4 LDS sex abuse cases found
- LDS position: Stake clerk
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- Daniel Cupyrna was a Mormon assistant stake clerk and stake technology specialist in Middlesbrough Ward, Billingham Stake, UK; accused of possession of child sexual abuse material; admitted to wrongdoing; convicted
Positions: Other leader, Stake clerk,
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, - View report »
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- Shawn Frost (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Virginia; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse; in 2023, sued in $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; he was the victim's home teacher / ministering brother
Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Other leader, Stake clerk, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
Civil case(s): Settlement, - View report »
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- Ángel Jaramillo was an LDS church member and city councilor in El Carmen, Jujuy, Argentina; arrested on child pornography and abuse charges (which includes distribution, tenancy, and production of material); in 2025, sentenced to two years of "prisión condicional" (akin to probation)
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2024,
Positions: Church employee, Stake clerk, Stake high council,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Michael Kleiner (1994 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ivins, Utah; arrested on July 8, 2026 and charged with criminal solicitation of a minor (first-degree felony), 10 counts of distributing harmful material to a minor-actor 18+ (third-degree felony) and one count of enticing a minor (class A misdemeanor; took part of two sting ops thought he was chatting with two different minors one in St. George and West Jordan police
Positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake clerk,
Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
Alleged church actions: unknown, - View report »
"The investigation began June 24 as part of an operation led by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in Utah County, according to a probable cause affidavit.Agents were working in an anonymous online chat room when a suspect began communicating with a decoy posing as a 17-year-old girl.Shortly after initial contact, the suspect allegedly moved the conversation to another unregulated platform, where he sent nude photos and sexually explicit videos and requested similar images in return. [...]During the investigation, agents discovered Kleiner was also communicating with another undercover officer in West Jordan posing as a 15-year-old. In that exchange, which began June 2, the suspect again allegedly sent explicit messages and images and made plans to meet in the Salt Lake City area but failed to show up on three occasions."June 24, 2026, He allegedly admitted to being attracted to younger girls and told the decoy the encounter was his “first time.” P.C. Affidavit, Michael Kleiner-
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