14 LDS sex abuse cases found
stake presidency counselors
- 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
Alleged failure to report- Positions: Bishop, Church employee, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor,
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Expunged, Not convicted, Pleaded guilty, - View 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
"Glen Elden VanWagenen (d. 2002). VanWagenen, a former bishop, worked for the LDS Church Welfare and Missionary Departments. Glen allegedly said that the two relatives should just let the matter lie, that they shouldn't report the abuse to authorities, and that God would take care of Evans in the next life."When Evans died, the family of one of his children reportedly received a condolence letter from the First Presidency of the LDS church-
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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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- 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
- Positions: Bishop, Branch president, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Temple worker, Unknown position, Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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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 2024 to child sexual abuse and was charged with seven related felonies; pleaded no contest in Feb. 2026 to two counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD 2nd degree; sentenced May 2026 to 12 years to life in prison
- Positions: Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): No contest,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2024,
- Positions: Bishop, Nursery, Primary, Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2025,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Elders quorum president/counselor, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- 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
- Convicted:
2022,
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- 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; the victim provided documents to Floodlit in 2023 detailing the abuse allegations; excommunicated in 1993, per victim; apparently rebaptized in 1990s; worked for seven years in Provo Utah Temple, per obit; died in 2006
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after excommunication, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2011,
- Positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- 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
- Convicted:
2025,
- Positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released,
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"[Walker] needs to be with his community. He needs therapy, his ward, his family, his friends. He is not a risk to the community and never has been."Walker helped Mormon apostle Russell Ballard prepare speeches for years-
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