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Former LDS/Mormon church BYU professors who have been publicly accused or found guilty of sexual abuse or sex crimes.

  • Burton, Sheril Dale was a Mormon church member and BYU professor; found guilty of sexual abusing his two underage daughters
    1935-
  • Clay, Michael James former BYU professor, charged with sexually abusing three students
    1974-
  • Ehlert, Michael B was a Mormon church member and BYU professor; found guilty of sexual abuse
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  • Jackson, Robert Bentley former assistant BYU professor; sentenced to prison for video recording a 14-year-old undressing
    1942-
  • Johnson, Melvin Kay was a seminary teacher, BYU religion professor; accused by his children of sexually abusing his daughters; excommunicated, rebaptized; confessed to sexual abuse, but has not been arrested or criminally charged
    1936-
  • Palmer, Spencer John was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; posthumously accused of sexual abuse by his grandson
    1927-2000
  • Stokes, Stephen BYU-Idaho professor, accused of sexual assault by a former student; deceased in 2016
    -2016
  • Van Wagenen, Sterling Gray co-founder of Sundance Film Festival, director of some Mormon temple endowment videos; sentenced to prison in 2019 for child sexual abuse
    1947-