felonies related to child sexual abuse; died in 2025
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 2000s,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Cache,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Krew Zaugg (2003 – ) was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; went on an LDS mission to Louisiana and Mississippi from August 2022 to 2024; charged in June 2025 with multiple felonies after police said he sexually assaulted a minor; charged with rape of a victim under the age of 16 and lewd conduct with a child under 16
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Scott Zaugg (1970 – ) was allegedly a Mormon church member in Utah; was raised in the Mormon church; convicted in 2000 of second-degree felony sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to one to 15 years in prison; as of 2025, was a registered sex offender living in Roy, Utah
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- Convicted:
2000,
- LDS positions: LDS status unknown, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
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- Jeffrey Zaugg was allegedly a Mormon church member in Utah; was raised in the Mormon church; convicted in 1995 of first-degree felony sodomy on a child; was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison; as of 2025, was out on parole (Utah offender #73345)
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- Convicted:
1995,
- LDS positions: LDS status unknown, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Karey Zimmerman (1962 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah and Nevada; in 2025, was accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in Nevada and Utah; the Mormon church was also named as a defendant; the lawsuit said a Utah bishop failed to report abuse allegations to police
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Alleged crime state:
Nevada, Utah,
LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to reportFilters
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