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- George Aaron was a former Mormon bishop in a college ward in Provo, Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters in the 1980s and early 1990s; found civilly liable in 2001 to have "inflicted emotional distress," "breached fiduciary duty," and behaved with "reckless disregard" toward his younger daughter; paid $25,000 in punitive damages
Alleged failure to report- Aaron's standing in the church didn't change despite his loss in court
Never charged, Not convicted, - Judgment for plaintiff,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1941
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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"I was sitting in a room, full of women, who had been sexually abused by a family member — most of them [saying], 'My father abused me. I told the bishop. Nothing happened.' I just knew that wasn't going to be my story. I wasn’t going to allow that to be my story."-
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- Stewart Allsford 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Suicide,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in
England, United Kingdom,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1951
Died: 2017 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
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- Alan Andrus was a Mormon bishop in Placerville, El Dorado County, California; accused of sexual abuse in 2020; as of June 2024, the case is proceeding through the trial setting process
- Jury trial, Ongoing,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in
California,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1963
- Mission: Hong Kong Hong Kong
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: May 2023: in pretrial; May 24, 2024 trial setting reconsideration of release of discovery
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- Michael Antrobus 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; allegedly had at least a dozen victims
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Was Bishop, Branch president, Missionary,
- Convicted:
2021, 2022,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1947
Died: 2023 - Mission: 1966-1968 United States West Central States Mission (Montana, Wyoming, Idaho)
- Places lived: California, Indiana,
- Latest update: 2023-09-16: died by suicide in prison
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- Geoffrey Ashdown was a Mormon bishop and deputy school principal in Australia; allegedly sexually abused two children while he was a bishop; died
- Alleged failure to report
- Was Bishop, Scout leader,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
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- Arlo Atkin 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, spent 132 days in jail
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1956
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
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- James B 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Bishop,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2024: accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse
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- Bishop Baldwin 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse
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- Joseph Blodgett was a former Mormon bishop in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; ongoing case as of 2025
- Alleged failure to report
- Ongoing,
- Was Bishop,
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Born: 1975
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Tennessee,
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- Gordon Bodily 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2001,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1949
- Mission: 1968-1970 United States Eastern States (headquarters in New York City)
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Ogden, Utah
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- Michael Bolingbroke was a Mormon bishop and stake seventy president in Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2022 lawsuit; died in 2024
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake seventy, Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Scout activity,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1942
- Mission: United States Great Lakes [Michigan, Indiana, Ohio]
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Documents available: yes (free download)
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- Donnie Boring was a former Mormon bishop and stake high council member in California / Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2017 to a felony charge of sexual abuse; died in December 2017
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1950
Died: 2017 - Mission: 1969-1971 United States Northern California
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Latest update: died in December 2017
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- Allen Brinkerhoff was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019
- Alleged failure to report
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Convicted:
2007,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1929
Died: 2019 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2019: died in Nevada
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- Ronald Brockner was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; moved to Idaho; convicted in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Stake president,
- Convicted:
2020,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Louisiana,
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- Michael Bronson was a former Mormon bishop in Vineyard, Utah County, Utah; sentenced to prison in 2017 for first-degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1964
- Mission: 1982-1984 Honduras Honduras Tegucigalpa
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Paul Burdick 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Was Bishop, Elders quorum,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Oregon,
- Convicted:
2020,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1972
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- David Cannata was a Mormon bishop in Tucson, Arizona in 2005 when he sexually abused a child who was 5 or 6 years old; was a stake high council member sometime in the 2010s; was confronted by the victim and turned himself into the police; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison; was excommunicated from the Mormon church because of the abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Arizona,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1965
- Mission: Unknown country Unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2025: serving a sentence in the Arizona Department of Corrections until 02/27/2026
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- James Carnegie was a Mormon bishop in Silverdale, Washington in the mid-1980s (Silverdale 3rd Ward, Silverdale Washington Stake); convicted in 2009 and sentenced to jail for child molestation
