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- Larren Arnold (1935 – 2017) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under 16; convicted, received a five-year suspended sentence and three years probation; Mormon leaders allegedly knew as early as 1964 about Arnold's abuse; the Mormon church made a $50,000 settlement payment to a victim in 2001, and a payment to another victim in 2012; died in 2017
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $50,000
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
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- Geoffrey Ashdown (1947 – ) was a Mormon bishop and deputy school principal in Australia; convicted after alleged sexual abuse of two boys; the alleged abuse took place while Ashdown was a bishop; died in 2012
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1994,
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Eric Avant (1959 – ) was a Mormon cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; convicted in 1979 of sodomizing an 11-year-old; Mormon leaders allegedly knew of his sexual attraction to young boys but did not check police records; convicted in 1988 of 14 counts of aggravated sexual battery and sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting nine boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims; the church settled a lawsuit in 1992
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $2,000,000
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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- Coy Ball (1954 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; was charged with 11 counts related to child sex abuse; in 2014, pleaded guilty to three counts of molestation of a child
- Convicted: 2014,
- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school, Ward Santa Claus,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Norman Barber (1947 – ) was a Mormon church member and dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Bryan Barner (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in New York in the 1980s; scout leader, molested a 12-year-old boy and two 13-year-old boys; sentenced to no more than one year in prison
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Brandon Bednarz (1982 – ) was an LDS church member in Kansas; convicted of sexual abuse of a minor
- Positions: Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- David Bennett (1954 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in California and Korea; convicted in 1987 in California of child sexual abuse; moved to Korea; was assigned to be an LDS young men's president and scoutmaster; was accused of molesting several boys; disappeared in 1991; FLOODLIT is attempting to locate him
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
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- Arthur Bishop (1952 – 1988) 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
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Andrew Bishop (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah (Manila Creek Stake); arrested in 2015 and admitted to sexually abusing 5 individuals in 10 years; convicted of sexual abuse of a minor in the first and second degree in February 2016; sentenced in 2016 to prison in Utah
- Convicted: 2016,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Wyman Blankenship was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Released,
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- David Borg was a Mormon church member and scout leader in New Jersey and Arizona; pleaded guilty in Arizona to molesting multiple boys; admitted to having at least 15 victims; sentenced to 34 years in prison; Borg's BSA "perversion file" suggested that the LDS church might bear "potential liability" since Borg said he had spoken with a "Brother Perry" at LDS Social Services; released in 2022, lives in Utah
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1989,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Douglas Bowen (1950 – ) was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Washington, California, Utah and Idaho; was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; in a 2017 lawsuit filed against the Mormon church, two plaintiffs alleged that Bowen abused them in Scouting in approximately 1974 or 1975
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Jack Bowers was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2010 to two second degree felony counts of child sex exploitation; sentenced to two consecutive terms of 1 to 15 years in prison
- Convicted: 2010,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- David Brown was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years; a victim sued the Mormon church in 2003
- Convicted: 2003, 2005,
- Positions: Music leader, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Gary Brown (1967 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing one of his scouts
- Convicted: 2006,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Paul Bryant (1968 – 2024) 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
- Convicted: 2016,
- Positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Gerald Burgie (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; charged in 1981 with third-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
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- Michael Carnegie (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Kitsap, Washington; convicted in 2017 of one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation; sentenced to 30 days in jail
- Convicted: 2017,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Mark Chapman (1971 – ) was an LDS church member, church janitor and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Michael Clay (1974 – ) was an LDS church member and BYU professor in Provo, Utah; charged with sexually abusing three students; entered a plea bargain in May 2023 in which he agreed to plead no contest to three class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery, complete 24 months of probation, do 50 hours of community service, and take a sexual boundaries course; sentenced in June 2023 according to the plea deal
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: BYU, Church employee, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation,
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- Dennis Collins was an LDS church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Alfred Cote (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in New Hampshire and Nauvoo, Illinois; convicted in 1986 (New Hampshire) and 2020 (Illinois) of child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in 2020 in Illinois; as of May 2026, is incarcerated at the Big Muddy River Correctional Center in Jefferson County, Illinois; Mormon church let him be scoutmaster despite prior conviction
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1986, 2020,
- Positions: Elders Quorum President, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
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- David Curtis (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member and middle school counselor in St. George, Utah; in 2025, pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Luke Dalton (1941 – ) was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Prescott De Jean (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2013,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Larry Deutsch (1966 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2021,
