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- Robert Kempton (1942 – 2018) 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
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Arizona,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Lon Kennard (1941 – 2019) was a former Mormon bishop in Heber City, Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2011,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Timothy Kimball (1979 – 2023) 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
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- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Kristopher Kinkade (1966 – 2020) was a Mormon church member; accused of child sexual abuse; died in 2020
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Not convicted, Suicide, Unknown result,
- Eric Knight (1968 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: New Hampshire,
- Convicted: 2021,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Daniel Landeros (1970 – ) was a Mormon missionary; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Derek Lange (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher and sports coach in Colorado City, Arizona; charged with attempted rape of a child, a first-degree felony; enticing a minor, a second-degree felony; and four counts of dealing in harmful materials to a minor, a third-degree felony
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Arizona,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Robert Lant (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Jason Larsen (1977 – ) 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
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: California,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- James Larsen (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member (possibly a ward clerk or bishop) in Magna, Utah; accused in 2017 of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to prison; released; as of 2025, lives in Magna, Utah as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2018,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Frank Lefrandt (1961 – 2009) 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
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Hawaii,
- Convicted: 2008,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Robert 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
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Texas,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation,
- Boyd 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Nevada,
- Convicted: 2022,
- LDS positions: High priest, Missionary, Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- W Loveless (1979 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Chet Ludlow was a Mormon church member in Utah; went on a Mormon mission to Louisiana; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Seth Lyon (1982 – ) 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
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- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Richard Mallard (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; charged in July 2025 with 41 felony counts related to child sexual exploitation; in August 2025, was released on bond, despite initially being held without bail; several LDS church members sent the court letters of support on Mallard's behalf prior to his detention hearing
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Brandon Manning (1973 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Georgia, Utah,
- Crime country: Scotland, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2001, 2020, Unknown,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jayson Martineau (1973 – ) 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
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- Convicted: 2023,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- David McConkie (1978 – ) was a Mormon bishop (approximately 2013-16), stake president (2016-21) and deputy district attorney in Colorado; paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; allegedly confessed child sexual assault to a Mormon church leader in 2008; in July 2025, sentenced to five years probation
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Colorado,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Calvin McGee (2002 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2024,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Glen McGhie (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara, California; found guilty of lewd or lascivious act on a child age 14/15, a felony; lost his physical therapy license
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted: 2002,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Mitchell McKee (1966 – ) 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
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Stephen Miehe (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Ronald Miller (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and psychology professor in Hawaii (at Brigham Young University-Hawaii) and Orem, Utah (Utah Valley University); charged in 2024 in Utah with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime city: UT - Orem,
- Alleged crime county: UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Trevor Milton (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and former technology billionaire (Nikola) in Utah; accused in a 2020 lawsuit of sexual assault of two minors
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Misseldine (1982 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two 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 lawsuit said a local Mormon leader failed to report 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
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Nevada,
- Convicted: 2005,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to 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
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- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Gerald Mortimer (1943 – ) 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
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Idaho,
- LDS positions: Mission president, Missionary, Temple president,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice,
- Jonathon Moser (1981 – ) 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"
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- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Moss (1967 – ) was an LDS bishop (2015-19) and police officer in Lehi, 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Wyatt Mullen (1997 – ) was a Sandy, Utah man charged with sex crimes in October 2025; based on our initial research, FLOODLIT believes he is a former Mormon missionary and was active in the Mormon church at the time of his alleged crimes
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Matthew 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
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Gordon Neeley (1935 – 2018) was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018
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- LDS positions: High priest, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Paul Nelson (1976 – ) 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
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Aaron Nelson (1976 – 2020) was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; charged with 3 counts of Battery-Actual, Intentional and Unlawful Touching or Striking of Another Against their Will and 3 counts of Disturbing the Peace; accepted plea deal and found guilty of Disturbing the Peace; died 31 days after convicted
