Stake high council

54 LDS sex abuse cases found

LDS position: Stake high council

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- Terry Allen (1943 – ) was an LDS church member in California; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison; was assigned to multiple trusted church positions, including Sunday school president, despite the Mormon church being aware that he had raped a teenager; LDS leaders were accused of hiding his abuse from local church members; as of 2024, lives in Grapevine, Texas
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: California, Connecticut, Texas,
- Crime state: California, Connecticut,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Michael Angus was an LDS church member in Star, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Stake high council,
- Donnie Boring (1950 – 2017) was a former Mormon bishop and stake high council member in California / Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2017 to a felony charge of sexual abuse; died in December 2017
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- Convicted: 2017,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Timothy Bothell (1969 – ) was a LDS church employee and stake high council member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 to two years in jail for sexual abuse of two girls, ages 11 and 13
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Was Church employee, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Cannata (1965 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Tucson, Arizona in 2005 when he sexually abused a child who was 5 or 6 years old; was a stake high council member sometime in the 2010s; was confronted by the victim and turned himself into the police; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison; was excommunicated from the Mormon church because of the abuse
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jack Cash (1934 – 2023) was a Mormon bishopric counselor and stake high council member in San Luis Obispo, California; was a practicing chiropractor for over 30 years; between 1979 and 1995, allegedly fondled at least 11 women's breasts during chiropractic visits; license suspended in 1985; in 1995, convicted by jury of seven misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; sentenced to 2 months in jail, 3 years probation; died in 2023
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- Was Bishopric counselor, High priest, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Senior missionary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation,
- Kevin Christensen (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member and judge in Brigham City, Utah; accused of receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to individuals he believed to be minor children; pleaded not guilty in July 2025
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Box Elder,
- Crime city: UT - Tremonton,
- Was Stake high council,
- Ongoing,
- Mark Cram (1956 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor, and city manager in Riverton, Utah; charged in 2006 with voyeurism; admitted climbing a 9-foot wall at a tanning salon to watch a 16-year-old girl undress; pleaded guilty; plea was held in abeyance; he completed the terms set by the court, charge was dismissed and case was expunged in 2008; as of February 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah
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- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Bishop, Church employee, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor,
- Admitted guilt, Expunged, Not convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
- Clark Crookston (1949 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Was Bishop, High priest, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kenneth Curtis (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah and Maryland; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison; excommunicated; released from prison; rebaptized
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- Was Missionary, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Prison,
- James Denos (1929 – 2017) was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in 1970 in Westminster, Orange County, California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four minor girls living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950
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- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Gerald Elison (1930 – 2019) was an LDS church member and junior high school drama teacher in Orem, Utah; accused in 2014 in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy student in the early 1980s; died in 2019
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed,
- Pierre Euvrard (1949 – 2000) was a Mormon mission president from 1991 to 1994 in the Mascarene Islands mission / South Africa Durban mission; died in 2000; accused in a 2020 Arizona lawsuit of sexually abusing two underage teen boys for years while working as a mission president
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- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Farley (1958 – ) was a former doctor and LDS church member in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients; the alleged abuse occurred over a span of many years, during which Farley was an LDS stake high council member for some time; never criminally charged; in February 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Francis Fuller (1940 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Highland, Utah in 1993; also was a stake high council member in Utah; in 2018 or 2019, pleaded guilty to two second degree felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2019 in Utah to two years in jail and four years probation; registered sex offender
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Australia, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Samuel Gardner (1932 – 1968) was an LDS bishop in the Oklahoma City First Ward in the early 1960s; accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the bishop's office at a Mormon chapel in about 1961; died in 1968
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- Alleged crime: 1960s,
- Places lived: Oklahoma,
- Crime state: Oklahoma,
- Was Bishop, Stake high council,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Martin Gilmour was a Mormon church member in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland; accused of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old child; was arrested in November 2024
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Ireland,
- Crime country: Ireland,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Ongoing, Unknown result,
- 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
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Crime state: Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Tyson Green was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Ongoing,
- Matthew Hack was a Mormon church member and stake high council member in Oklahoma; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse; pleaded no contest to an amended charge of child neglect
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Convicted, No contest, Plea deal,
- Brent Hansen (1938 – ) was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; was also mayor of Spanish Fork and president of its chamber of commerce; accused in a civil lawsuit of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; his dentistry license was suspended for 30 days; died in 2015
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Willard Hansen (1938 – 2013) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- James Haskell (1982 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and practicing attorney in Vacaville, California; charged with 14 felonies and three misdemeanors for allegedly sexually abusing four children; was an LDS stake high council member when charged; pleaded not guilty; in June 2024, found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Acquitted, Found not guilty, Hung jury, Ongoing,
- Samuel Heavilon (1960 – ) was allegedly a former LDS branch president in Frankfort, Indiana; convicted in 2018 and in 2024 of child exploitation; sentenced both times to prison
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Indiana,
- Crime state: Indiana,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Was Branch president, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Erik Hughes (1966 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Mapleton, Utah and a Mormon church senior product manager when he sexually abused two underage children in his LDS ward dozens of times; was sentenced to prison in 2017; released in 2023; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Utah