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Richard Dilley (1959 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Burien, near Seattle, Washington; dishonorably discharged from the Navy in 1983 after admitting to abusing boys in a Scouting program in Athens, Greece; pleaded guilty in 1990 to one count of third degree child rape and five counts of child molestation for "repeated" offenses over two years of the scouts in his LDS troop; sentenced to 9 years in prison
- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Jeremy Dumas (1968 – ) was a Mormon bishop and boy scout leader in Indiana; pleaded guilty to charges related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2024; sentenced in September 2024 to 10 years in federal prison
- Convicted: 2024,
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Joseph Durborow (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in Federal and State courts in 2003
- Convicted: 2003,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Edwin Dyer (1935 – 1986) was a Mormon church member and scoutmaster in central Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested as many as 15 boys over a 28-year period; convicted in 1985 of two misdemeanors related to sexual abuse; shot and killed in 1986 by one of his victims; the Mormon church settled out of court for $200,000 with one victim
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $200,000
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Disfellowshipped, Excommunicated,
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- Timur Dykes was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; reportedly admitted to molesting 17 boys; convicted multiple times; in 1987, three plaintiffs sued the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts of America; in about 2009, the Mormon church paid $350,000 to a victim to settle its portion of a civil lawsuit
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $350,000
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse, Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated,
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- Oliver Eames (1948 – 2005) was an LDS church member, sixth grade teacher and Mormon Tabernacle Choir singer in Farmington, Utah; admitted to trying to fondle several children he had been hired to tutor; pleaded guilty in 1988 to two felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; local police had documented 52 alleged child sexual abuse incidents involving him
- Positions: Other leader, Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Frederick Edvalson (1920 – 2009) was a Mormon in Utah and Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland; convicted 3 times of sexual abuse in Maryland in the 1980s; third conviction: while on probation, groomed a 10-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her in a room inside a Mormon chapel on multiple occasions from 1983 to 1984; reportedly told her he was giving her "special religious training;" sentenced to 8 years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Dennis Empey (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Driggs, Idaho and scout leader in Provo, Utah; accused of sexually abusing many children between 1981 and 1990; a stake president and four Mormon bishops allegedly failed to report abuse for years; convicted in 1991 in Utah of child molestation; sentenced to one year in jail and three years probation; charged in 2025 in Idaho with sex crimes
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1991,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Gary Erickson (1968 – ) was an LDS church member, boy scout leader and Mesquite, Nevada police detective; was arrested in 2018; in 2019, pleaded guilty in Utah to a charge of crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct
- Convicted: 2019,
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- John Fanning (1932 – 2012) was a Mormon branch president in Texas, bishop in Oklahoma and Boy Scout executive in several US states, including Utah; accused in 1986 in Utah of sexually abusing at least three boys, including during LDS-sponsored scouting activities; admitted guilt; convicted via plea agreement in 1986 or 1987; sentenced to 30 days in jail and spent approximately 18 months on probation; died in 2012
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1987,
- Positions: Bishop, Branch president, Missionary, Scout leader, Senior missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Stephen Field was a Mormon church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Ronald Finch (1938 – 2015) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- Michael Fischer was a Mormon church member and young men's president in Washington; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Richard Fisco (1936 – 2019) was an LDS branch president and scout leader in Oklahoma and Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Branch president, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Alfred Forrester (1936 – 2013) was a Mormon church member in California; excommunicated in the 1950s after conviction for child molestation; moved to Iowa, reoffended, incarcerated; returned to California, convicted once or twice more, then assigned to be a Mormon church scoutmaster; abused again, caught, sentenced to prison in 1979; a 2024 lawsuit against the LDS church alleged that a bishop failed to protect kids
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1956, 1960, 1966, 1979,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Church position after conviction, Excommunicated,
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- Jay Forscutt (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Nephi, Utah; convicted in 2022 of sexual exploitation of a minor; sentenced to eight months in jail and four years of probation; is a registered sex offender living in Nephi, Utah as of May 2026
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
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- Jayne Furness (1935 – 1987) was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Arroyo Grande, California; accused of sex abuse; found guilty of voyeurism charges in or before 1972, and found guilty of sexual abuse charges in 1976; sentenced in 1976 or 1977 to prison; died in 1987
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
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- Kenneth Good (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of molesting 4 underage girls; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1991 to 8 years in prison; released on parole in December 1993; as of 2023, lives in Taylorsville Utah
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Shawn Gooden (1974 – ) was an LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
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- Henry Gurule (1918 – 2012) was a Mormon church member in Utah; in 1994, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; was permitted to serve jail time on home confinement; was given therapy and ordered to pay $2,296 restitution; In 2005, two more second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse were dismissed without prejudice after Gurule complied with a plea agreement; died in 2012
