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- Benjamin Adcock was a Mormon church member in Felixstowe, Suffolk, UK; arrested for attempting to meet a 12-year-old boy online to sexually abuse, it was an undercover police officer; was arrested in 2025; convicted; sentenced 10 months and 8 years to be a registered sex offender.
- Convicted: 2025,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Brady Allen (1990 – ) was a Mormon church youth leader and Utah teacher in Davis County, Utah; admitted to trying to meet 13-year-old for sex; convicted; sentenced to 1-15 years in Utah State Prison
- Convicted: 2020,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Terry Allen (1943 – ) was an LDS church member in California; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison; was assigned to multiple trusted church positions, including Sunday school president, despite the Mormon church being aware that he had raped a teenager; LDS leaders were accused of hiding his abuse from local church members; as of 2024, lives in Grapevine, Texas
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1987,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction, Church position after excommunication, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Dale Andreason (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2023 to three counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD (a 1st Degree Felony) and was sentenced to six years to life in prison
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Primary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Michael Andrew (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member, former LDS church employee and part-owner of a children's gymnastics academy in or near Prescott, Arizona; accused in 2024 of child sexual abuse; convicted via a plea agreement in 2025; set to be sentenced Oct. 29
- Convicted: 2025,
- Positions: Church employee, Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Scott Ashton (1976 – ) was a Mormon in Richland, Washington; in 2015, arrested at Coeur d'Alene Casino in police sting operation; initially booked for Patronizing a Prostitute; pleaded guilty to reduced misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace (non-sexual crime); given a withheld judgment, a special sentencing option allowing him to avoid conviction & have case dismissed; in 2016, completed probation, case dismissed
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): case dismissed, Not convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Brandon Bednarz (1982 – ) was an LDS church member in Kansas; convicted of sexual abuse of a minor
- Positions: Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- David Bennett (1954 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in California and Korea; convicted in 1987 in California of child sexual abuse; moved to Korea; was assigned to be an LDS young men's president and scoutmaster; was accused of molesting several boys; disappeared in 1991; FLOODLIT is attempting to locate him
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
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- Patrick Bennett was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to nine years in prison
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- David Blackner was an LDS church member in or near Washington Terrace, Weber County, Utah; registered sex offender who used an alias while in leadership positions
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- David Borg was a Mormon church member and scout leader in New Jersey and Arizona; pleaded guilty in Arizona to molesting multiple boys; admitted to having at least 15 victims; sentenced to 34 years in prison; Borg's BSA "perversion file" suggested that the LDS church might bear "potential liability" since Borg said he had spoken with a "Brother Perry" at LDS Social Services; released in 2022, lives in Utah
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1989,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Donnie Boring (1950 – 2017) 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: 2017,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Ronald Boyce (1961 – ) was a Mormon seminary teacher and home teacher in Schenectady, New York in the 1990s; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2024 civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse, Excommunicated,
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- David Broadbent (1947 – ) was a Mormon and OB/GYN doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; by 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward; in 2024, was charged with forcible sexual abuse, and the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the lawsuit could proceed; 2025: more charges, 2nd suit, up to nearly 450 alleged victims
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Ongoing,
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- Paul Bryant (1968 – 2024) was an HOA president and former Mormon primary teacher in Lehi, Utah; was a branch president during an LDS mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; died by suicide in December 2024
- Convicted: 2016,
- Positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Jared Buckley (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member and charter school director (Leadership Learning Academy) in Clearfield, Utah; was a Mormon missionary in the Philippines from 2004-2006 (Quezon City Mission); arrested in April 2025 on suspicion of child sexual exploitation; was reportedly a stake young men's president when arrested; pleaded guilty to producing, distributing & possessing CSAM; sentencing June 17, 2026
- Convicted: 2026,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Cory Campbell (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexually abusing five underage girls; sentenced in 2010 to prison
- Convicted: 2010,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Michael Carnegie (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Kitsap, Washington; convicted in 2017 of one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation; sentenced to 30 days in jail
- Convicted: 2017,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Dustin Cassady (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in the Sacramento, California area (Carmichael); accused of child sexual exploitation; pleaded guilty; as of March 2024, lives in Roseville, California as a registered sex offender
- Convicted: 2011,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
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- Robert Cervo (1976 – ) was an LDS youth leader and schoolteacher in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; agreed in 2015 to sign a peace bond (not a conviction, but an agreement to comply with certain conditions for a specified period) and the four criminal charges against him were stayed
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Not convicted, Unknown result,
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- Michael Clay (1974 – ) was an LDS church member and BYU professor in Provo, Utah; charged with sexually abusing three students; entered a plea bargain in May 2023 in which he agreed to plead no contest to three class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery, complete 24 months of probation, do 50 hours of community service, and take a sexual boundaries course; sentenced in June 2023 according to the plea deal
