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Paul Douglas Adams
- Latest update: 2023: multiple victims are involved in a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1982
Died: 2017
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed,
- He 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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Stewart Allsford
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1951
Died: 2017
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Suicide,
- He 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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Lynn Earl Baldwin
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender in Utah; lives in Fruit Heights, Utah
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- The accused 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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Timothy Blain Ballard
- AKA Tim Ballard
- Latest update: November 2023: amended complaint filed by five women against Tim Ballard for sexual misconduct and misusing funds from donors
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1976
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: Chile - unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and anti-sex trafficking activist; claimed to be friends with LDS apostle M. Russell Ballard (no blood relation); accused in 2023 of sexual misconduct by at least seven women and a couple; an 8th victim reported him in November 2023; in June 2024, one civil case was dismissed.
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Keith Brown
- Victims: 2 victims,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused 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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Brandon Rex Brown
- Latest update: 2024: arrested and charged
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1978
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately .
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Eddie Aulton Bunch
- AKA Ed Bunch
- Latest update: March 2024: is a registered sex offender in St. George, Utah
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1943
- LDS positions: Temple worker,
- LDS mission: Unknown country -
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- The accused 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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Timothy Morgan Butler
- AKA Tim Butler
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- He was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Mark Chapman
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1971
- LDS positions: Church janitor, Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS church member 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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Bryce Conrad Chatland
- Latest update: June 2023: arrested, charged; awaiting pre-trial
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1968
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- He was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2023 with felony child sexual abuse.
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Prue Jeremy Christopher
- AKA “CJ” Prue
- Latest update: Currently serving time in Kane County Jail as of 2024-01-10
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1991
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Michael Wayne Coleman
- AKA Mike Coleman
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: Argentina - Argentina Buenos Aires South 1980-1982
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He 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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Stephen J Coleman
- AKA Steve Coleman
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender, lives in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1971
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused 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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Benjamin Covey
- AKA Bishop Covey
- Latest update: 1868: died
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1792
Died: 1868
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- He 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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Broch Clyde DeGraff
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1985
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: Costa Rica - Costa Rica San Jose 2004-2006
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused 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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Joseph Thomas Dunlop
- AKA Joe Dunlop
- Latest update: April 2024: charged with five felony counts related to child sexual abuse
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1983
- LDS positions: Primary teacher,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Michael Blair Ehlert
- AKA Mike Ehlert
- Victims: 2 victims, 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1961
- LDS positions: BYU professor,
- LDS mission: Unknown country -
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and former BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse in Guam in 2017.
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Rowan Joseph Ellsworth
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in Mesa, Arizona
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1948
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: Brazil - Brazil [unknown city] 1967-1969
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused 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 failed to report to police, but instead encouraged the victim to forgive, per our sources; sentenced to prison in 1999 for two counts of child sexual abuse; released in 2007.
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Kelly Stephen Erickson
- Victims: 2 victims,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused 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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Scott Fredrich Farr
- Latest update: Living in Palm Desert, California.
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1953
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- The accused 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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Thomas Alan Gibby
- Latest update: 2006: released from prison
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1948
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Released,
- The accused 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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Floyd Keith Godfrey
- AKA Dr. Godfrey
- Latest update: 2023: forced to surrender his license after sexual misconduct allegations by two employees
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused 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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Jonathan A Gonzalez
- Latest update: 2023: convicted
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1990
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: United States - Florida (unknown)
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused 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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Michael Colby Hare
- Latest update: Serving Time in Beaver County Jail in Utah
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1978
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Tooele, Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse.
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Marvin Ross Harker
- AKA M, M Harker
- Latest update: September 2020: sentenced to five years in prison and made to register as a sex offender
- Victims: 2 victims, 5 victims,
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Born: 1968
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS church member and bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; sexually assaulted several young girls; confessed to his bishop and a mission president, who told him not to report to police; convicted in 2019; sentenced in September 2020 to five years in prison and made to register as a sex offender.
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Harvey William Harper
- AKA Will Harper, William Howard Boger
- Latest update: 2014: died
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1935
Died: 2014
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- The accused 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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Erik Wayne Hughes
- AKA Bishop Hughes
- Latest update: July 2023: out on parole
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1966
- LDS positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary,
- LDS mission: United States - California Anaheim 1985-1987
- Criminal case: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He 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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Stanley Lloyd Hunt
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1953
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Ward clerk,
- LDS mission: Sweden -
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused 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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Cecil Bryan Jacobson
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1936
Died: 2021
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- He 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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Rowland Wayne James
- Latest update: January 2024: serving prison time
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1968
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused 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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James Frank Johannes
- Latest update: 2017: sentenced to six years in prison
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1982
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused 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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Eric Whitney Jones
- Latest update: March 2024: sentenced to two to 20 years in prison
- Victims: 2 victims, 3 victims,
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Born: 1981
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS church member in Blackfoot, Idaho; arrested for alleged sexual contact with a toddler; convicted in January 2024 of battery with the intent to commit lewd conduct of a child after a one-day trial; sentenced in March 2024 to two to 20 years in prison; required to register as a sex offender.
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Maynard Scott McFarland
- AKA Scott McFarland
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- He 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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Richard Lorin Miles
- AKA Dick Miles, Rich Miles
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1951
- LDS positions: Mission president,
- LDS mission: unknown
- The accused 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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Trevor Robert Milton
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1982
- LDS mission: Brazil - Brazil
- He was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse of two women, both were minors..
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John Misseldine
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1982
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Alford plea, Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $782,000
- The accused 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 local LDS leader allegedly failed to report the 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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Daniel Montoya
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- LDS mission: Unknown country -
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused 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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Jonathon Kent Moser
- Latest update: Currently serving time in a Wyoming Prison
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1981
- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Unknown,
- LDS mission: Unknown country - unknown 2001-2003
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- The accused 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.
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Craig Steven Nebeker
- Latest update: Craig Nebeker is currently serving in the Utah Department of Corrections
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused 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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Aaron Lyman Neff
- Latest update: Serving time in prison in Colorado, earliest parole possibility in Oct. 15, 2098
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1972
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused 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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Jayden Becker Nelson
- Latest update: 2019: in prison in Utah
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1997
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused 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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Paul Kimball Nelson
- Latest update: sentenced to prison in November 2023; failed to appear at his sentencing and is missing as of November 18, 2023
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1976
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- The accused 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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Eddie Padilla
- AKA Bishop Padilla
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was a Mormon bishop in New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice.
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Steven Paris
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1952
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused 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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Raymond Parkin
- Latest update: 2009: sentenced to prison for 18 years
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1950
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused 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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Errol Kent Pilling
- AKA E Kent Pilling
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in Twin Falls, Idaho
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1942
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- LDS mission: United Kingdom - North British Mission 1962-1964
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He 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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Kent Daniel Prestwich
- Latest update: November 2023: pleaded guilty to two 2nd degree felony counts of child sexual exploitation
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1977
- LDS positions: Nursery leader, Primary teacher,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- The accused 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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Alberto Reyes
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He 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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Dennis Walter Schult
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1935
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He 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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Bagley Tara
- Victims: 2 victims,
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused 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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