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104 Mormon sexual abuse cases found

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Paul Adams
- was an LDS church member in Arizona; sexually abused two children for several years after confessing to his bishop; arrested and charged; died by suicide in 2017 while in custody awaiting trial.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil: Dismissed,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
Stewart Allsford
- was a former LDS bishop in the Plymouth England stake; accused of sexually abusing two girls; died by suicide on third day of his child sex abuse trial.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Suicide,
- Positions: Bishop,
Lynn Baldwin
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted of lewdness in 1996 and sexual exploitation of a minor in 2002 (attempted); released in 2006; is a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Timothy Ballard
- was a Mormon anti-sex trafficking activist; claimed to be friends with LDS apostle Russell Ballard (no relation); accused in 2023 of sexual misconduct by at least eight women and a couple; in June 2024, one civil case was dismissed; in July 2024, a lawsuit said his DNA was found on a victim’s skirt.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil: Ongoing,
- Positions: Missionary,
Michael Banks
- was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Utah,
Bryan Barner
- was a Mormon church member in New York in the 1980s; scout leader, molested a 12-year-old boy and two 13-year-old boys; sentenced to no more than one year in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in New York,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
John Baysden
- was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors; sentenced to 180 days in jail.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Arthur Bennett
- was an LDS church member in Hurricane, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of two teenage girls; allegedly faked a suicide to collect insurance money; was arrested and charged with murder and sexual abuse; died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial.
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- Criminal: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Timothy Bothell
- was a LDS church employee and LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 for sexual abuse of 2 girls ages 11 and 13.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Church employee, Stake high council,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
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.
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- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Keith Brown
- was an LDS church member; father of five famous piano playing children; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his daughters when they were children; sentenced to a minimum of ten years and up-to-life in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Brandon Brown
- was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately .
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
George Brown
- was a Mormon church member in Benicia, California; accused of sexually abusing an infant until age 4, and of creating/having CSAM on computer; allegedly attempted sexual abuse on a second infant.
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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.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Positions: Temple worker,
John Burrell
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1990s, in Tennessee,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Timothy Butler
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Raphael Caccioppoli
- was a Mormon church Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality).
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in New Zealand,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
Robert Campbell
- was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
James Carnegie
- was a Mormon bishop in Silverdale, Washington in the mid-1980s (Silverdale 3rd Ward, Silverdale Washington Stake); convicted in 2009 and sentenced to jail for child molestation.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
Jon Carpenter
- was an LDS church member; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the day after sentencing, injured himself to avoid serving longer in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Crime: 1980s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Mark Chapman
- was an LDS church member, church janitor and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
Bryce Chatland
- was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2023 with felony child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Kevin Christensen
- was a Mormon church member and judge in Brigham City, Utah; accused of receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to individuals he believed to be minor children.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Stake high council,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Online,
Prue Christopher
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Michael Coleman
- was an LDS bishop and former sound recording engineer in Mesa, Arizona (Lehi 2nd Ward); arrested in 2014 for sexual solicitation of a minor online; the alleged crime took place while he was bishop.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Arizona, Brazil,
- Crime scenes: Online,
Stephen Coleman
- was an LDS church member and analyst in the Utah state Office of Planning and Budget; accused of sexual abuse in 2011; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2016, was serving two sentences of 15 years to life in prison in Utah.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
Benjamin Covey
- was a Mormon church member in the 1840s and 1850s; in 1848, was excommunicated for having sexual intercourse with two girls "less than Twelve years of age" who were his foster daughters; was rebaptized and soon thereafter was made bishop of the Salt Lake City Twelfth Ward from 22 February 1849 until 1856.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime: 1800s, in Nebraska,
John Cummings
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Utah,
Michael Davies
- was a Mormon church member in Wales; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in United Kingdom, Wales,
Michael Davis
- was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Elders quorum, Other leader,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Minnesota, Utah,
George Davis