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: BYU, Church employee, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation,
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- Michael Cunningham (1947 – ) was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse; a judge sentenced Cunningham to ten years imprisonment and told him that he must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- David Curtis (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member and middle school counselor in St. George, Utah; in 2025, pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Anastasia Dawson (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Missouri; arrested in 2023 and charged with several counts relating to sexual abuse of a minor
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
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- David Dawson was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Logan, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor, Primary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Brett Dayley was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Prescott De Jean (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2013,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Larry Deutsch (1966 – ) 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: 2021,
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Richard Doan (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member in Douglasville, Georgia; convicted of sexual abuse
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- James Duffin (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in California; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; incarcerated 2006 to 2011; allegedly groomed female students ages 7-10 with attention and candy and then forcing sexual contact in his classroom after school
- Convicted: 2006,
- Positions: Music leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
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- Adele Dye was a Mormon church member in Rexburg, Idaho; convicted in 2008 of child sexual abuse; sentenced to at least six months in prison; registered sex offender
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Todd Edwards (1964 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of one teenage girl in 2006 and another in 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse; in 2024, two victims sued the LDS church in separate lawsuits; one said a stake president and LDS law firm Kirton McConkie hindered police
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2013,
- Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Counseling/therapy for victim, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Chet Egley (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Weston, Idaho; tried to meet a 13 year old girl for sex in Utah; pleaded guilty and convicted to one count sexual abuse of a child and two counts of enticing a minor by internet or text
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Karl Elvik (1963 – ) was a Mormon church youth leader in Glasgow, Scotland; admitted indecency offenses against eight boys; was jailed for 18 months
- Convicted: 2014,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender,
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- Thomas Evans-Southall was an LDS bishop in Charlottesville, Virginia; originally from England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2018 and sentenced to two consecutive terms of two years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2018,
- Positions: Bishop, Elders quorum president/counselor, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Andrew Fedorowicz was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Michael Fischer was a Mormon church member and young men's president in Washington; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Tomas Fisher was an LDS church member in Nampa, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Jacob Fisher (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member and ward young men's leader in Eagle Mountain, Utah; arrested in August 2025 for allegedly sending explicit videos of himself to, and attempting to meet to sexually assault, a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Christopher Fleming was an LDS church member in Chesapeake, Virginia; found guilty of 10 counts of various sexual abuse to a minor; currently incarcerated in Virginia
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Patrick Fox (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Saratoga Springs, Utah; found guilty of a sex crime; registered sex offender in Utah
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Shawn Frost (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Virginia; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse; in 2023, sued in $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; he was the victim's home teacher / ministering brother
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Other leader, Stake clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Settlement,
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- Daniel Galloway (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona City, Pinal County, Arizona; found guilty of sexually abusing an 8 year old foster child
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
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- Cory Gaylor (1971 – ) was an school teacher and LDS deacons quorum adviser in Idaho; arrested and charged with lewd conduct and enticing a child via the Internet; in July 2023, pleaded guilty; sentenced in September 2023 to 60 years in prison, with 13 years fixed before being eligible for parole
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Other leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Mark Gibbons was an LDS church member in Arizona, Michigan and Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Scott Gollaher was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Kenneth Good (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of molesting 4 underage girls; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1991 to 8 years in prison; released on parole in December 1993; as of 2023, lives in Taylorsville Utah
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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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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- Jay Grant (1902 – 1988) was a Mormon bishop of the Adams Ward in Los Angeles, California; charged in 1981, at age 79, with five counts of forcible sexual abuse; sexually assaulted three young girls; convicted of all five counts; died in 1988 in Orem, Utah; ran "Grandpa Grant's Memory Club," a neighborhood study group for up to 175 LDS children; Grant sometimes had "students" spend the night at his apartment
- Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Tyson Green was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Ryan Hall (1970 – ) was a former Mormon bishopric member and veteran sheriff's department detective in Maryland; in 2024, arrested and charged with several sex crimes related to child sexual abuse
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Brandon Halley (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Esparto, California; convicted of LEWD & LASCIVIOUS ACTS W/CHILD UNDER 14 and MOLEST/ANNOY CHILD in 2007; is a registered sex offender living in Springville, Utah
- Convicted: 2007,
- Positions: Nursery, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Disfellowshipped,
