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Benjamin Aaron Alyk
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member from Utah and a missionary in Dominican Republic; confessed to making child porn; LDS church leaders allegedly didn't report his crime.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Online,
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Jared Anderson
- was a high school teacher (and one-time "teacher of the year") and Mormon church group leader in the San Antonio, Texas area; also lived in Millington, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah; sentenced to 10 years in prison for hosting sex parties for teenage boys.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Sleepover,
- Crime: 2010s, in Texas,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
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Noel Young Anderson
- was an LDS church primary teacher in McKinney, Texas; sentenced in 2019 in Texas to 50 years in prison for molesting children.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2010s, in Texas,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
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Cortney Ted Andrew
- was a Mormon church member and bishopric counselor in Logan, Utah; charged in early 2023 in Utah with four second degree felony counts of enticing a minor by internet or text: sentenced in January 2024 to 60 days in jail.
- Criminal: Jail, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Alan Roman 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.
- Criminal: Jury trial, Ongoing,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in California,
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Michael Dennis 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; our sources report that he had at least a dozen victims.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021, 2022,
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Jose Antonio Arias
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church missionary in Palm Desert, California; accused of sexual abuse; civil suit filed against LDS church and Arias; judge awarded judgment by default for the plaintiff (victim) against Arias in 2017 in the amount of approximately $4.2 million; the LDS church was not found liable.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in California,
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Arlo Kay Atkin
- Alleged coverup
- 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, served time in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed with prejudice, lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona,
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Timothy Blain Ballard
- was a Mormon anti-sex trafficking activist; claimed to be friends with LDS apostle Russell Ballard (no relation); accused in 2023 of sexual misconduct by at least eight women and a couple; in June 2024, one civil case was dismissed; in July 2024, a lawsuit said his DNA was found on a victim’s skirt.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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John Baysden
- was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2006,
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Robert Ersol Berchtold
- was a Mormon church member in Idaho; sexually abused a child; in 1986, was found guilty of rape of a child and spent one year in jail.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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Cristifer Kalen Biggs
- was an LDS returned missionary and BYU-Idaho student; convicted in July 2023 of one first degree felony count of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
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Arthur Gary Bishop
- was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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Joseph Layton Bishop
- was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church.
- Criminal: Police investigation,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Utah,
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Gordon Brent 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2001,
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Donnie Rue Boring
- was a 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
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Brian Mathew Bowen
- was an LDS church member and podiatrist in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse of at least nine women; as of February 2024, indicted with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, one count of second-degree sexual abuse, nine counts of third-degree sexual abuse, and two counts of sex abuse by fraudulent representation.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 9 victims, Multiple victims,
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Kevin Gerald Bowman
- was an LDS first counselor in a ward bishopric and a restaurant owner in Spanish Fork, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Taiwan 1999-2001; accused of sexual abuse of a teenage girl who worked in his restaurant; arrested in July 2023; in June 2024, found guilty by a jury of forcible sexual abuse (second-degree felony) and lewdness (class B misdemeanor); sentencing set for July 29, 2024.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's workplace,
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Emer Dean Broadbent
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2017.
- Case report »
Michael Lynn Bronson
- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2017 for first-degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
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Paul J Bryant
- was an HOA president and former Mormon primary teacher in Lehi, Utah; was a branch president during an LDS mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; died by suicide in December 2024.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2016,
- Case report »
Robert D Campbell
- was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
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Charles Lynn Camper
- was a Mormon church member in Layton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2004; charged in 2023 with aggravated child sexual abuse, voyeurism and sexual exploitation of a minor; convicted in June 2024.
- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004, 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
Jonathan Raymond Carver
- was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 17-year-old girl at a counseling center where he worked; pleaded guilty and sentenced in 2009 to prison; as of 2023, lives in Clearfield, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
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Max Todd Cheatham
- was an LDS church member in Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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Allan Colman Cook
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2020 to three second degree felony charges of aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in 2020.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
David Otis Cox
- was an LDS church member in Seminole County, Florida; found guilty of Lewd or lascivious molestation victim under 12 years offender 18 or older and LEWD,LASCIVIOUS CHILD U/16; F.S. 800.04 (PRINCIPAL IN ATTEMPT); also found guilty of LEWD,LASCIVIOUS CHILD U/16; F.S. 800.04 (PRINCIPAL IN ATTEMPT) Adjudication Date : 03/23/2000 .
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Curtis Reed Crittenden
- was a Mormon church member and LDS full-time missionary in Guatemala in 1993-1995; admitted to sexually abusing boys while on his mission and later when he was the head of 4-H in Tooele County; sentenced to prison in 2007 in Utah for child sexual abuse of several boys in his care as their 4-H leader.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
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Clark Elwood Crookston
- was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; found guilty of attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Abraham Isaac (possibly Issac) Cruz
- was a Mormon missionary in Saratoga Springs, Utah; arrested in May 2024 on suspicion of sexual assault; charged with three first-degree felony counts (two of forcible sodomy, one of rape); charges were dismissed without prejudice in June 2024.
- Criminal: Criminal charges dropped, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Case report »
Michael Cunningham
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse; a judge sentenced Cunningham to ten years imprisonment and told him that he must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
- Case report »
John Scott d'Aquin
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member; convicted in 1994 in Louisiana of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles performing sexually immoral acts; convicted in 2007 in Louisiana of indecent behavior with juveniles.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 1990s, in Louisiana,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
Reed Nathaniel Decker
- was a Mormon church member in Davis County, Utah; charged in March 2023 with two felony counts of child sexual abuse; as of March 2024, a jury trial is scheduled for September 2024.
- Criminal: Jury trial, Ongoing,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
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Broch Clyde DeGraff
- was an LDS church member and private school teacher at Liahona Preparatory Academy in Pleasant Grove, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2013 to up to 20 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace,
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James Edrick Denos
- was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four of his granddaughters living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Adam Robert Dimond
- was an LDS church member and dancer in Farmington, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2020 to a second-degree felony charge of enticing a minor by Internet or text; sentenced to 40 days in jail and 4 years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
John Doe
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon missionary in Ireland; accused of sexual abuse.
- Case report »
Michael Driggs
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Case report »
Anthon Taylor Ellsworth
- was an LDS bishopric counselor and returned missionary in Arizona; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
Rowan Joseph Ellsworth
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Arizona; molested a 14-year-old girl at an LDS girls camp in mid-1990; the abuse was reported to a bishop Burgess, who allegedly failed to report to police, but instead encouraged the victim to forgive; sentenced to prison in 1999 for two counts of child sexual abuse; released in 2007.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS youth activity,
- Case report »
Gary Edward Erickson
- was an LDS church member, boy scout leader and Mesquite, Nevada police detective; was arrested in 2018, pleaded guilty to a charge of crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct; convicted in Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Matthew LeRoy Faerber
- was an LDS church member and high school choir director in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1990 or 1991 to two counts of attempted sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in February 1991 to six months in jail (two of those months under house arrest) followed by three years of supervised release.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation, Released,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Shawn Noble Frost
- was an LDS church member in Virginia; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse; in 2023, sued in $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; he was the victim's home teacher / ministering brother.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Case report »
Francis Heber 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 prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Gabe Ryan Gilbert
- was an LDS missionary; convicted in 2021 of five counts of first-degree felony aggravated sexual extortion of a child and four counts of second-degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor; was sentenced to terms of five years to life in state prison for each of the first-degree felonies.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Scott Logan Gollaher
- was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Jonathan A Gonzalez
- was an LDS church member in Layton, Utah; found guilty of BURGLARY - 2nd Degree Felony, LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD - Class A Misdemeanor, LEWDNESS - FIRST OR SECOND OFFENSE - Class B Misdemeanor.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Stephen Andrew Goode
- was a Mormon church member; found guilty of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime: 2010s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
Leroy Ball Hamblin
- was a Webelos scout leader in Kaysville, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1987 to lewdness with a child; served prison time.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Connor Hammond
- was a Mormon church member and BYU student in Utah; in 2019, pleaded guilty to rape of a child and was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Kent Blaine 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.