- was an LDS church member in Rhode Island; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place in an LDS chapel.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Jury trial, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Rhode Island,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
Broch DeGraff
- was an LDS church member and private school teacher at Liahona Preparatory Academy in Pleasant Grove, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2013 to up to 20 years in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace,
John Doe
- was a Mormon bishop in Pocatello, Idaho; an abuse survivor told FLOODLIT that Doe sexually abused them in his office at church in late 1999.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
Brian Drake
- was an LDS church member in the Bellingham, Washington area; accused of sexually abusing two underage girls, along with his brother Aaron Drake, from 2002 to 2009.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Washington,
Aaron Drake
- was an LDS church member in the Bellingham, Washington area; accused of sexually abusing two underage girls, along with his brother Brian Drake, from 2002 to 2009.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Washington,
Joseph Dunlop
- was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Primary,
Rowan Ellsworth
- was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Arizona; molested a 14-year-old girl at an LDS girls camp in mid-1990; the abuse was reported to a bishop Burgess, who allegedly failed to report to police, but instead encouraged the victim to forgive; sentenced to prison in 1999 for two counts of child sexual abuse; released in 2007.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity,
Kelly Erickson
- was an LDS church member and US Air Force military member in Washington; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2023, incarcerated in Tucson, Arizona.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Scott Farr
- was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; found guilty in 1981 of forcible sexual abuse and 1991 of sex solicitation.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Juan Flores Atenco
- was a Mormon branch president in West Valley City, Utah for five years, including in the early 2000s; accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his office and another room at an LDS church building; convicted in 2012 of misdemeanor forcible sexual abuse and unlawful detention; sentenced to zero to one year in jail; in March 2025, charged with rape and object rape (alleged crimes in 2002).
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Branch president,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building, Vehicle,
Richard Fowler
- was a Mormon church member in Sandpoint, Idaho; pleaded guilty to two felony counts of Children-Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in 20.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Shawn Frost
- 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.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Other leader, Stake clerk, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
Francis Fuller
- was a Mormon bishop in Highland, Utah in 1993; also was a stake high council member in Utah; in 2018 or 2019, pleaded guilty to two second degree felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2019 in Utah to two years in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
Thomas Gibbons
- was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton, Utah; worked as a police officer; pleaded guilty to two felony charges of forcible sex abuse; sentenced in 2000 in Utah to prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Primary,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Thomas Gibby
- was an LDS church member and dentist in Salt Lake County, Utah; sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy; pleaded guilty to two felony counts: one second-degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child, and one third-degree charge of attempted sex abuse of a child.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Released,
Floyd Godfrey
- was a Mormon church member and sexual orientation conversion therapist in Arizona; accused of sexual misconduct by two employees; in 2023, Godfrey was forced to surrender his license.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
Jonathan Gonzalez
- was an LDS church member in Layton, Utah; found guilty of BURGLARY - 2nd Degree Felony, LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD - Class A Misdemeanor, LEWDNESS - FIRST OR SECOND OFFENSE - Class B Misdemeanor.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Missionary,
Shawn Gooden
- 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.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Prison, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
Alan Grant
- was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in August 1998 to two months in jail.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Positions: Primary,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Perpetrator's home,
Brent Hansen
- was an LDS church member 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.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Settlement, Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
Michael Hare
- was an LDS church member in Tooele, Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Harvey Harper
- was an LDS church member and deputy county district attorney in Los Angeles, California; arrested in 1984 and charged with child sexual abuse; jumped bail; found guilty; sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison; lived secretly in Colorado for 20 months until federal investigators found him; local LDS church coverup alleged.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Allan Howe
- was an LDS church member and Utah politician; accused of a sex crime; convicted.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1970s, in Utah,
Christine Hubbs
- was an LDS church member in California; was charged with sexual abuse of two underage boys (ages 14 and 15); convicted in 2011, sentenced to five years in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Violated parole/probation,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in California,
Erik Hughes
- 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.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
Stanley Hunt
- was an LDS church member in St. George, Utah; Hunt was a custodian in the Washington County School District in St. George Utah; Hunt was found guilty of 2 counts of SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD - 2nd Degree Felony.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Ward clerk,
