41+ Mormon sexual abuse cases currently ongoing in criminal courts

This list includes 6 former bishops, 2 stake presidents (+2 SP counselors), 1 branch president, 4 primary/youth leaders, 3 attorneys, 3 politicians, 1 police officer, 1 hospital CIO, & the man who inspired “Sound of Freedom” movie. Who are we missing?

Complete list

1. Rexburg, Idaho LDS church member accused of breaking and entering women’s apartments at BYU-Idaho and watching them sleep.
2. Anti-sex trafficking activist in Utah portrayed in the movie “Sound of Freedom;” claimed to be friends with LDS apostle M. Russell Ballard (no blood relation); accused in 2023 of sexual misconduct by at least 7 women; currently a defendant in four civil lawsuits, three of which center around his alleged sexual misconduct; reportedly the subject of at least seven criminal investigations.
3. Former Republican candidate for Utah Senate; charged in 2022 with one second degree felony count of forcible sexual abuse; pleaded not guilty; as of January 16, 2024, the case was headed toward a final pretrial hearing on January 17.
4. Mormon church member in Colorado and Eagle Mountain, Utah; graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1991; accused in November 2023 of felony enticing a minor, a sex crime; allegedly asked an undercover police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl in an online chat to meet up for sex.
5. LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused of untying two teenage girls’ swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately; grandson of a former Mormon general authority and former member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy who also served a term as mayor of Pocatello, Idaho.
6. Former Branch president, Primary teacher, Scout leader, Youth leader in Utah; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; in 2016, was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as HOA president in Lehi, Utah.
7. Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
8. LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2023 with felony child sexual abuse.
9. Former LDS Primary teacher in Redmond, Washington; charged with first degree felony child molestation in December 2022, March 2023 and April 2023 (5 total victims, aprll young boys); admitted to sexually abusing around 6-8 children.
10. Former LDS missionary in Utah; charged in March 2023 with two felony counts of child sexual abuse.
11. LDS church member in the Bellingham, Washington area (brother 1); accused of sexually abusing two underage girls, along with his brother, from 2002 to 2009.
12. LDS church member in the Bellingham, Washington area (brother 2); accused of sexually abusing two underage girls, along with his brother, from 2002 to 2009.
13. Mormon in Eagle Mountain, Utah; in 2023, charged with three first degree felony counts of aggravated child sexual abuse; he was 91 years old at the time of the charges.
14. Former Mormon bishop in Australia; charged with sending sexually explicit messages to a child.
15. Former state legislator (1977-1982) in Utah; convicted federally for possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2013 and placed on probation for 15 years; in 2019, probation was terminated for completing terms; in 2022, arrested and charged in Utah with 8 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; case dismissed without prejudice due to a federal charge; federal case is ongoing.
16. Former Mormon missionary and LDS youth leader 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.
17. Former LDS elders quorum president in Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of a child; connected to an ongoing investigation into ritualistic sexual abuse in Utah; ex-husband of #35 below, who was arrested in 2023 and charged with child sexual abuse.
18. Former Mormon bishop and ward clerk in Tasmania and Queensland, Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
19. Former LDS bishop and attorney in Vacaville, California; charged with 14 felonies and three misdemeanors for allegedly sexually abusing four children; pleaded not guilty.
20. Former LDS missionary in Logan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl; sentenced to seven months in jail; arrested in 2023 and found competent to stand trial on charges of plotting to rape and murder a Logan, Utah woman.
21. Former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor in Lebanon, Pennsylvania; 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.
22. Current Mormon stake president (yes, you read that right) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; charged with failure to report child sexual abuse (the abuser is #21 listed above); the Mormon church called the charges “misguided” and said it “will vigorously defend him.”
23. Former Mormon missionary from Utah; charged in Utah in 2023 with two second-degree felony counts of enticing a minor by internet or text, and one third-degree felony count of dealing in materials harmful to a minor.
24. LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
25. LDS church member in Melbourne Australia; accused of raping a teenage boy; awaiting trial.
26. LDS church member in Blackfoot, Idaho; arrested for alleged sexual contact with a toddler; he reportedly told the toddler’s mother he had “just given in to his urges.”
27. Former Uintah County, Utah attorney; charged with voyeurism and stalking in October 2023 after allegedly filming his female employees in his law firm’s bathroom.
28. Former high school teacher in Spokane Valley, Washington; accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17 year old student at the high school where she taught.
29. Former Mormon bishop, stake president and deputy district attorney in Colorado – paternal grandson of former Mormon apostle Bruce McConkie (whose brother Oscar was a founding partner of LDS church law firm Kirton & McConkie, which dropped this man’s name) – arrested in August 2023; charged in September 2023 with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; in November 2023, granted permission by the judge to move to Utah; pleaded not guilty in February 2024.
30. Former mayor of Kennewick, Washington; admitted to having sexual contact with massage parlor employees on two separate occasions; with no cooperating witnesses or victims there is no evidence to counter his claims and charges will not be filed.
31. Former two-time LDS bishop, 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 November 2023; charged in December 2023; was a business partner of a stake president who allegedly covered up abuse allegations against him.
32. Former Mormon nursery leader in Lewiston, Utah; arrested in October 2023 for allegedly downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for 15 years “because it aroused him;” pleaded guilty in November 2023 to two 2nd degree felony counts of child sexual exploitation.
33. Former chief information officer (CIO) of Central Valley Medical Center in Nephi, Utah; accused in 2023 of child sexual exploitation; pleaded guilty in February 2024 to two felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; sentencing scheduled for March 19, 2024.
34. LDS church member in Cape Coral, Florida; accused in 2023 of child sexual abuse of an 8 year old girl.
35. Mormon church member in Provo, Utah; accused in August 2023 of child sexual abuse; ex-wife of ritualistic abuse suspect (#17 listed above); daughter of LDS scholar Richard Lloyd Anderson; granddaughter of Gerrit de Jong (namesake of LDS apostle Gerrit Gong).
36. LDS church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of sexually abusing an 8 year old and 11 year old separately.
37. LDS church member and retired police officer in American Fork, Utah; arrested in August 2023 and charged with 11 felony counts related to child sexual exploitation.
38. Former oral surgeon in Vacaville, California; accused of sexual abuse of multiple patients in 2021 and again in 2022; gave up his license to practice in 2023.
39. former 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, improper touching and sending lewd texts to multiple women; resigned.
40. LDS church member and former therapist in Utah; accused of psychologically and physically harming sexual abuse victims who came to him as patients; charged in September 2023 with felony aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult and kidnapping.
41. Former LDS missionary in Virginia in 2022; accused of soliciting sexually explicit pictures and video from a person he believed to be an 11-year-old girl, and inviting her to meet in person; arrested in Boise, Idaho on July 23, 2023 and accused of rape of a minor (separate incident).