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Plea held in abeyance, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Billy Hagen was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison; died in 2005
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Leroy Hamblin (1947 – ) was a Webelos scout leader in Kaysville, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1987 to lewdness with a child; served prison time
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Steven Hammock (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1983 to two counts of forcible sex abuse of a child and served six months in an inpatient treatment facility; the LDS church excommunicated him, but during a civil suit filed in 1989 by the victim, it refused to divulge information that Hammock gave to church officials; in 1997, a federal judge awarded $150,000 in damages to the victim
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $150,000
- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Willard Hansen (1938 – 2013) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- William Hanson (1962 – ) was a Mormon youth leader who allegedly sexually abused children in several US states, including Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Utah, Texas, Wisconsin and New Jersey; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; in the 2000s, the Mormon church settled a civil lawsuit in which the victim accused it of failing to protect him
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $unknown
- Positions: High priest, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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- Jeffrey Hardin was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted of lewd conduct with a minor in October 1991
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Kenneth Harper was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Lynn Harrison (1935 – 2016) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded no contest
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest,
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- Vance Hein (1951 – ) was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison; the Mormon church settled a related lawsuit in 2014
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $unknown
- Convicted: 1999, 2000, 2012,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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- Michael Hicks was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Lynn Hill was a Mormon scoutmaster in Utah; worked from 1976 to 1984 as a financial auditor for the LDS church, including in Japan and other Asian countries; sentenced in 2004 to up to five years in prison for sexually abusing a 17-year-old developmentally disabled girl; Hill molested her while driving her to an LDS church activity for disabled children, and at her home, according to charging documents
- Convicted: 2004,
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- James Hogan (1937 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in California and Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 1989, two teenagers sued the church and Hogan (settled 1990); in 2002, two men sued the church and the BSA (church settled for $800,000 and $75,000); in 2011, a man sued the BSA for $5.2 million (he previously settled with the church); in all, 12 alleged victims 1967-1989
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $875,000
- Convicted: 1989,
- Positions: Church employee, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Joel Houck was an LDS church member in California; accused in the 1960s of sexual abuse; convicted of vagrancy in 1966 and served 10 days in jail; in 1967, placed in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) "perversion files"
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Unknown result,
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- Robert Jackson (1942 – ) was a former assistant BYU professor and Mormon bishopric member (second counselor) in Provo, Utah; sentenced to two years in prison in 2006 for video recording a 14-year-old undressing
- Convicted: 2006,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, BYU, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Richard James (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Potomac, Maryland; accused of sexually abusing a boy from 1995 to 1999 at billionaire Bill Marriott's home, an LDS church and other locations; pleaded guilty to reduced child abuse charges; sentenced to 10 years in prison (nine suspended); was a registered sex offender; the victim sued the church, Marriott and six others in 2024
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2002,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Ronald Jenkins (1942 – ) was a Mormon scout leader, bishopric counselor and stake high council member in Idaho; worked as a high school teacher; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1996 of 10 counts of lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to 17 years in prison; registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Ronald Johnson was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
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- Harry Jones (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Illinois; sentenced to 30 months of probation for possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material or CSAM)
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
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- Michael Jordan (1980 – ) was an LDS church member in West Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2015 of 33 felonies related to child sexual abuse (CSA)
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Larry Judd (1936 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; admitted to molesting 12 girls over a period of about 20 years; some of the alleged abuse took place at church and at church-sponsored summer camps
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Stephen Kay (1940 – ) was a Mormon church member, school teacher and scout leader in Brisbane, Australia; charged multiple times with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1996 and was sentenced to jail
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
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- Willis King was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Marion Klingler (1944 – ) was an LDS church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; now lives in Springville Utah as registered sex offender
- Positions: Primary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Justin Knight (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Tucson, Arizona; in 2023, pled guilty to one third-degree count of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR and one fourth-degree felony charge of Aggravated Taking Id Of Another Person Or Entity; sentenced to prison; registered sex offender as of Oct. 2025
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Primary, Scout leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Robert Larsen (1965 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD in 1993, and SEX ABUSE CHILD in 1998, as well as POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in 2009
- Convicted: 2009,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Released,
