LDS Position Ever Held: Stake presidency counselor

12 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

LDS position: Stake presidency counselor

- Mark Cram 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Expunged, Not convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Church employee, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor,
- Alleged crime: 2006, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: 2008: case dismissed, expunged
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- William Evans 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1909
  Died: 1991
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: 1991: died
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- Shawn Gooden 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1974
- Mission: United States Ohio Cleveland (Spanish speaking)
- Places lived: Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Pennsylvania,
- Latest update: November 2023: sentenced in Virginia to up to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to four felony counts; faces more charges in Pennsylvania
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- Ronald Jones 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
- became temple presidency counselor and sealer despite two convictions for sex solicitation
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Branch president, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Temple worker, Unknown position, Ward executive secretary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Public,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1937
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- David Keller 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
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: May 2024: admitted to child sexual abuse and was charged with seven first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child
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- DeRon Olsen 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Nursery, Primary, Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2024,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1944
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
- Latest update: 2024: in prison in Washington
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- Scott Owen 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: Guatemala Guatemala [unknown]
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: December 2023: charged with sexual abuse of a teenage girl
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- John Parkinson 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- Church positions: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1931
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Fairfield, California
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- Chesley Pierson was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1928
  Died: 2021
- Mission: United Kingdom England
- Places lived: Canada,
- Places when accused: Canada,
- Latest update: 2021: died in Alberta, Canada
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- Mark Porter 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
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Missionary, Other leader, Stake presidency counselor,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1942
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
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- Lowell Robison 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1944
  Died: 2018
- Mission: 1963-1965 Mexico Southeast Mexican
- Places lived: Mexico, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: 2018: died by suicide
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- Wendell Thompson 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Convicted: 2011,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1963
- Mission: Sweden
- Places lived: Mississippi,
- Places when accused: Mississippi,
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