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Jail,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted:
2009,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Raymond Casillas was a Mormon bishop and middle school teacher in San Antonio, Texas; arrested in 2014 and charged with felony aggravated sexual assault of a child; via a plea agreement, pleaded no contest to indecent contact with a child and agreed to a fine of $1,500; was sentenced in 2016 to 8 years in prison; as of March 2024, lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender
- Church position after confession/conviction,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Texas,
- Latest update: March 2024: lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender
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- Michael Coleman 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in
Arizona, Brazil,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1960
- Mission: 1980-1982 Argentina Argentina Buenos Aires South
- Places lived: Argentina, Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- Benjamin Covey was a Mormon church member in the 1840s and 1850s; in 1848, was excommunicated for having sexual intercourse with two girls "less than Twelve years of age" who were his foster daughters; was rebaptized and soon thereafter was made bishop of the Salt Lake City Twelfth Ward from 22 February 1849 until 1856
- Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1840s, in
Nebraska,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1792
Died: 1868 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nebraska, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 1868: died
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- Mark Cram was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor, and city manager in Riverton, Utah; charged in 2006 with voyeurism; admitted climbing a 9-foot wall at a tanning salon to watch a 16-year-old girl undress; pleaded guilty; plea was held in abeyance; he completed the terms set by the court, charge was dismissed and case was expunged in 2008; as of February 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah
- Alleged failure to report
- Admitted guilt, Expunged, Not convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Was Bishop, Church employee, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
Utah,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2008: case dismissed, expunged
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- Clark Crookston was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Bishop, High priest, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted:
2022,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1949
- Mission: 1968-1970 Germany West German Mission
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: March 2024: in prison at the Central Utah Correctional Facility (offender number 254115) in Gunnison, Sanpete County, Utah
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- Alan Croshaw was a Mormon bishop in Springville, Utah from at least 1991 to 1995; admitted to having a lifelong sexual addiction with a preference for prepubescent girls; downloaded and distributed child pornography; in 2015, sentenced to 30 days in jail for felony voyeurism and misdemeanor lewdness; violated probation by downloading porn
- Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2015,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1946
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Scott Darrington was a former LDS bishop and assistant school principal in Fallon, Nevada; convicted of possession of child pornography, spent a year in prison
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 2020s, in
Nevada,
- Convicted:
2021,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1967
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- James Denos was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in 1970 in Westminster, Orange County, California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four minor girls living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2002,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1929
Died: 2017 - Mission: 1947-1950 Netherlands Holland
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2017-10-25: died in Draper, Utah
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- Larry Deutsch 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Missouri,
- Convicted:
2021,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1966
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Missouri,
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- Gregory Dew was a former Mormon bishop, chiropractor and gymnastics teacher in Ohio; sexually abused multiple children; convicted and sentenced to prison in 2008; as of November 2022, serving prison time in Ohio for sexually abusing teenage girls
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Ohio,
- Convicted:
2008,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1961
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Ohio,
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- Spencer Dixon 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Acquitted, Found not guilty, Jury trial,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Dave Doe was a Mormon bishop in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; excommunicated, but never prosecuted
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Never charged,
- Was Bishop,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- John Doe 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishop, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, LDS temple,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- John Doe 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; Doe and the church settled with the victim in 2025
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Settlement,
- Was Bishop,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1961
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Alabama, Alaska, Texas,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: civilly sued for alleged child sexual abuse
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- John Doe 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in
Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: Mexico Mexico City East
- Places lived: Idaho,
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- Matthew Doyle was an LDS bishop in Copperas Cove, Texas (2nd Ward) in the 2000s; was a high school basketball coach; convicted in 2011 of sexual assault
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1973
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Texas,
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- Lionel Drage was an LDS bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah (Yale Second Ward, Bonneville Stake) in 1965; accused of child sexual abuse; was allegedly excommunicated from the LDS church for sexually abusing one or more children; died in 2022
- Excommunicated,
- Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