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- James Neumeyer (1955 – 2024) was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2024
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation, Suicide, Unknown result,
- Hugh Nibley (1910 – 2005) 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
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- LDS positions: BYU, Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Gregg Nielsen (1947 – ) was an LDS church member and dentist in South Ogden, Utah; pleaded guilty in the 1990s to five felonies for molesting three girls, ages 11, 12 and 15, for six years in his home, office and on family outings; was sentenced to one year in jail, with releases to go to work and therapy
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Brent Noorda (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member and chiropractor in St. George, Utah; arrested in 2019 and accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Zander Nunley (1998 – ) 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
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime county: UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Lonnie Nyman was a Mormon church member and funeral director in Utah; accused of sex crimes; pleaded guilty; sentenced in August 2019
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Christopher Odom (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Roseville, California; accused in 2016 of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Patrick Oliphant (1992 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: New Mexico,
- Convicted: 2015,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
- Jeffrey Olson (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted 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
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2020,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Olson (1980 – ) was an LDS church member in Bozeman, Montana; convicted of of sexually abusing a teenage boy; sentenced to eight years in prison and 12 years probation
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- LDS positions: Missionary, Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Scott Owen (1959 – ) 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 Nov. 2023; sentenced in 2025 to prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2025,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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:
- Crime state: Idaho,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Spencer Palmer (1927 – 2000) was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; lived in Utah; posthumously accused of child sexual abuse by his grandson
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- LDS positions: Bishop, BYU, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Temple president,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Kenny 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
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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Curtis Payne (1959 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- 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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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- James 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
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Pennsylvania, Utah,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Scott Phister (1964 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2022,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest,
- 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:
- Alleged crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Errol Pilling (1942 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Byron Poelman (1934 – 2014) 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
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Harry Poll (1936 – 2007) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Lloyd Pond (1945 – 2019) was a Mormon church spokesman and leader of an LDS church radio program in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1996 to one count of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 1997 to prison; died in 2019
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Mark Porter (1942 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2022,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- 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
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- William Purdy (1997 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Tonga in 2017; originally from Utah; in July 2025, was arrested in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after a federal grand jury indictment on charges related to child sexual exploitation; allegedly sexually abused multiple children while on his mission
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Marco Quintero (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Richard Ray (1942 – 2019) was an LDS church member in Arizona; sentenced in 1984 to 61 years in prison for molesting five girls; allegedly had more than 30 victims; the LDS church was involved in a lawsuit regarding clergy-penitent privilege; the church settled out of court for an undisclosed amount just before trial
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Arizona,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Gary Reese (1938 – 2014) was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy Scout leader in Washington; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops; never charged; two plaintiffs sued the Mormon church; lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice in 2011; Reese died in 2014
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- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Washington,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kenneth Richens (1963 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2024,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Douglas Richens (1972 – ) was former international director of the Mormon church's disability services and prison ministry; worked for the LDS church for 23 years; retired, became a professional life coach in Tooele, Utah; charged with sodomy on a child and aggravated sexual abuse; court ordered him held without bail as of Mar. 21, 2025
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- LDS positions: Church employee, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- 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:
- Alleged crime country: Mexico,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Alleged failure to report
- Tracy Rogers was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Trent Rogers (1917 – 1995) was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1986 and was sentenced to three years probation; a woman sued the Mormon church in 1986
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Arizona,
- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to 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"
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Not convicted,
- Jeffery Scofield (1974 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; found guilty in 2004 of two counts of sexual abuse of a child (a 6-year-old girl); spent six years in prison and underwent therapy; in 2017, was arrested and charged with rape of a 73-year-old woman; the case was dismissed because the victim could not be located to testify in court
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Joseph Shanks was an LDS senior missionary and temple worker in Chorley, Lancashire, England; convicted of ten charges related to sex crimes after he was caught in a police sting operation trying to meet three young children for sex; called from a landline registered to the Mormon Church's missionary training center
