3 LDS sex abuse cases found
- LDS position: Elders Quorum President
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- Alfred Cote (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in New Hampshire and Nauvoo, Illinois; convicted in 1986 (New Hampshire) and 2020 (Illinois) of child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in 2020 in Illinois; as of May 2026, is incarcerated at the Big Muddy River Correctional Center in Jefferson County, Illinois; Mormon church let him be scoutmaster despite prior conviction
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
1986, 2020, - Positions: Elders Quorum President, Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Prison, - Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
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- Leo Lopshire (1945 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah, Iowa and South Carolina; arrested June 30, 2026 and charged with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; a source told FLOODLIT that the church excommunicated Lopshire in the 2010s
- Positions: Boyscouts, Church employee, Elders Quorum President, high priest president, Young Mens Leader,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated,
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"He is still allowed to attend his ward and while the local leaders are aware of his crimes, they have not warned or told adults with young children in his ward about him."June 30, 2026: arrested and charged with four felonies related to child sex abuse-
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- Daniel Nelson (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member in Bountiful, Utah; pleaded guilty to lewdness & lewdness involving a child in 1989; pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse in 1993; pleaded guilty to failure to register as sex offender in 2004; victim was granted a protective order against Nelson in 2019, recorded court notes state sexual violence protective order
- Convicted:
1989, 1993,
- Positions: Elders Quorum President,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, No church discipline, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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