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Born: 1925
Died: 2022 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Jeremy Dumas was a Mormon bishop and boy scout leader in Indiana; pleaded guilty to charges related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2024; sentenced in September 2024 to 10 years in federal prison
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in
Indiana,
- Convicted:
2024,
- Victims: 100 or more victims,
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Born: 1968
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Indiana,
- Latest update: pleaded guilty to file sharing CSAM sentenced to 10 years prison
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- Todd Edwards was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of one teenage girl in 2006 and another in 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse; in 2024, two victims sued the LDS church in separate lawsuits; one said a stake president and LDS law firm Kirton McConkie hindered police
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Bishop, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
California,
- Convicted:
2013,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Vehicle,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Nevada,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: two victims filed separate civil lawsuits against the Mormon church, saying its leaders failed to protect them from Edwards
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- Verd Erickson was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Riverton, Wyoming who moved to Utah; was accused of sexual misconduct and lost his dentistry license in 2010; died in 2022
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1936
Died: 2022 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, New Mexico, Rexburg (Idaho), Utah, Wyoming,
- Latest update: 2022: died
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- Pierre Euvrard was a Mormon mission president from 1991 to 1994 in the Mascarene Islands mission / South Africa Durban mission; died in 2000; accused in a 2020 Arizona lawsuit of sexually abusing two underage teen boys for years while working as a mission president
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace, Public,
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Born: 1949
Died: 2000 - Mission: 1969-1971 Italy Italy
- Places lived: ever-madagascar, ever-south-africa,
- Documents available: yes (free download)
- Latest update: 2000: died
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- William Evans was a prominent Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; was bishop twice of the Grant 6th ward; from 1957 to 1962, was in the Utah State Legislature; served as Salt Lake County Clerk from 1968 to 1983; died in 1991; allegedly raped a relative in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1909
Died: 1991 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 1991: died
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- Thomas Evans-Southall was an LDS bishop in Charlottesville, Virginia; originally from England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2018 and sentenced to two consecutive terms of two years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted,
- Was Bishop, Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Virginia,
- Convicted:
2018,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom, Virginia,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in England
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- Nicolas Faivre was a former LDS bishop in Australia; charged with sending sexually explicit messages to a child
- Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1979
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
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- John Fanning was a former Mormon bishop and scout leader in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987 of a teenage boy during an overnight scouting activity; two victims later sued the Mormon church; died in 2012
- Admitted guilt, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Branch president, Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1932
Died: 2012 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Leeroy Fry was a former Mormon bishop in Farmington, Utah; in 1982-83, was an LDS bishop in the Hunter 1st Ward of the Hunter Central Stake in Magna, Utah; in 2012, pleaded guilty to two charges of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a 1st degree felony
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2012,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1936
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: Lives in Farmington, Utah
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- Francis Fuller was a Mormon bishop in Highland, Utah in 1993; also was a stake high council member in Utah; in 2018 or 2019, pleaded guilty to two second degree felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2019 in Utah to two years in jail and four years probation; registered sex offender
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1940
- Mission: Australia Australia [unknown]
- Places lived: Australia, Utah,
- Latest update: May 2023: registered sex offender living in Washington, Utah
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- Martin Fullmer was a Mormon church member in Oroville, California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
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Born: 1947
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Rex Furness 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1990s, in
Idaho,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1923
Died: 2005 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2005: died
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- Samuel Gardner 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishop, Stake high council,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in
Oklahoma,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1932
Died: 1968 - Mission: 1951-1953 United States Central States
- Places lived: Oklahoma,
- Latest update: August 8, 1968: died in Utah
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- Kevin Garn was a former Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28
- Alleged failure to report
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishop, Sunday school,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1955
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Keith Gillins 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2009,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1947
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Martin Gilmour was a Mormon church member in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland; accused of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old child; was arrested in November 2024
- Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in
Ireland,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Ireland,
- Latest update: Arrested on 02/11/2024; Unknown status, Reports suggest he may have returned to Ireland.