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Michael Shean (1947 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor and temple worker, and deputy district attorney in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys; sentenced to prison; the Mormon church allegedly made at least one settlement payment to a victim who said a stake president covered up the abuse for years
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- George Squire (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Jason Stark (1985 – ) was a former full-time Mormon missionary in Kentucky; accused of sexually abusing three people in 2005 while on his mission; a lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church; in 2025, sentenced to 30 years in prison in Idaho
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Kentucky,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
- Derrick Starley was an LDS church member and full-time missionary in Chubbuck, Idaho; originally from Utah; perpetrated a sex crime while on his Mormon mission in October 2012; convicted in 2013 of felony injury to a child and sentenced to 10 days in jail
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2013,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Keaton Steck (2001 – ) was a former Mormon missionary who lived in Maricopa County, Arizona; went on a Mormon mission to Washington in approximately 2019-21; worked as a plumber after his LDS mission; charged in 2025 with second-degree felony child sex trafficking of a minor between the ages of 15 and 17
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Mark Stevens (1956 – ) was a Mormon bishop in West Jordan, Utah in 2006; charged in 2025 with sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl that allegedly took place in his office at church
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- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Robert Stillwell (1964 – ) 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; a Mormon bishop reportedly became aware of the abuse, but did not take any church disciplinary action or report to police
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Stephen Stokes (1948 – 2016) 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
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Idaho,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, BYU, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice,
- Bradley Stowell (1972 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2005, 2008,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Andrew Stringer (2005 – ) was a Mormon church member in Pflugerville, Texas; assigned by the Mormon church to a mission in Argentina, then to a service mission in Texas; arrested in 2023 and charged with possession of child pornography
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Texas,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- James Stringham (1928 – 2017) was a Mormon church member and pediatric physician in Salt Lake City, Utah; in 1980, he made a video recording of a sexual nature involving a child patient; in 1982, pleaded no contest to a second-degree felony charge of sexual exploitation of a minor; sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $7,500 restitution; his medical license was suspended for 90 days
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Probation,
- Todd Summers was an LDS church member and videographer for local children's events in Costa Mesa, California; accused of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in a Mormon chapel and other locations; a 2009 civil suit against him ended with a $100,000 settlement payment by the Mormon church to the plaintiff
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: California,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Keaton Tanner (1995 – ) was a Mormon church member and school teacher in Pleasant Grove, Utah; accused and arrested for alleged rape of a child; authorities requested no bail because they feared he might flee to Germany, where he was once a Mormon missionary
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime county: UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Jared Tichy (1978 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Donald Tolman (1943 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2020,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Drew Tutt (1988 – ) 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
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice,
- Jordan Udall (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member and police officer in St. Johns Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2022 to knowing access to child pornography
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Convicted: 2022,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Kimball Ungerman (1957 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor in California; moved to Utah; pleaded guilty in 2020 to one felony count related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison, but term was suspended; sentenced to probation; as of 2023, registered sex offender, lives in Orem, Utah; a 2021 California lawsuit against the church said bishop Phil Stewart failed to protect a victim, and a mission president didn't report
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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kurt Vanwagoner (1966 – ) 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
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- LDS positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- James Victor (1960 – ) 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
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kay Walker (1942 – ) 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
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- Convicted: 2004,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted,
- Joseph Walker (1955 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, stake presidency counselor and LDS Public Affairs employee in Utah; charged in 2025 with three third-degree felony counts related to child sexual exploitation; allegedly "engaged in several sexually explicit conversations […] to seduce, lure, and entice [a 14-year-old girl] into engaging in multiple sexual acts;" released from jail after letters from church members
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Nathan Ward (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member and OBGYN in Missisippi and Utah; sentenced to prison in 2019 for production of child pornography
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Curtis Ware (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member and football coach for Grantsville High School in Utah; convicted in June 2018 of one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, all class A misdemeanors; also pleaded guilty to class B misdemeanor tampering with a witness in a separate case
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2018,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Robert Westover (1972 – ) 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
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- Convicted: 2023,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Roland Westrup (1999 – ) 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
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Ryan Whitaker (1953 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2013,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Primary, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report

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