Cecil Jacobson
- was a Mormon church member and fertility doctor in Virginia; found guilty of secretly using his own sperm to artificially inseminate patients.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Rowland James
- was an LDS church member in Lansing, Michigan; found guilty of sexually abusing young girls and a young boy he met at church; serving time in prison as of January 2024.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Floyd Jennings
- was a former Mormon bishop and school bus driver in Utah; arrested in February 2017 for soliciting sex from two girls he thought were 13 years old; convicted in 2019.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
James Johannes
- 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Youth leader,
Isaac Kemp
- was a Mormon church member in Draper, Utah; allegedly sexually abused children in Draper and Nebraska; sentenced to prison in Nebraska until 2038.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2010s, in Nebraska, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Online, Public,
Antonio Lacy
- was an LDS church member and BYU student in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2012 of forcible sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
Michael Lister
- was an LDS church member in or near Cedar City, Utah and Bunkerville, Nevada; accused in Utah in 2023 of sexual abuse of two young girls; pleaded guilty to one count of sodomy on a child; sentenced in June 2023 to 25 years to life in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
Dennis Loveless
- was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1977 and 1984; sentenced to prison both times; died in 2016.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Utah,
Douglas Lund
- was a former Mormon bishopric counselor in Pahrump, Nevada; arrested in 2011 and accused of repeated sexual abuse of two young girls; the alleged abuse occurred over a period of several years.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
Maynard McFarland
- was an LDS church member in California and Minnesota; sentenced in 2005 to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for many years; released from prison in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
Calvin McGee
- was an 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 in July 2023 and accused of rape of a minor; pleaded guilty to two charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in May 2024 to three to 25 years in prison.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 2020s, in Idaho, Virginia,
Richard Miles
- was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit; case was dismissed with prejudice in 2020.
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- Positions: Mission president,
Russell Millsaps
- was an LDS church member and retired police sergeant in Arizona; sentenced in 2016 to 323 years in prison for child sexual exploitation.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Trevor Milton
- was a Mormon church member and former technology billionaire (Nikola) in Utah; accused of sexual assault of two minors.
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- Alleged coverup
John Misseldine
- was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two little children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a lawsuit said a local Mormon leader failed to report abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender.
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- Alleged coverup
- LDS church payment: $782,000
- Criminal: Alford plea, Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
Daniel Montoya
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Long Beach, California; pleaded guilty in 1986 to charges of child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
Jonathon Moser
- was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in Rawlins, Wyoming; found guilty of sexually abusing two minor girls; sentenced to a minimum of 36 years in prison; a source told FLOODLIT that North Dakota LDS church leaders knew about the abuse but "did nothing".
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Unknown position,
Tevita Mounga
- was a former Mormon bishop and ward mission leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; arrested and charged in May 2024 with sexual assault and kidnapping.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Ward mission leader,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Vehicle,
Craig Nebeker
- 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.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Washington County (Utah),
Aaron Neff
- was a Mormon church member in Grand Junction, Colorado; Convicted of abusing two teenage girls, one for many years; sentenced to 89 years prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Youth leader,
Joseph Neipp
- was a former LDS bishop in San Jose, California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of convicted Mormon child sexual abuser Samuel Neipp.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
Jayden Nelson
- was an LDS church member in South Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 4-year-old child and of a teenage female; sentenced in 2018 to 15 years to life in prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Paul Nelson
- was an LDS church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in November 2023; failed to appear at his sentencing and went missing; reportedly planned to turn himself in in March 2024 on the condition that his $100k bail be returned to his family; arrested in April 2024 in Tucson, Arizona and extradited to Gilbert, Arizona.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Positions: Missionary,
Rand Newby
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Washington, Oregon and San Francisco, California; had a career as a schoolteacher; charged in Oregon in 1986 with sexual abuse of two children; convicted of two counts, one class C felony and one class A misdemeanor; sentenced in 1987 to 5 years probation.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in Oregon,
Steven Paris
- was an LDS church member in Anaheim, California; accused in 1986 of sexual abuse of seven boys; pleaded guilty to abusing six of them; was scheduled to receive a 30-year sentence.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
Raymond Parkin
- was an LDS church member in Mansfield, England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced in 2009 to prison for 18 years for serious sexual offenses against two young girls.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