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- David Gomez was a former LDS bishop and department of corrections administrator in or near West Valley City, 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Charges dropped,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1946
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2005: criminal charges dropped
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- Luis Gonzales was a Mormon bishop in Sacramento, California; charged with 20 counts of child molestation, battery, rape, bigamy, stalking, and fraud; in 2002, was found guilty of bigamy, spousal abuse (battery) and child molestation
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Found guilty,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted:
2002,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Shawn Gooden was an LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Convicted:
2023,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1974
- Mission: United States Ohio Cleveland (Spanish speaking)
- Places lived: Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Latest update: November 2023: sentenced in Virginia to up to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to four felony counts; faces more charges in Pennsylvania
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- John Goodrich 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $300,000
- Excommunicated,
- Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment,
- Settlement,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Virginia,
- Latest update: December 2023: AP story breaks about a secret $300,000 offer by the Mormon church to Goodrich's confessed sexual abuse victim
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- Malcolm Goodwin was a former Mormon bishop and retired pathologist and coroner's physician in O'Fallon, Illinois; US Army Reserves and Air Force veteran; arrested in 2022 for Predatory Sexual Assault of a Child; charged with six felony counts of predatory criminal sexual assault involving minors
- Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, High priest,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1940
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Illinois,
- Latest update: 2022: arrested and charged with sexual assault involving minors.
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- Jay Grant was a Mormon bishop of the Adams Ward in Los Angeles, California; charged in 1981, at age 79, with five counts of forcible sexual abuse; sexually assaulted three young girls; convicted of all five counts; died in 1988 in Orem, Utah; ran "Grandpa Grant's Memory Club," a neighborhood study group for up to 175 LDS children; Grant sometimes had "students" spend the night at his apartment
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted,
- Was Bishop, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1902
Died: 1988 - Mission: United States Southern States / Northern States [Ohio]
- Places lived: California, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 1988: died in Orem, Utah
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- Stanley Green was a former Mormon bishop in Athens, Texas (in or before 1998 to 1999 or later); accused of sexual abuse; convicted; died in 2009
- Convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1929
Died: 2009 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Texas,
- Latest update: 2009: died
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- Douglas Hall was an LDS bishop and retired Utah Highway Patrol sergeant in Monticello, Utah; 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1990s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2001, 2002,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Albert Halladay was a former LDS bishop in Sandy, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1988; pleaded guilty in 1989 to one second degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child; convicted
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1930
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Timothy Hallows was a Mormon bishop in Kaysville, 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted:
2020,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1958
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in Pleasant View, Utah
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- Jeffrey Hansen was a former Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; was bishop of a young single adults (YSA) ward; charged with distribution of pornography and stalking
- Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
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Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Brent Hansen was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; was also mayor of Spanish Fork and president of its chamber of commerce; accused in a civil lawsuit of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; his dentistry license was suspended for 30 days; died in 2015
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Settlement, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1938
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: Died in 2015
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- Kent Hansen was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1938
- Mission: United States Honolulu/Senior Mission Canada Toronto West Mission
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: Died in 2019
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- Steven Hansen was a former LDS bishop; accused of sexual abuse
- Unknown,
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted:
2018,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1953
- Mission: 1972-1974 United States Minnesota [name unknown]
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Marvin Harker was an LDS bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 2016; reportedly confessed to his mission president in 1987 to sexually abusing multiple children; also reportedly confessed to his bishop; both leaders told him not to report to police, according to records in a 2016 criminal case; convicted in 2019 (alleged abuse 1986-93); sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison; registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Canada,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1968
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Canada,
- Latest update: September 2020: sentenced to five years in prison and made to register as a sex offender
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- James Haskell was a former Mormon bishop and practicing attorney in Vacaville, California; charged with 14 felonies and three misdemeanors for allegedly sexually abusing four children; was an LDS stake high council member when charged; pleaded not guilty; in June 2024, found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child
- Acquitted, Found not guilty, Hung jury, Ongoing,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1982
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: June 2024: found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child; hearing set for July 15
