13 LDS sex abuse cases found
- LDS position: Stake presidency counselor
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- 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,
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Was Bishop, Church employee, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, 
Admitted guilt, Expunged, Not convicted, Pleaded guilty, - Alleged failure to report
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- William Evans (1909 – 1991) was a prominent Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; was bishop twice of the Grant 6th ward; from 1957 to 1962, was in the Utah State Legislature; served as Salt Lake County Clerk from 1968 to 1983; died in 1991; allegedly raped a relative in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
Was Bishop, Stake presidency counselor, 
Never charged, Not convicted, 
Alleged failure to report-
- 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-
- Ronald Jones (1937 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, stake president and temple presidency counselor; Military Relations director for the LDS church from 1989 to 1991; convicted of sex solicitation in Utah in 1990 and 1995; charged in 2025 with three first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, one first-degree felony child kidnapping count, and two related misdemeanors
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- Was Bishop, Branch president, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Temple worker, Unknown position, Ward executive secretary,
- Ongoing,
became temple presidency counselor and sealer despite two convictions for sex solicitation
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- David Keller (1970 – ) was a Mormon temple worker, Sunday school teacher and former stake presidency member in Paradise, Cache Valley, Utah; admitted in May 2024 to child sexual abuse and was charged with seven first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
Was Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Temple worker, Admitted guilt, Ongoing, -
- DeRon Olsen (1944 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor in Spokane, Washington; in 2024, pleaded guilty to one felony count of child molestation and one felony count of child rape; sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
Convicted:
2024, Was Bishop, Nursery, Primary, Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Youth leader, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Scott Owen (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in Nov. 2023; sentenced in 2025 to prison
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Convicted:
2025, Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- John Parkinson (1931 – ) was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Chesley Pierson (1928 – 2021) was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
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- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,
Was Bishop, Elders quorum, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor, Police investigation, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Mark Porter (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member and former stake presidency member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2022 after allegedly groping women in a Logan grocery store; pleaded guilty in December 2022
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime country: United States,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
Convicted:
2022, Was Missionary, Other leader, Stake presidency counselor, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- 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, Alleged failure to report-
- Wendell Thompson (1963 – ) was a former LDS bishop and stake presidency member in Clinton, Mississippi; convicted in 2011 of felony child sexual abuse (gratification of lust); some of the abuse took place while Thompson was in an LDS stake presidency role
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Mississippi,
- Crime state: Mississippi,
Convicted:
2011, Was Bishop, Stake presidency counselor, Convicted, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Joseph Walker (1955 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, stake presidency counselor and LDS Public Affairs employee in Utah; charged in 2025 with three third-degree felony counts related to child sexual exploitation; allegedly "engaged in several sexually explicit conversations […] to seduce, lure, and entice [a 14-year-old girl] into engaging in multiple sexual acts;" released from jail after letters from church members
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
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