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Maurice Wade Harker
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and therapist in Utah; accused of psychologically and physically harming sexual abuse victims who came to him as patients; charged in September 2023 with felony aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult and kidnapping.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Case report »
Marvin Ross Harker
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; sexually assaulted several young girls; confessed to his bishop and a mission president, who told him not to report to police; convicted in 2019; sentenced in September 2020 to five years in prison and made to register as a sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Devin Richard Hartman
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Mableton, near Atlanta, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; given two consecutive sentences of life in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Georgia, Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2016,
- Case report »
Craig Allen Harward
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building, LDS Sunday meetings, Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in California,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004,
- Case report »
Joseph Hastings
- was a Mormon church member in Clevedon, UK; sentenced to prison for sending child pornography to an undercover police officer online in 2015; sentenced to 13 years and eight months in prison, including a custodial term of eight years and eight months.
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
Jeffrey Byron Head
- was an LDS bishop in Utah; committed sex crimes while serving as a Mormon bishop; convicted of attempted forcible sexual abuse, two counts of lewdness and sexual battery; sentenced to four months in prison and four years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Matthias Heinrichs
- was an LDS church member and missionary from the Netherlands, serving his mission in England; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred during his mission; pleaded guilty; jailed for two years.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2012,
- Case report »
Daniel Smoot Henshaw
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl; sentenced to seven months in jail; arrested in 2023 and found competent to stand trial on charges of plotting to rape and murder a Logan, Utah woman.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Michael William Hiatt
- was a Mormon church member in Clinton, Utah; charged in Utah in March 2023 with two second degree felony counts of enticing a minor, and one third degree felony count of dealing in materials harmful to a minor; pleaded guilty in June 2023 to one second degree felony count of enticing a minor; sentenced in August 2023 to 45 days in jail, with credit for 15 days served, and 4 years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Grant Joel Hildreth
- was an LDS church member in Montana; sentenced to prison in 1992 for felony child sexual abuse; in 2011, pleaded guilty to two class A misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; died in 2022.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Montana,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2010s, 2011,
- Case report »
Craig Aaron Housley
- was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty in 2018 of child sexual exploitation; sentenced to 210 days in state prison and five years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
Erik Wayne 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
Hayden Hoss Hunter
- was a Mormon missionary in California; he was from Pleasant Grove, Utah; arrested in 2020 for distribution of child sexual abuse material (child pornography) while on his mission; convicted of possession of CSAM in 2021.
- Criminal: Convicted, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime: 2020s, in California,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
William Anthon Jansen
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and police officer in Twin Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Floyd C Jennings
- was a former Mormon bishop and school bus driver in Utah; arrested in February 2017 for soliciting sex from two girls he thought were 13 years old; convicted in 2019.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Carl Matthew Johnson
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
Bryce Johnson
- was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; three counts of aggravated child sex abuse/1st degree felony and sexual exploitation of a minor/2nd degree felony.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
Dennis L Judd
- was an LDS church member and Uintah County, Utah attorney; charged with voyeurism and stalking in October 2023 after allegedly filming his female employees in his law firm's bathroom; in January 2024, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of stalking; plea held in abeyance; in June 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of voyeurism.
- Criminal: Plea agreement, Probation,
- Civil: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
That Ayono Keeng
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Ghana,
- Convicted: 2010, 2010s,
- Case report »
Robert Glenn 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.
- Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Arizona,
- Case report »
Lon Harvey Kennard
- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in November 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2011,
- Case report »
Timothy David Kimball
- was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2022 with child sexual abuse; died by suicide in June 2023 while awaiting indictment.