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Was Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Ángel Jaramillo was an LDS church member in Jujuy, Argentina; arrested on child pornography and abuse charges (which includes distribution, tenancy, and production of material)
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- Was Church employee, Stake clerk, Stake high council,
- Ongoing, Prison, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kelly Jenkins (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Stake high council,
- Carl Johnson (1945 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and former mayor of West Bountiful, Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexually abusing several children between 1983 and 1997; pleaded guilty in 2023 to four felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2023 to three consecutive terms of nine years to life each for first-degree felonies, plus one term of one to 15 years on a second-degree felony
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Melvin Johnson (1936 – ) was a Mormon seminary teacher and Brigham Young University (BYU) religion professor; accused by multiple victims of sexually abusing them when they were children; excommunicated and rebaptized; reportedly confessed to sexual abuse, but was not criminally charged; two victims filed lawsuits against him; one named the Mormon church as a defendant; it settled out of court
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: California, Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
- Was BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Major Madon was an LDS church member in Mapleton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse; as of 2024, serving time in prison in Central Utah Correctional Facility
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Stake high council, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Raymond Maxson (1951 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lincoln, Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
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- Was Stake high council,
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Brian Mitchell (1953 – ) was a Mormon church member and temple worker in Utah; abductor, with Wanda Barzee, of Elizabeth Smart
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Was Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Convicted,
- Steven Murdock (1963 – ) was a Mormon stake high council member and former LDS bishop in Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah; allegedly sexually harassed multiple women in his ward while he was their bishop (he was bishop from 2013 to 2017); in 2019, was caught taking photos of a young woman in a dressing room in Tennessee; pleaded guilty in November 2019; sentenced in 2019 to one year probation, 48 hours community service
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Tennessee, Utah,
- Crime state: Tennessee,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was Bishop, Stake high council,
- Admitted guilt, Community service, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Brian Pickett was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit that also named the LDS church; the suit was dismissed with prejudice after a settlement in 2016
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Hawaii,
- Crime state: Hawaii,
- Was Branch president, Stake high council,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Randall Pickett was an LDS church member in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Stake high council, Youth leader,
- 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: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Carl Pratt (1930 – 2006) was a Mormon bishop in San Manuel, Arizona; allegedly sexually abused a boy in his ward, in the bishop's office at an LDS chapel; died in 2006
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- Was Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kevin Prodromides was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Stake high council,
- Convicted,
- 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: Mexico, Utah,
- Crime country: Mexico,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jeffrey Rock was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Nursery, Primary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Ramiro Saenz (1956 – ) was an LDS mission president and temple president in Bolivia; accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls
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- Was Bishop, Mission president, Stake high council, Stake president, Temple president,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Richard Sampson (1945 – ) was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; was director of medical affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; allegedly sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Provo (Utah), Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Arizona, Utah,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa, UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
- Convicted: 2014,
- Was Bishop, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Parole, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Robert Smith (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Tooele, Utah; worked for the FBI; accused in 2022 of sexual abuse of several girls; as of April 2023, case is still underway in the Utah court system; in November 2023, charged with more sex crimes; Preliminary hearing date has been moved to June 30 2025 at 10 AM in third District Court, Tooele Utah
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Was Stake high council,
- Ongoing, Unknown result,
- 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: Idaho, Iowa,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Was Bishopric counselor, BYU, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice,
- Todd Tanner (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in the Cortez/Durango, Colorado area and St, George, Utah; co-founder of Utah-based dirty soda business Swig Drinks in approximately 2010; charged in 2010 in Colorado with crimes related to child sexual abuse; convicted in 2011 and sentenced to 48 months probation; allegedly was a Sunday School teacher in St. George, Utah after his conviction
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived: Colorado, Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Colorado,
- Crime county: UT - Washington,
- Convicted: 2011,
- Was Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- John Thiele (1956 – ) was a Mormon church stake high council member in Idaho; convicted in 2018 of sexual abuse, no jail time served; registered as sex offender
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Was Stake high council,
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- 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: Ireland, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Veloy Twitchell (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Marysville, Washington; accused of perpetrating a sex crime in or around 2004
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Sterling Van Wagenen (1947 – ) was a co-founder of Sundance Film Festival and director of some Mormon temple endowment videos; publicly accused of sexual abuse of two children in two separate instances; sentenced to prison in 2019 for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Was BYU, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Michael Watson (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- LaVar Withers (1936 – 2005) was a Mormon and physician in Rexburg, Idaho; accused of sexually abusing at least 133 women and children as young as 13 years old over a period of 30 or more years; admitted to sexual abuse; in 1996, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 to 60 days in jail and two years probation; the Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend; died in 2005
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho),
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Crime city: ID - Rexburg,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Orson Wright (1928 – 2017) was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Lynn Wright (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in California and Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to 15 years to life in prison
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- Was Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Stake seventy,
- Convicted, Prison,

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