LDS Position Ever Held: Elders quorum

30 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

LDS position: Elders quorum

- John Bennett was a Mormon elders quorum president in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Keith Bergstresser 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
- Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1975
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Oregon,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender in Idaho; lives in Star, Idaho
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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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishop, Elders quorum,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
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- Daniel Christensen was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Elders quorum, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Robert Dahle was an LDS church member, Utah Highway Patrol trooper; alleged rapist of a 13-year-old girl
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Church positions: Elders quorum, High priest, Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1937
  Died: 2022
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Michael Davis 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Elders quorum, Other leader,
- Convicted: 2003, 2006, 2022,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1985
- Mission: United States
- Places lived: Minnesota, Utah,
- Latest update: March 2024: appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction, claiming ineffective counsel and a violation of his constitutional rights
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- David Dawson was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Logan, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Elders quorum, Primary, Youth leader,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
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- Brett Dayley was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- Chet Egley 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Elders quorum, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1982
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Idaho, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: Is currently registered in the Utah Department of Corrections as being on probation
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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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Virginia,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in England
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- Steven Fuller was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- David Hamblin 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace, Public, Recreational trip/outing, Victim's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1954
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: remote hearing on 2023-03-22
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- Cameron Harrison was a Mormon church member in San Diego, California; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Elders quorum, Scout leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Born: 1978
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- David Hillam was a family physician and former LDS elders quorum president in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- Victims: 1,
- Born: 1968
- Mission: Australia
- Places lived: Orem, Utah,
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- Michael Holt was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Elders quorum, Missionary, Primary, Youth leader,
- Born: 1980
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- Bruce Jeppesen 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
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: no
- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1945
- Mission: 1964-1966 Ireland Irish [Ireland]
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- Michael Mitchell was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- Steven Morris was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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