5 LDS sex abuse cases found
Not active LDS
- LDS position: Not active LDS
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- Paul Adams (1982 – 2017) was an LDS church member in Arizona; sexually abused two children for several years after confessing to his bishop; arrested and charged; died by suicide in 2017 while in custody awaiting trial; as of October 2025, a lawsuit against the church is ongoing
Alleged failure to report- Positions: Not active LDS, Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide, - Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated, Ward official accused of failure to report, - View report »
"They said, 'You absolutely can do nothing.' "2025: Arizona Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit v. the Mormon church-
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- Nicholas Alahverdian (1987 – 2026) was an LDS church member in Rhode Island and Orem, Utah; allegedly sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in Rhode Island in 2006; she told Floodlit in 2025 that she reported to Mormon officials, and that two missionaries overheard; Alahverdian was convicted in two rape trials in 2025
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2008, 2025,
- Positions: Not active LDS,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
- View report »
"The guilt is heavy because [...] I may have been one of the first of his victims, if not the first. [...] He is a monster. It sickens me that not only did everyone turn a blind eye, but he went on to become a member at other LDS churches when the whole point of alerting the church was to excommunicate him and that hadn't been done."-
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- Ted Bundy (1946 – 1989) was baptized into the LDS church in 1975, but was not an active participant in church services and ignored most church restrictions; accused of rape and murder of dozens of women and girls; convicted of murder; executed by electric chair in Florida in 1989
- Positions: Not active LDS,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Jeffrey Fox (1947 – ) was a former state legislator (1977-1982) in Utah; convicted federally for possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2013 and placed on probation for 15 years; in 2019, probation was terminated for completing terms; in 2022, arrested and charged in Utah with 8 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; case dismissed without prejudice due to a federal charge
- Convicted:
2013,
- Positions: LDS status unknown, Not active LDS,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Russell Gatrell (1980 – ) was a Mormon or former Mormon church member in Cottonwood Heights, Utah; accused in 2025 of possession of up to 280 million CSAM images
- Positions: LDS status unknown, Not active LDS, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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