- Criminal: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Case report »
Kristopher Avard Kinkade
- was a Mormon church member; accused of child sexual abuse; died in 2020.
- Case report »
Eric Lee Knight
- was an LDS church member; former physician; pleaded guilty in 2021 in New Hampshire to two felony counts of second-degree assault in a plea deal that would allow him to get his medical license back and avoid the sex offender registry.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in New Hampshire,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
Daniel Landeros
- was a Mormon missionary; accused of sexual abuse.
- Case report »
Jason Chad Larsen
- was an LDS missionary from Idaho in Bakersfield, California; accused in 1997 of sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl at a school; as of 2024, lives in Meridian, Idaho.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Victim's school,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in California,
- Case report »
Frank Cornelis Lefrandt
- was an LDS church member in Honolulu, Hawaii; served a Mormon mission to Guatemala; accused of sexual abuse; admitted in 2007 to sexually molesting a 13-year-old newspaper carrier; pleaded guilty in November 2008; disappeared while out on bail awaiting sentencing.
- Criminal: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Hawaii,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
Robert Eric Longman
- was a Mormon missionary in Corpus Christi, Texas; molested a three-year old in a bedroom while two other missionaries talked with the mother; pleaded no contest to charges filed in May 1989 of indecency with a child; sentenced to eight years probation, a $1,000 fine, and required to pay $400 in court costs.
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Case report »
Boyd K Lords
- was a Mormon church member in Winnemucca, Nevada; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2022 to one felony count of lewdness with a child under the age of 14; was sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Nevada,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
Seth Thomas Lyon
- was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; arrested in 2006 in a police sting operation and charged with enticement of a child over the internet.
- Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Case report »
Brandon Lee Manning
- was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Georgia, Scotland, United Kingdom, Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s, 2001, 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
Jayson Heath Martineau
- was an LDS church member in Idaho and Tremonton, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in December 2023 in Utah and was sent on a one-year rider program.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
David George McConkie
- was a former Mormon stake president, Mormon bishop and deputy district attorney in Colorado, and paternal grandson of former Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in August 2023; charged in September 2023 with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; in November 2023, granted permission by the judge to move to Utah; pleaded not guilty in February 2024.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Colorado,
- Case report »
Calvin James McGee
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS missionary in Virginia in 2022; accused of soliciting sexually explicit pictures and video from a person he believed to be an 11-year-old girl, and inviting her to meet in person; arrested in Boise, Idaho in July 2023 and accused of rape of a minor; pleaded guilty to two charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in May 2024 to three to 25 years in prison.
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
Mitchell McKee
- was a Mormon church member and retired Utah State Highway Patrol officer in Heber City, Utah; when arrested in 2024, was a licensed marriage and family therapist with experience helping LDS clients address "pre and post mission sexual issues;" accused of sexual abuse of a minor.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
Lynn Alvin Mickelsen
- was a former Mormon general authority (member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy) in Utah; accused in the 2010s of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Case report »
John Misseldine
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two little children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a local LDS leader allegedly failed to report the abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Alford plea, Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- LDS church payment: $782,000
- Case report »
Daniel Montoya
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Long Beach, California; pleaded guilty in 1986 to charges of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Gerald Elbert Mortimer
- was an OB/GYN doctor in Idaho and former Mormon temple president and mission president in the Philippines; admitted in 2019 to secretly using his sperm to artificially inseminate multiple women; a civil suit against him was dismissed with prejudice in 2021, possibly because of a private settlement agreement.
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Case report »
Jonathon Kent Moser
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in Rawlins, Wyoming; found guilty of sexually abusing two minor girls; sentenced to a minimum of 36 years in prison; a source told FLOODLIT that North Dakota LDS church leaders knew about the abuse but "did nothing".
