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- Allen Brinkerhoff was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019
Alleged failure to report
Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
Convicted: 2007,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1929
Died: 2019 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2019: died in Nevada
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- Ronald Brockner was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; moved to Idaho; convicted in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, Prison,
Was Bishop, Stake president,
Convicted: 2020,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Louisiana,
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- Carlfred Broderick was a Mormon stake president in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
Alleged failure to report
Never charged, Not convicted,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Was Stake president,
Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS activity, LDS building,
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Born: 1932
Died: 1999 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 1999: died; 2025: accused in a civil lawsuit against the Mormon church of child sexual abuse and coverup
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- Kent Hansen was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics
Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1938
- Mission: United States Honolulu/Senior Mission Canada Toronto West Mission
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: Died in 2019
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- Clayton Hildreth was a Mormon stake president in Butte, Montana; from Dillon, Montana; arrested in June 2004 by Boise, Idaho police for soliciting sex from a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl online; was stake president at the time of his arrest; pleaded guilty in October to a charge of interstate travel with intent to have sex with a minor; sentenced in 2005 to three years and five months in prison
Alleged failure to report
Excommunicated,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
Was Bishop, Stake president,
Crime: 2000s, in Idaho,
Convicted: 2005,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Montana,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Dillon, Montana
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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
Ongoing,
Was 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,
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Born: 1937
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Robert Kempton was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Arizona; was an attorney and served a mission as a legal counsel for the LDS church in Africa; arrested in 2014 in a police sting for prostitution
Police investigation, Unknown result,
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
Alleged crime: 2010s, in Arizona,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1942
Died: 2018 - Mission: 1962-1964 United States Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia - possibly the Eastern States mission
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2018: Died in Arizona
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- David McConkie was a Mormon bishop (approximately 2013-16), stake president (2016-21) and deputy district attorney in Colorado; paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; allegedly confessed child sexual assault to a Mormon church leader in 2008; in July 2025, sentenced to five years probation
Alleged failure to report
Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Colorado,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1978
- Mission: 1997-1999 Bolivia Bolivia Cochabamba
- Places lived: Bolivia, Colorado, Utah, Virginia,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: July 2025: sentenced to five years probation
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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
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
Was Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1931
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Fairfield, California
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- Scott Phister was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Wyoming; later moved to Utah and worked as a massage therapist; pleaded no contest in 2022 to two class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery for touching a female massage client in a sexual manner
Convicted, No contest,
Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Wyoming,
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- Byron Poelman 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
Alleged failure to report
Excommunicated,
- The woman was taken to jail, while Poelman was released immediately.
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school,
Crime: 1990s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1934
Died: 2014 - Mission: Netherlands Netherlands
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2014: died
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"President and sister Poelman's lives need to be private now. [...] We are a family. A family keeps things private. A family draws close together. These things are to be kept private."-
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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
Alleged failure to report
Never charged, Not convicted,
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Mexico,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1944
Died: 2018 - Mission: 1963-1965 Mexico Southeast Mexican
- Places lived: Mexico, Utah,
- Latest update: 2018: died by suicide
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- Ramiro Saenz was an LDS mission president and temple president in Bolivia; accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls
Alleged failure to report
Never charged,
Was Bishop, Mission president, Stake high council, Stake president, Temple president,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Bolivia,
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- Philander Smartt was a Mormon mission president in Puerto Rico; accused of sexually manipulating some of his sister missionaries; in 2014, the LDS church sent him home and called his behavior "immoral and sinful," but no criminal charges or civil lawsuits resulted
Alleged failure to report
Never charged, Not convicted,
Was Mission president, Other leader, Stake president,
Alleged crime: 2010s, in Puerto Rico,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Alabama, Puerto Rico,
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