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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
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, Jail, - Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Temple worker,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1936
Died: 2005 - Mission: Switzerland Swiss Austrian
- Places lived: 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
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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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
- Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Was Temple worker,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1943
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2002,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Missouri,
- Convicted:
2021,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1966
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishop, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, LDS temple,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, LDS temple,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace, Public,
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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
- Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in
Ireland,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Ireland,
- Latest update: Arrested on 02/11/2024; Unknown status, Reports suggest he may have returned to Ireland.
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- Samuel Heavilon was allegedly a former LDS branch president in Frankfort, Indiana; convicted in 2018 and in 2024 of child exploitation; sentenced both times to prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Branch president, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Indiana,
- Convicted:
2018,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1960
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Indiana,
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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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- 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
- Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- Was Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), 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
- Convicted,
- Was Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2009,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Not convicted,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Utah,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1926
Died: 2014 - Mission: no
- Places lived: 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
- Community service, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Was High priest, Temple worker,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2015,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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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
- Convicted, Jail,
- Was Missionary, Temple worker,
- Crime: 2010s, in
England, United Kingdom,
- 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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Release from Mormon church position,
- Convicted, Prison,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- Crime: 1980s, in
California,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1947
- Mission: 1966-1968 Uruguay Uruguay
- Places lived: 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
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice,
- Was Bishopric counselor, BYU, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in
Idaho,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1948
Died: 2016 - Mission: 1967-1969 United States New York Cumorah
- Places lived: Idaho, Iowa,
- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Australia,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1928
Died: 2017 - Mission: Australia Australia [unknown]
- Places lived: Australia,
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