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
David Neil Moss
- was an LDS bishop (2015-19) and police officer in 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Public building,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Erick Allen Mosteller
- was a Mormon church member and former youth leader in Utah; was caught downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM); admitted to soliciting sex acts from trafficked women at Asian massage parlors; pleaded guilty in March 2023 to two second degree felony charges of child sexual exploitation; sentenced in August 2023 to 250 days in jail, with credit for 79 days served; placed on 4 years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
Matthew Alan Nash
- was a former Mormon missionary from Utah who served a mission in North Carolina in 1999; accused in 2001 of sexually molesting 11 girls while on his mission; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Gordon Ariel Neeley
- was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; plead guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Case report »
Paul Kimball Nelson
- was an LDS church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in November 2023; failed to appear at his sentencing and went missing; reportedly planned to turn himself in in March 2024 on the condition that his $100k bail be returned to his family; arrested in April 2024 in Tucson, Arizona and extradited to Gilbert, Arizona.
- Criminal: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Hugh Winder Nibley
- was a prominent LDS scholar in Utah; in 2005, was publicly accused by his daughter of childhood sexual abuse against her; died in 2005 in Provo, Utah; was never charged with a sex crime.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Brent David Noorda
- was a Mormon church member and chiropractor in St. George, Utah; arrested in 2019 and accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Zander Ethan Nunley
- was a police officer and former Mormon missionary in Salt Lake City, Utah; went on an LDS mission to Nicaragua in 2018 to 2019; accused in December 2024 of sexual assault of a woman who said he met her via an online dating app; she said he invited her to his home to watch a Christmas devotional broadcast by worldwide Mormon leaders; she said he removed his LDS temple garments to assault her.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Case report »
Lonnie Kent Nyman
- was a Mormon church member and funeral director in Utah; accused of sex crimes; pleaded guilty; sentenced in August 2019.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Patrick Robert Oliphant
- was a Mormon missionary from Carlsbad, New Mexico who was serving a mission in Michigan in 2013; reportedly turned himself in for sexual abuse of a child he was babysitting; charged with six counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and three counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor; convicted in 2015 of nine felony charges and sentenced.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Jeffrey Paul Olson
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; found guilty of first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child and was sentenced in 2020 to four consecutive terms of three years to life in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
David William Olson
- was an LDS church member in Bozeman, Montana; found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage boy and sentenced to 8 years in prison, 12 years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Vehicle,
- Case report »
Scott Dale Owen
- Alleged coverup
- 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 November 2023; charged in December 2023.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Grant Peck Packer
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Spencer John Palmer
- was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; posthumously accused of child sexual abuse by his grandson.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Kenny Van Parcell
- was an LDS church member and president of the National Association of Realtors; former Mormon ward young men's leader in Utah and bishopric counselor at BYU-Provo; accused in 2023 of sexual harassment by three women; resigned.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Curtis William Payne
- was a Mormon church member and elementary school teacher in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2019 of child sexual abuse and sentenced to four consecutive terms of 15 years to life in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Jason Michael Pedersen
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Case report »
James William Penrod
- was a Mormon church missionary in Pennsylvania in 1997; originally from Utah; sent home to Utah from his mission and arrested in July 1997 and charged with child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison for sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Pennsylvania, Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Scott Elvin Phister
- was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Wyoming; later moved to Utah and worked as a massage therapist; pleaded no contest in 2022 to two class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery for touching a female massage client in a sexual manner.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
Chesley Nels Pierson
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men.
- Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Canada,
- Case report »
Errol Kent Pilling
- was a Mormon bishop and licensed psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; went on an LDS mission to England in the early 1960s; pleaded guilty in 1988 and in 1994 to charges of sexual misconduct; in September 1994, his registration as a chartered psychologist with the Psychologists Association of Alberta was cancelled; in 1994, was excommunicated; as of February 2024, lives in Twin Falls, Idaho.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Byron Lloyd Poelman
- Alleged coverup
- was a bishop and stake president in Utah and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church; arrested in 1994 for soliciting a prostitute; pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Lloyd Gerald Pond
- was a Mormon church member and leader of an LDS church radio program in Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Mark Chadwick Porter
- was a Mormon church member and former stake presidency member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2022 after allegedly groping women in a Logan grocery store; pleaded guilty in December 2022.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
Ryan Pugh
- was a former Mormon missionary and BYU-Idaho student in Rexburg, Idaho; arrested and charged in 2024 with sharing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online.