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- Jeremiah Hatch was a Mormon bishop and scout leader in American Fork, Utah (12th Ward) in the 1970s and early 1980s; accused of sexual abuse of six children that allegedly took place in 1976 during an overnight camping trip, and at his home during a sleepover; allegedly abused up to 30 or more children around the same time
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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- James Hayes 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Canada,
- Convicted:
2001,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
- Latest update: 2002: convicted of sexual exploitation
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- Jeffrey Head was an LDS bishop in Draper, Utah; committed sex crimes while serving as a Mormon bishop; in 2019, a jury found him guilty of attempted forcible sexual abuse, two counts of lewdness and sexual battery; sentenced to four months in jail and four years of probation
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1964
- Mission: 1983-1985 United States Missouri St. Louis
- Places lived: Missouri, Utah,
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- Clayton Hildreth was a Mormon stake president in Butte, Montana; from Dillon, Montana; arrested in June 2004 by Boise, Idaho police for soliciting sex from a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl online; was stake president at the time of his arrest; pleaded guilty in October to a charge of interstate travel with intent to have sex with a minor; sentenced in 2005 to three years and five months in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Stake president,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2005,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Montana,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Dillon, Montana
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- Douglas Holyoak 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)
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
Illinois,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1960
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Illinois, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: accused in a 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)
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- Houska was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
- Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Erik Hughes 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Was Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1966
- Mission: 1985-1987 United States California Anaheim
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: July 2023: out on parole
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- Floyd Jennings was a former Mormon bishop and school bus driver in Utah; was a senior missionary in Nauvoo, Illinois and Fort Cove, Utah; arrested in 2017 for soliciting sex from two girls he thought were 13 years old; convicted in 2019; died in 2025
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, ever-senior-missionary, Missionary,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1947
Died: 2025 - Mission: Brazil unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Carl Johnson was a former Mormon bishop and former mayor of West Bountiful, Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexually abusing several children between 1983 and 1997; pleaded guilty in 2023 to four felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2023 to three consecutive terms of nine years to life each for first-degree felonies, plus one term of one to 15 years on a second-degree felony
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2023,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1945
- Mission: 1964-1966 Ireland Irish [Ireland]
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Ronald Jones was a former Mormon bishop, stake president and temple presidency counselor; Military Relations director for the LDS church from 1989 to 1991; convicted of sex solicitation in Utah in 1990 and 1995; charged in 2025 with three first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, one first-degree felony child kidnapping count, and two related misdemeanors
- became temple presidency counselor and sealer despite two convictions for sex solicitation
- Ongoing,
- Was Bishop, Branch president, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Temple worker, Unknown position, Ward executive secretary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Public,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1937
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Robert Kempton was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Arizona; was an attorney and served a mission as a legal counsel for the LDS church in Africa; arrested in 2014 in a police sting for prostitution
- Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in
Arizona,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1942
Died: 2018 - Mission: 1962-1964 United States Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia - possibly the Eastern States mission
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2018: Died in Arizona
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- Lon Kennard was a former Mormon bishop in Heber City, Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2011,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1941
Died: 2019 - Mission: 1961-1963 Germany North Germany
- Places lived: Utah,
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- George Koford was a Mormon bishop in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Steven Lott was a former Mormon bishop in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
- Was Bishop,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Idaho,
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- Martin MacNeill was a former Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2014; convicted of murdering his wife
- Convicted, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted:
2014,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Edwin McClellan was a Mormon bishop in Cottonwood, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing 3 female family members from the 1980s-2000s
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Arizona,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1936
Died: 2019 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Latest update: Died January 2019 in Arizona
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- Timothy McCleve 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2008,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation
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- David McConkie was a Mormon bishop (approximately 2013-16), stake president (2016-21) and deputy district attorney in Colorado; paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; allegedly confessed child sexual assault to a Mormon church leader in 2008; in July 2025, sentenced to five years probation
- Alleged failure to report