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- Brent Hansen (1938 – ) was an LDS bishop and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; was also mayor of Spanish Fork and president of its chamber of commerce; accused in a civil lawsuit of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; his dentistry license was suspended for 30 days; died in 2015; twin brother of Kent Hansen, another accused Mormon dentist
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Willard Hansen (1938 – 2013) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- William Hanson (1962 – ) was a Mormon youth leader who allegedly sexually abused children in several US states, including Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Utah, Texas, Wisconsin and New Jersey; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; in the 2000s, the Mormon church settled a civil lawsuit in which the victim accused it of failing to protect him
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $unknown
- Positions: High priest, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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- Cameron Harrison (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member in San Diego, California; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor, Scout leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Jeffrey Head (1964 – ) was an LDS bishop in Draper, Utah; committed sex crimes while serving as a Mormon bishop; in 2019, a jury found him guilty of attempted forcible sexual abuse, two counts of lewdness and sexual battery; sentenced to four months in jail and four years of probation
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2019,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Young Mens Leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
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- Mark Helms (1962 – 2009) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison; was killed in 2009 while in prison
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Craig Hill (1972 – ) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 1990;
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 1990,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Michael Holt (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2024 in Utah of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor; sentenced to five years to life in prison
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor, Missionary, Primary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Erik Hughes (1966 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Mapleton, Utah and a Mormon church senior product manager when he sexually abused two underage children in his LDS ward dozens of times; was sentenced to prison in 2017; released in 2023; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Utah
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2017,
- Positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
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- Craig Huntington (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Brad Isakson (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member; charged with various charges related to child sexual abuse in March 2020; convicted in October 2020; sentenced to 3 years to life for each of his two counts, to run concurrently; Isakson is a registered sex offender living in Salt Lake City, Utah as of May 2026
- Convicted: 2020,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Richard James (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Potomac, Maryland; accused of sexually abusing a boy from 1995 to 1999 at billionaire Bill Marriott's home, an LDS church and other locations; pleaded guilty to reduced child abuse charges; sentenced to 10 years in prison (nine suspended); was a registered sex offender; the victim sued the church, Marriott and six others in 2024
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2002,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- James Johannes (1982 – ) was a Mormon youth leader and US Army soldier assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA) in San Antonio, Texas; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison for spying on two teenage sisters and recording them preparing to attend LDS seminary classes
- Convicted: 2017,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Bryce Johnson (1984 – ) was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; convicted of three counts of aggravated child sex abuse/1st degree felony and sexual exploitation of a minor/2nd degree felony; sentenced to prison
- Convicted: 2017,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Jordan Jolley (1987 – ) was an LDS church member in Syracuse, Utah; convicted of voyeurism in January 2024
- Convicted: 2024,
- Positions: Primary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Harry Jones (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Illinois; sentenced to 30 months of probation for possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material or CSAM)
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
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- Robert Kempton (1942 – 2018) 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
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
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- Ronald Kerlee was a Mormon seminary teacher, Sunday school leader and youth leader in Corvallis, Oregon; convicted of Sodomy III (Class C Felony) for sexual abuse of a child; accused of sexually abusing multiple children; was also a licensed counselor in Oregon until his license was revoked in 2014 after he allegedly engaged in sexual activities with a male client
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Seminary teacher, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Timothy Kimball (1979 – 2023) was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2022 with child sexual abuse; died by suicide in June 2023 while awaiting indictment
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Primary, scouts, Temple worker, Young men’s council, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
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- Virgil Larson was a Mormon church member and first counselor in an LDS ward bishopric in Chubbuck, Idaho; arrested in September 2024 and charged with sexual abuse of five boys, ages 12-15; he knew the boys from LDS ward activities and was their priesthood leader; as of March 2025, a jury trial was scheduled for April 8
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Jack Loholt was an LDS church member and Boy scout leader in Kent, Washington; accused of sexual abuse in the 1970s; court records show that two Mormon bishops knew about the abuse allegations but did not tell police; the Mormon church was court-ordered in 2006 to pay $87,500 to one victim after it settled with three others for undisclosed sums
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $87,500
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
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- W Loveless (1979 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Stephen Maggio was a Mormon church member in Gurnee, Illinois; charged with two counts of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in December 2025
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Brandon Manning (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2001, 2020, Unknown,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