Eneudo Petit
- was a Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; while bishop, allegedly sexually abused a child; accused of molesting another child before becoming a bishop; allegedly avoided arrest warrant for child sexual abuse by fleeing the US to Venezuela; arrested in Texas in 2021; convicted in Utah in 2022 and sentenced to prison; as of July 2024, is in the Uintah County Jail.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
Errol Pilling
- was a Mormon bishop and licensed psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; went on an LDS mission to England in the early 1960s; pleaded guilty in 1988 and in 1994 to charges of sexual misconduct; in September 1994, his registration as a chartered psychologist with the Psychologists Association of Alberta was cancelled; in 1994, was excommunicated; as of February 2024, lives in Twin Falls, Idaho.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Canada,
Mark Porter
- was a Mormon church member and former stake presidency member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2022 after allegedly groping women in a Logan grocery store; pleaded guilty in December 2022.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
Kent Prestwich
- was an LDS church member and nursery leader (Primary teacher/worker) in Lewiston, Utah; arrested in 2023 for allegedly downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for 15 years "because it aroused him;" pleaded guilty to two 2nd degree felony counts of child sexual exploitation; January 2024: sentenced to two concurrent terms of one to 15 years in prison, with credit for 91 says served.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Positions: Nursery, Primary,
Alberto Reyes
- was a Mormon bishop in Argentina who sexually abused a child; allegedly sexually abused the victim for at least nine years; convicted in 2004.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
Nefi Rubalcava
- was a Mormon bishop in Norwalk/Cerritos in southern California; accused of child sexual abuse in two lawsuits filed against the Mormon church in 2025; he was the foster father of one of his alleged victims and the bishop of both of them; he allegedly participated in a sex trafficking ring involving at least one other bishop and a stake president.
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- Alleged coverup
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
Ramiro Saenz
- was an LDS mission president and Temple president in Bolivia; accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls.
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- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Mission president, Stake high council, Stake president, Temple president,
Philip Salt
- was an LDS church member in Perth, Western Australia; accused in April 2023 of 16 charges of sexual abuse against two teenage male victims he met as their LDS youth leader.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Australia,
Dennis Schult
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
Richard Simcock
- was an LDS church member in the United Kingdom (UK); accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2013 to 10 years in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
Bagley Tara
- was an LDS church member in Idaho; pleaded guilty to two counts of Sexual Battery of a Child 16 or 17 years of age and was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Youth leader,
Peter Taylor
- was a Mormon church member in Washington; confessed to sexual abuse of his two underage stepdaughters; convicted; Mormon church lost a civil lawsuit and was court ordered to pay the victims $2.5 million; the church appealed and the amount was reduced to $1.2 million.
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- Alleged coverup
- LDS church payment: $1,200,000
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: Judgment for plaintiff, Settlement,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Washington,
Arturo Tenorio
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
Donald Tolman
- was an LDS church member and former bishop in Provo, Utah (Provo 10th Ward, starting in 1975); convicted in 2020 of six felony counts related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2020 to 25 years to life in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
Drew Tutt
- was a Mormon church member, school teacher and soccer coach in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of two girls on his soccer team; in 2017, convicted of two counts of third degree felony sexual abuse of a minor student; in 2018, sentenced to prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice,
- Positions: Missionary,
Devin Tuttle
- was a Mormon church member in Draper, Utah; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A 16 OR 17 YEAR OLD/CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
Keith Vallejo
- was a Mormon bishop in Utah; convicted of sexually abusing and raping two underage girls; sentenced in 2017 to five years to life in prison.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
Sterling Van Wagenen
- was a co-founder of Sundance Film Festival and director of some Mormon temple endowment videos; publicly accused of sexual abuse of two children in two separate instances; sentenced to prison in 2019 for child sexual abuse.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: BYU, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Utah,
Adrian Villar
- was an LDS church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of sexually abusing an 8 year old and 11 year old separately .
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Positions: Primary,
- Crime scenes: Victim's school,
Curtis Ware
- was a Mormon church member and football coach for Grantsville High School in Utah; convicted in June 2018 of one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, all class A misdemeanors; also pleaded guilty to class B misdemeanor tampering with a witness in a separate case.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Craig Whiting
- was an LDS church member in Bluffdale, Utah; charged in 2018 with child sexual abuse; as of Feb 2023, pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial; jury trial was scheduled to move forward in 2023.
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- Criminal: Jury trial, Unknown result,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Utah,
William Whitmore
- was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; found guilty of sexual abuse .
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,

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