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Former other LDS/Mormon church leaders who have been publicly accused or found guilty of sexual abuse or sex crimes.

  • Anderson, Mark was a Mormon church branch president and dentist in California; found guilty of sexual abuse of several of his patients
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  • Bishop, Joseph Layton was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries
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  • Brinkerhoff, Allen J was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; in 2007, found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced
    1929-2019
  • Davis, Michael Adam was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 in Minnesota to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care
    1985-
  • Frost, Shawn was a Mormon church member in Virginia; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Gaylor, Cory Richard Idaho school teacher; arrested and charged with lewd conduct and enticing a child via the Internet Crime: , Nampa, ID
    1971-
  • Harward, Craig Allen was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Johnson, Melvin Kay was a seminary teacher, BYU religion professor; accused by his children of sexually abusing his daughters; excommunicated, rebaptized; confessed to sexual abuse, but has not been arrested or criminally charged
    1936-
  • Kimball, Timothy David was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Lee, George Patrick former LDS general authority; pleaded guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a child, a third-degree felony
    1943-2010
  • MacNeil, Melvin was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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  • McAskill, Bruce A was a Mormon church bishop's clerk; found guilty of kissing and fondling a boy, 8, whom he was babysitting
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  • Meek, Chester Lewis former local LDS church leader in Canada; convicted of sexual assault against a female church member
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  • Mortensen, Shawn Tyler was a Mormon bishop and stake presidency member in New Mexico; admitted to molesting an 11-year-old girl while lying in bed with his dying wife; found guilty of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
    1965-
  • Munioz, Eustacio ward religious and missionary class leader; alleged to have sexually assaulted a 14 year old boy; the victim, as an adult, filed a lawsuit against the LDS church and won
    1946-
  • Palmer, Spencer John was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; posthumously accused of sexual abuse by his grandson
    1927-2000
  • Pickett, Brian Richard was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Pierson, Chesley Nels was an LDS stake president and stake patriarch in Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
    1928-2021
  • Porter, Mark Chadwick was a Mormon church member and former stake presidency member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
    1942-
  • Pratt, Michael J former LDS seminary principal; arrested, sentenced and jailed for the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old seminary student
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  • Pratt, Carl Dee was a Mormon bishop in San Manuel, Arizona; allegedly sexually abused a boy in his ward
    1930-2006
  • Sampson, Richard Blaine was a Mormon church member; convicted child sexual abuser and former Provo, Utah MTC doctor; sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse
    1945-
  • Smartt, Philander Knox was a Mormon mission president; accused of sexually manipulating some of his sister missionaries
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  • Sund, Sean David was an LDS primary teacher in Utah; was convicted in 2022 of sexually abusing a girl from his LDS ward
    1972-
  • Thatcher, Ed was a Mormon bishop and later a city manager in Texas; accused of sexual harassment; results of accusations unknown
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  • Vallejo, Keith Robert was a Mormon bishop in Utah; convicted of sexually abusing and raping two underage girls; sentenced in 2017 to five years to life in prison
    1974-unknown