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- Daphney Matthews (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; accused of sexual abuse
- Convicted: 2012,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Michael McClellan (1957 – ) was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; arrested; convicted of attempted lewdness with a minor; sentenced to prison; as of 2024, lives in Cottonwood, Arizona
- Convicted: 2004,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- David McConkie (1978 – ) 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
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Stephen McKean (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah and a BYU professor; arrested in April 2026 and charged with distributing material harmful to a minor (third-degree felony), and three counts of enticing a minor (class A misdemeanor); allegedly sent an explicit photo to an undercover police officer he thought was a 17-year-old girl
- Convicted: Ongoing,
- Positions: Sunday school teacher, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Richard Mellor (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Richard Mellor was a Mormon church member; accused of stalking
- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Danielle Meyer (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Loomis, California; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Sara Moore was a Mormon church member in St. Cloud, Florida; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Primary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Marcelo Moreno Pérez was a former Mormon church young men's leader in Argentina; arrested in 2021 for alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in 2017; sentenced in 2022 to 13.5 years in prison; the Mormon church allegedly paid the victim's parents 4.5 million pesos (approximately $40,000) to keep the abuse secret
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $40,000
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Daniel Morgan (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member and chiropractor in New York; accused of sexually assaulting a patient; convicted in 2022 of one third-degree Class B misdemeanor count of sexual abuse; also lost a defamation lawsuit he filed against the victim in 2021, via summary judgment in 2023
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Michael Morris (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member and former bishop in Livermore, California; accused of sexually abusing 4 young men in his ward; arrested May 15, 2026 and charged with 18 felony counts related to child sexual abuse; due in court May 22, 2026
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Young Mens Leader, young mens teacher advisor, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- David Moss (1967 – ) was an LDS bishop (2015-19) and police officer in Lehi, Utah; arrested in 2019 for soliciting an undercover cop for sex; pleaded guilty in 2019 to a 3rd degree felony charge of exploiting a prostitute and a misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute; sentenced to prison, but both terms were suspended
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2019,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Erick Mosteller (1965 – ) was a Mormon church member and former youth leader in Utah; was caught downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM); admitted to soliciting sex acts from trafficked women at Asian massage parlors; pleaded guilty in March 2023 to two second degree felony charges of child sexual exploitation; sentenced in August 2023 to 250 days in jail, with credit for 79 days served; placed on 4 years probation
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged church actions: Church members wrote letters of support,
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- Eustacio Munioz (1946 – ) was an LDS ward religious and missionary class leader in the Brownsville, Texas area; in 2011, was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy; the victim, as an adult, filed a lawsuit against the LDS church and won
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Other leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
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- Craig Nebeker (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in California and St. George, Utah; accused of sexual abuse and convicted of three counts of AGGRAVATED SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD and one count SODOMY ON A CHILD
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2023,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Aaron Neff (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Grand Junction, Colorado; convicted of abusing two teenage girls, one for many years; sentenced to 89 years prison
- Convicted: 2019,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Paul Newman (1957 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Highland, Utah; charged in 2020 with one second-degree felony count of attempted sex abuse of a child; the alleged abuse took place in 2013, while Newman was a bishop; in 2022, pleaded no contest to a reduced third-degree count; a prison term of up to five years was suspended; was fined $1,003 and placed on 48 months of probation; registered sex offender
- Convicted: 2022,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Bruce O'Dell (1970 – ) was a Mormon bishop and dermatologist in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona; in 1999, was charged with 48 counts of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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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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- David Olson (1980 – ) was an LDS church member in Bozeman, Montana; convicted of of sexually abusing a teenage boy; sentenced to eight years in prison and 12 years probation
- Positions: Missionary, Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
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- Greg Orton (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in La Grande, Oregon; accused and arrested for alleged sexual abuse with a minor who was under 14 at the time of the alleged abuse
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Grant Packer (1925 – 2008) was an LDS church member in Idaho; served a full-time mission to Canada in 1946-48 and two senior missions to Atlanta, Georgia and San Bernardino, California; charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation; died in 2008
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Kenny Parcell was an LDS church member and president of the National Association of Realtors; former Mormon ward young men's leader in Utah and bishopric counselor at BYU-Provo; accused in 2023 of sexual harassment by three women; resigned
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Terry Parker (1953 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and school teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington; in 1996, two former students filed a civil lawsuit against the school district, Parker and the school's former principal, saying Parker sexually abused them; they said they reported to the school district, which then allegedly did nothing to protect them; the suit was dismissed with prejudice in Feb. 1998
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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