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- Craig Mathias (1960 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Santa Clarita, California; was in the Northridge 1st Ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting five boy scouts at his home; the alleged abuse involved up to 11 scouts; reportedly urged one victim on a recorded phone call not to tell police about the abuse; sentenced to six years in prison; released in 1990; registered sex offender (2025)
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1987,
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, Ward official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of saying victim was responsible,
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- Franklin Mathias (1934 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in La Grande, Oregon; had a career as a schoolteacher; accused in 1987 of sexual abuse; sentenced in 1988 to four years in prison for molesting a child; he said that he had 242 victims over a 30-year period; convicted in 1997 of failure to register as a sex offender and was placed on probation for 24 months
- Convicted: 1988,
- Positions: High priest, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- James Matlock was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Norman Maxfield (1944 – ) was an LDS church member and high school drama teacher in Utah; convicted in 1988 of sexually abusing boys
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Charles McCombs (1938 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Maynard McFarland (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in California and Minnesota; sentenced in 2005 to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for many years; released from prison in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2005,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Robert Metcalf (1949 – ) was a Mormon in California, Arizona; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1974; sentenced in 1979 to six years in prison; excommunicated; after prison, was rebaptized, made a scout leader and allegedly molested a scout on a campout in about 1987, according to a 1990 civil lawsuit against the LDS church; sentenced in Arizona in 1989 to 37 years in prison; 2020 lawsuit vs. LDS church
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Jay Mitchell was an Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; sentenced to a total of sixty years in prison with a minimum of thirty years, for child sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Daniel Montoya was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Long Beach, California; pleaded guilty in 1986 to charges of child sexual abuse
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Jared Murray (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Rexburg, Idaho; pleaded guilty in 1989 to a child sexual abuse charge
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Michael Nef (1950 – 2025) was a Mormon church member in Rigby, Idaho that was convicted of sexually abusing two female family members for 23 years; sentenced to five years in Cottonwood minimum security prison in Idaho.
- Convicted: 2007,
- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Richard Nelson was an LDS church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Porter Nelson (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Alaska; charged in 2009 with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced in 2010 to jail or prison; as of 2025, lives in Marsing, Idaho as a registered sex offender
- Convicted: 2010,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Rand Newby (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Washington, Oregon and San Francisco, California; had a career as a schoolteacher; charged in Oregon in 1986 with sexual abuse of two children; convicted of two counts, one class C felony and one class A misdemeanor; sentenced in 1987 to 5 years probation
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Paul Newman (1957 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Highland, Utah; charged in 2020 with one second-degree felony count of attempted sex abuse of a child; the alleged abuse took place in 2013, while Newman was a bishop; in 2022, pleaded no contest to a reduced third-degree count; a prison term of up to five years was suspended; was fined $1,003 and placed on 48 months of probation; registered sex offender
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- David O'Connor (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and high school wrestling coach in Tacoma, Washington; convicted of sexual abuse in 1977; once reportedly confessed his sexual abuse in an LDS sacrament meeting; in 2021, a victim sued the Mormon church
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Thomas Opfar (1937 – 1998) was a Mormon church member in Pennsylvania and Utah; pleaded guilty in Utah to charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to five to 15 years in prison
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Leslie Paul (1943 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona; charged with child sexual abuse; found guilty on 32 counts; sentenced in about 1989 to over 400 years in prison
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- 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
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction, No church discipline,
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- Brian Peterson (1964 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Orem, Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison in 1990
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1989,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Robert Price was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in 2002 and sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
- Convicted: 2002,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Byard Price (1940 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse, then reapplied to be a scout volunteer after his conviction
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Kenneth Prince (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; convicted of 5 counts of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, 2ND DEGREE FELONY in 2014; 2014 two counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child, dropped as part of plea deal; attempted suicide by drinking half a bottle of mercury, charged with reckless endangerment & use or possession of psychotoxic chemical; 2008 plead guilty lewd act, abeyance 2010 dismissed
- Convicted: 2014,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea held in abeyance, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Kenneth Rarick (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Alaska; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Chance Ray (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in the Mesa, Arizona area; convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to prison in Arizona; spent approximately 14 years in prison; released in July 2020
- Convicted: 2005,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
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- Phillip Rimmasch (1937 – 2009) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah in the 1980s; had a 50-plus year career as a mortician; convicted of child sexual abuse; on appeal, the Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial in 1989
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Unknown result,
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