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Donation options »16 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Keith Bergstresser
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- 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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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Elders quorum,
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Paul Burdick
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- 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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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Bishop, Elders quorum,
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Michael Davis
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- 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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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Elders quorum, Other leader,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Minnesota, Utah,
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David Dawson
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- was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Logan, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Positions: Elders quorum, Primary, Youth leader,
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Chet Egley
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- was a Mormon church member in Weston, Idaho; tried to meet a 13 year old girl for sex; pleaded guilty and convicted to one count sexual abuse of a child and two counts o f entice a minor by internet or text.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Elders quorum, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2020s, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
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Thomas Evans-Southall
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- was an LDS bishop in Charlottesville, Virginia; originally from England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2010s, in Virginia,
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David Hamblin
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- 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 coverup
- Criminal: Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Elders quorum,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace, Public, Recreational trip/outing, Victim's home,
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Bruce Jeppesen
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- was a former Mormon elders quorum president; sentenced to two concurrent terms of 15 years in the Utah State Prison for raping a child .
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Elders quorum,
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Carl Johnson
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- was a former mayor of West Bountiful, UT; former Mormon bishop in Utah; arrested for and charged with sexually abusing several children; pleaded guilty in January 2023 to four felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in March 2023 to prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,
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David Owens
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- 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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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Elders quorum,
- Crime: 2010s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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Grant Packer
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- 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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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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Jason Pedersen
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- was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; found 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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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
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Jeff Ranstrom
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- 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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- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Positions: Elders quorum,
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Lowell Robison
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- was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Mexico,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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Rene Rodriguez
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- 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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- Criminal: Convicted, guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Elders quorum,
- Crime: 2000s, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010s, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, in Blaine County Idaho, Idaho, Jerome County, Lincoln County, Twin Falls County,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
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Orin Searle
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- 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 coverup
- Criminal: Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
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