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Idaho,
- Case report »
Richard Kenneth Ray
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Arizona; sentenced to prison for sexually abusing children; the LDS church was involved in a lawsuit regarding clergy-penitent privilege; the church settled out of court.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Arizona,
- LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- Case report »
Gary Fuller Reese
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy scoutmaster; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed with prejudice, lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building, Perpetrator's home, Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Washington,
- Case report »
Kenneth Merlin Richens
- was an LDS church member and chief information officer (CIO) of Central Valley Medical Center in Nephi, Utah; accused in 2023 of child sexual exploitation; pleaded guilty in February 2024 to two felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; in April 2024, sentenced to two consecutive terms of one to 15 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
Lowell Robison
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998) when he allegedly sexually abused multiple missionaries; accused in 2018 of the alleged abuse; two months later, died by suicide.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Mexico,
- Case report »
Kyle Saucier
- was a Mormon missionary in Utah; charged in 2007 with aggravated sexual abuse of a child, but the charges were dropped after prosecutors said they could not proceed due to "witness problems".
- Criminal: Criminal charges dropped,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Case report »
Jeffery David Scofield
- was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of a 6 year old girl in 2001 and served 6 years in prison; 2017 was arrested and charged with rape of a 73 year old woman.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Joseph Shanks
- was an LDS senior missionary and temple worker in Chorley, Lancashire, England; found guilty of ten charges related to sex crimes after he was caught in a police sting operation trying to meet three young children for sex.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
Michael Rex Shean
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor and temple worker, and deputy district attorney in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, LDS church found negligent, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1980s, in California,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- Case report »
Mark Daniel Sherry
- was an LDS church member in Kansas City, Missouri; found guilty of Sexual Misconduct - 2nd Degree, found guillty on 2000-07-11; .
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Jason Stark
- was a former full-time Mormon missionary in Kentucky; accused of sexually abusing three people in 2005 while on his mission.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Derrick Starley
- was an LDS church member and full-time missionary in Idaho; sentenced to prison for a sex crime committed while on his Mormon mission.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013,
- Case report »
Robert David Stillwell
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987; convicted in 1993 and 1998 in separate cases of child sexual abuse; reportedly, the local Mormon bishop became aware of the abuse but didn't take any church disciplinary action.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
Stephen Wayne Stokes
- was a Mormon church member and Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) professor; accused of sexual assault by a former student; died in 2016; in 2022, civil lawsuit against BYU-I was dismissed with prejudice.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Case report »
Bradley Grant Stowell
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s, 2005, 2008,
- Case report »
Andrew William Stringer
- was a Mormon church member in Plugerville, Texas; charged with possession of child pornography.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Texas,
- Case report »
James Grant Stringham
- was an LDS church member and physician in Salt Lake City; in 1982, was found guilty of sexual exploitation of a minor; was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $7,500 restitution.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment,
- Crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
Todd Summers
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Costa Mesa, California; accused of child sexual abuse in a Mormon chapel and other locations; civil suit against him ended with a $100,000 settlement payment by the Mormon church to the plaintiff.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- LDS church payment: $100,000
- Case report »
Jared Evan Tichy
- was an LDS church member and elementary school teacher in Salt Lake City, Utah; in April 2023, charged with child sexual abuse; several other victims came forward in April 2023.
- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Case report »
Donald Ray Tolman
- was an LDS church member and former bishop in Provo, Utah (Provo 10th Ward, starting in 1975); convicted in 2020 of six felony counts related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2020 to 25 years to life in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
Drew Daniel Tutt
- was a Mormon church member, school teacher and soccer coach in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of two girls on his soccer team; in 2017, convicted of two counts of third degree felony sexual abuse of a minor student; in 2018, sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Devin Todd Tuttle
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Case report »
Jordan Thomas Udall
- was a Mormon church member and police officer in St. Johns Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2022 to knowing access to child pornography.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
Kimball Reid Ungerman
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2020 to one felony count of 2nd degree aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison but the prison term was suspended; sentenced to probation; completed probation; as of 2023, registered sex offender; lives in Orem, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Sleepover,
- Case report »
Kurt Arthur Vanwagoner
- was a Mormon church member in Centerville, Utah who worked with young men in his ward as of March 2024; arrested and charged in March 2024 with 10 first degree felony counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor (sharing CSAM); police said he sent online chat messages talking about himself secretly taking photographs of women he found attractive in his LDS ward, during church services.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Case report »
James Mitchell Victor
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon missionary in Canada in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old boy while on his mission; an LDS stake president and a mission president (David Sorensen) allegedly covered up abuse allegations; Sorensen later became an LDS general authority.
- Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Canada,
- Case report »
Kay Leroi Walker
- was a Mormon church member and Nauvoo Inn owner in Nauvoo, Illinois; charged with sexually abusing his employees; entered an Alford plea in 2004, resulting in a conviction while maintaining his innocence before the court; January 2024: lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
- Criminal: Alford plea, Convicted,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
Nathan Clark Ward
- was a Mormon church member and OBGYN in Missisippi and Utah; sentenced to prison in 2019 for production of child pornography.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
Robert Fleming Westover
- was a former LDS bishop and attorney in Dallas, Texas; arrested in 2021 for allegedly recording a minor; pleaded guilty in 2023 and sentenced to 4 years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Roland Edwin Westrup
- was a Mormon church member and returned missionary (St. Louis, Missouri) in approximately 2018-2020; arrested in Salt Lake County, Utah in March 2023; charged with 10 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; admitted to possessing and sharing child pornography, and to having sexual fantasies for many years about having sex with male children as young as infants to teens.
- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Case report »
Ryan Dee Whitaker
- was an LDS church member and divorce lawyer in Vancouver, Washington; charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in his Sunday School class during church meetings; convicted in 2013 and sentenced to prison; registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, LDS Sunday meetings,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Washington,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013,
- Case report »
Robert Lewis White
- was a Mormon missionary in South Dakota in the late 1960s; accused in a civil lawsuit in 2008 of sexually abusing a boy while on his mission.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in South Dakota,
- Case report »
Byron Dean Wiscombe
- was an LDS bishopric counselor and Idaho city councilman; signed a plea agreement indicating he would admit to committing lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to prison in 2023.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
Stephen Anderson Wold
- was a Mormon church member and former full-time missionary (to Panama) who lived in Highland, Utah; convicted in 2017 of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a 10-year-old girl and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
Michael Scott Woodbury
- was a Mormon young men's president and attorney in Sacramento, California; sentenced in 2006 to six months in prison for sexually abusing a boy; contrary to a news article report, did not register as a sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Sean David Woolf
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and full-time missionary; accused of sexual abuse of a child; the alleged abuse occurred during his mission; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2020; the church settled with the victim.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
Orson Davis Wright
- was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Australia,
- Case report »
Mitchell Blake Young
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS missionary in Canada; in 1980, sent home after allegedly molesting children; convicted in Arizona (1985) and Utah (1988) of child sexual abuse; in 1993, sentenced in Utah to 15 years in prison for molesting a child for five years; a 2002 lawsuit against the LDS church accused Mormon leaders of providing a safe harbor for him; as of 2024, lives in Ogden, Utah; registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona, Canada, Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s, 1990s,
- Case report »

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