Temple worker

19 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

LDS position: Temple worker

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- Robert Berchtold was a Mormon church member in Idaho; sexually abused a child; in 1986, was found guilty of rape of a child and spent one year in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1936
  Died: 2005
- Mission: Switzerland Swiss Austrian
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
- Latest update: died in 2005
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- Donnie Boring 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1950
  Died: 2017
- Mission: 1969-1971 United States Northern California
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Latest update: died in December 2017
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- Eddie Bunch was an LDS church member in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2016 of misdemeanor lewdness involving a child and misdemeanor sexual battery; one victim was 16 years old and the second victim was 12 years old; served 135 days in jail and had 36 months of probation; as of March 2024, is a registered sex offender living in St. George, Utah
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Temple worker,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1943
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Latest update: March 2024: is a registered sex offender in St. George, Utah
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- James Denos 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1929
  Died: 2017
- Mission: 1947-1950 Netherlands Holland
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2017-10-25: died in Draper, Utah
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- Larry Deutsch was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1966
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Missouri,
- Places when accused: Missouri,
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- John Doe was a Mormon bishop in or near Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy; the alleged sexual assault took place in the Salt Lake Temple in the 1980s (approximately 1986), during a visit to perform baptisms for the dead
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, LDS temple,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
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- John Doe was a Mormon temple worker in Los Angeles, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the LDS church of sexually assaulting a man in 1984 while performing a private anointing ritual in the Los Angeles LDS temple
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, LDS temple,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2025: lawsuit filed against Mormon church
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- Pierre Euvrard 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
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace, Public,
- Born: 1949
  Died: 2000
- Mission: 1969-1971 Italy Italy
- Places lived: ever-madagascar, ever-south-africa,
- Documents available: yes (free download)
- Latest update: 2000: died
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 2024, in Ireland,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Ireland,
- Places when accused: Ireland,
- Latest update: Arrested on 02/11/2024; Unknown status, Reports suggest he may have returned to Ireland.
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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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- Brian Mitchell was a Mormon church member and temple worker in Utah; abductor, with Wanda Barzee, of Elizabeth Smart
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1953
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Carl Pratt 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1930
  Died: 2006
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Orin Searle was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2013 but was deemed incompetent to stand trial; a victim said that Searle's predatory behavior began as early as the late 1950s, and that several family members, and multiple members of the LDS 44th Ward (Mount Ogden Stake), knew that Searle was a child molester but did nothing to stop him; died in 2014
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1926
  Died: 2014
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: 2014: died in Provo, Utah
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- Carl Sepos was an LDS temple worker and high priest in Payson, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexually abusing an adult woman with Down syndrome and autism at a hotel swimming pool; he blamed his sex crime in part on an addiction to pornography; sentenced to 150 days in jail, 36 months of probation and 100 hours of community service
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Church positions: High priest, Temple worker,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1945
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2015: convicted of third degree felony attempted forcible sexual abuse
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- Joseph Shanks was an LDS senior missionary and temple worker in Chorley, Lancashire, England; convicted of ten charges related to sex crimes after he was caught in a police sting operation trying to meet three young children for sex; called from a landline registered to the Mormon Church's missionary training center
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Church positions: Missionary, Temple worker,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: United Kingdom
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
- Latest update: 2017: convicted of sex crimes
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- Michael Shean was a Mormon bishopric counselor and temple worker, and deputy district attorney in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys; sentenced to prison; the Mormon church allegedly made at least one settlement payment to a victim who said a stake president covered up the abuse for years
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Release from Mormon church position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1947
- Mission: 1966-1968 Uruguay Uruguay
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Stephen Stokes 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
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, BYU, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1948
  Died: 2016
- Mission: 1967-1969 United States New York Cumorah
- Places lived: Idaho, Iowa,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2022: Civil lawsuit dismissed with prejudice
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- Orson Wright 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
- 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, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1928
  Died: 2017
- Mission: Australia Australia [unknown]
- Places lived: Australia,
- Places when accused: Australia,
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