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Colorado,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1978
- Mission: 1997-1999 Bolivia Bolivia Cochabamba
- Places lived: Bolivia, Colorado, Utah, Virginia,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: July 2025: sentenced to five years probation
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- Chester Meek was a Mormon bishop in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada from 1990 to 1995; while bishop, he allegedly sexually sexual assaulted multiple female church members; at least one alleged incident of abuse occurred in the bishop's office inside an LDS church
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Church paid $unknown
- Convicted,
- Was Bishop, Other leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in
Canada,
- Convicted:
2000,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Thomas Monson was an attorney for the LDS church's law firm, Kirton McConkie and son of an LDS apostle; In 1989, paid a $75 fine and was placed on probation after he pleaded guilty to a charge of soliciting sex from a prostitute; sued in the 1990s for sexual harassment; reached a settlement with the victim; despite his crime, was assigned to be a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; was a bishop in 2008
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Settlement,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1951
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 1996: agreed to an undisclosed settlement with a victim who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him
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- Timothy Monzello 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: accused in a California civil lawsuit of sexual abuse
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- Shawn Mortensen was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency member in Albuquerque, New Mexico; in February 2021, admitted to police that he had sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in January 2021; convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to prison in New Mexico
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader,
- Crime: 2020s, in
New Mexico,
- Convicted:
2022,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1965
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: New Mexico, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: September 2022: sentenced to prison in New Mexico for child sexual abuse
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- David Moss was an LDS bishop (2015-19) and police officer in Lehi, 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Crime scenes: Public,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1967
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Tevita Mounga was a former Mormon bishop and ward mission leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; arrested and charged in May 2024 with sexual assault and kidnapping
- Ongoing,
- Was Bishop, Ward mission leader,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Vehicle,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1946
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: May 2024: arrested and charged with sexual assault and kidnapping
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- Dardo Moura was an LDS bishop in Bahia Blanca, Argentina; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to 14 years in prison
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop,
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Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Argentina,
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- Steven Murdock 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Admitted guilt, Community service, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Released,
- Was Bishop, Stake high council,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Tennessee,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Crime scenes: Public, Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1963
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Tennessee, Utah,
- Latest update: 2019: sentenced in Tennessee to one year of supervised probation and 48 hours of community service, and ordered to undergo counseling
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- F N was an LDS bishop in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
- Alleged failure to report
- Unknown result,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Joseph Neipp was a former LDS bishop in San Jose, California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of convicted Mormon child sexual abuser Samuel Neipp
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop,
- Convicted:
2021,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Robert Nelson was an LDS bishop in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; accused of sexual abuse of a "mentally handicapped" woman; pleaded guilty in 1989; placed on two years probation, ordered to do 150 hours of community service, and ordered to take a conducted tour of a local jail
- Excommunicated,
- Community service, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Was Bishop,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Canada,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1949
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
- Latest update: 1989: pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a "mentally handicapped" woman
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- Paul Newman was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; charged in 2020 with child sexual abuse; convicted of a sex crime
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1957
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Bruce O'Dell was a Mormon bishop and dermatologist in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona; in 1999, was charged with 48 counts of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in
Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Latest update: 1999: charged in Arizona with 48 counts of sexual abuse
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- DeRon Olsen was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor in Spokane, Washington; in 2024, pleaded guilty to one felony count of child molestation and one felony count of child rape; sentenced to prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Nursery, Primary, Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in
Washington,
- Convicted:
2024,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1944
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
- Latest update: 2024: in prison in Washington
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- Scott Owen 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 Nov. 2023; sentenced in 2025 to prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted:
2025,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
- Mission: Guatemala Guatemala [unknown]
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: December 2023: charged with sexual abuse of a teenage girl
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