32 LDS sex abuse cases found
- LDS position: Elders quorum
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- John Bennett was a Mormon elders quorum president in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Was Elders quorum, 
Convicted,
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- Karl Bergen (1921 – 2019) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Other leader,
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- Keith Bergstresser (1975 – ) was an LDS church member in Oregon and Idaho; convicted in 2002 in Oregon of contributing to sexual delinquency of a minor; made a registered sex offender; in 2019, was assigned a position in an elders quorum presidency in Idaho
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- Was Elders quorum,
- Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Paul Burdick (1972 – ) 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
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Crime: 2010s, - Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,
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- Convicted:
2020,
- Was Bishop, Elders quorum,
- Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Daniel Christensen was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Elders quorum, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
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- Robert Dahle (1937 – 2022) was an LDS church member, Utah Highway Patrol trooper; alleged rapist of a 13-year-old girl
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- Was Elders quorum, High priest, Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Never charged,
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- Michael Davis (1985 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Minnesota, Utah,
- Crime state: Minnesota, Utah,
Convicted:
2003, 2006, 2022, 
Was Elders quorum, Other leader, 
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, 
Alleged failure to report-
- David Dawson was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Logan, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted
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- Was Elders quorum, Primary, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Brett Dayley was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- Unknown result,
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- Chet Egley (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Weston, Idaho; tried to meet a 13 year old girl for sex in Utah; pleaded guilty and convicted to one count sexual abuse of a child and two counts of enticing a minor by internet or text
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
Convicted:
2023, Was Elders quorum, Sunday school, Youth leader, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, -
- 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom, Virginia,
- Crime state: Virginia,
Convicted:
2018, Was Bishop, Elders quorum, Youth leader, Convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Steven Fuller was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Elders quorum,
- Unknown result,
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- David Hamblin (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and former elders quorum president in Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse in three separate cases; investigated along with ex-wife Roselle Stevenson (arrested in 2023) for alleged ritualistic sexual abuse; in 2025, a court dismissed one case with prejudice after "discovery issues;" one case remained as of March 2025
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Was Elders quorum, Ongoing, Police investigation, Alleged failure to report-
- Cameron Harrison (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member in San Diego, California; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Elders quorum, Scout leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
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- Willard Heaps (1924 – 2016) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Sunday school,
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- David Hillam (1968 – ) was a family physician and former LDS elders quorum president in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Elders quorum,
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- Michael Holt (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Elders quorum, Missionary, Primary, Youth leader,
- Unknown result,
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- Bruce Jeppesen (1956 – ) was a Mormon elders quorum president when he sexually abused a child; sentenced to two concurrent terms of 15 years in the Utah State Prison
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- Was Elders quorum,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
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- Carl Johnson (1945 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2023, Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Stake high council, Convicted, Prison, -
- Michael Mitchell (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- Unknown result,
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- Steven Morris was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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- Was Elders quorum,
- Convicted,
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- David Owens was an LDS elders quorum president in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2018 to 20 or more years in prison for sexually assaulting three young men in his Mormon ward
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
Convicted:
2018, Was Elders quorum, Convicted, Prison, -
- Grant Packer (1925 – 2008) was an LDS church member in Idaho; served a full-time mission to Canada in 1946-48 and two senior missions to Atlanta, Georgia and San Bernardino, California; charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation; died in 2008
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Youth leader, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Jason Pedersen (1979 – ) was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; convicted guilty of first-degree felony attempted aggravated sex abuse of a child; as of April 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah as a registered sex offender and is an LDS elders quorum president
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Chesley Pierson (1928 – 2021) was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
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- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,
Was Bishop, Elders quorum, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor, Police investigation, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Carl Pollard (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member in Paul, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison
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- Was Elders quorum,
- Convicted, Prison,
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- Jeff Ranstrom (1986 – ) was an LDS church member, elders quorum president and high school basketball coach in Idaho; accused in 2019 of sexually abusing a student; pleaded guilty to a felony charge of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2020 to 4 to 15 years in prison; as of December 2023, was out on parole living in Eagle, Idaho as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Convicted:
2019, Was Elders quorum, Convicted, Parole, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, -
- Lowell Robison (1944 – 2018) was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998) and stake president of the Provo, Utah Edgemont Stake (2001-2006); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Mexico, Utah,
- Crime country: Mexico,
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader, Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Jeffrey Rock was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Nursery, Primary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Youth leader,
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- Rene Rodriguez (1982 – ) was a Mormon elders quorum presidency member and sheriff in Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place from 2005 to 2014; faced criminal charges in multiple Idaho counties; in one, was acquitted by a jury; in another, was convicted in 2020 and sentenced to 14 to 28 years in prison
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Convicted:
2020, Was Elders quorum, Convicted, Prison, -
- Orin Searle (1926 – 2014) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2013 but was deemed incompetent to stand trial; a victim said that Searle's predatory behavior began as early as the late 1950s, and that several family members, and multiple members of the LDS 44th Ward (Mount Ogden Stake), knew that Searle was a child molester but did nothing to stop him; died in 2014
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- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- James Vaterlaus (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Elders quorum,
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