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- George Aaron (1941 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in a college ward in Provo, Utah; allegedly sexually abused two teenage girls in the 1980s and early 1990s; no criminal charges; in 2001, a jury found him liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of fiduciary duty, and reckless disregard toward the younger plaintiff; was ordered to pay $25,000 in punitive damages; the church was not a defendant
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime city: UT - Provo,
- Alleged crime county: UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- Alleged failure to report
- James Adams (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison in 1994 for sexually abusing multiple children; in 1996, a $750 million lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church alleging coverup; the suit was settled out of court in 2000
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: West Virginia,
- Convicted: 1994,
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Paul Adams (1982 – 2017) 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; as of October 2025, a lawsuit against the church is ongoing
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Arizona,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Stewart Allsford (1951 – 2017) 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 crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime country: England, United Kingdom,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Alleged failure to report
- Lynn Baldwin (1960 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Timothy Ballard (1976 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
- Michael Banks was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime county: UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Samuel Baugh (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Kingston, Idaho; charged in 2025 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; allegedly molested two children for many years; his defense attorney noted Baugh was active in the church while requesting a reduction in the bond amount; Floodlit is seeking court documents
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime county: ID - Shoshone,
- Alleged crime state: Idaho,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- 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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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2006,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- 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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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Michael Bolingbroke (1942 – ) was a Mormon bishop and stake seventy president in Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2022 lawsuit; died in 2024
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- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake seventy, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Timothy Bothell (1969 – ) was a LDS church employee and stake high council member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 to two years in jail for sexual abuse of two girls, ages 11 and 13
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2013,
- LDS positions: Church employee, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
- Peter Brackner was second counselor in an LDS bishopric in Purvis, Mississippi, and a scoutmaster; accused of sexual abuse; two plaintiffs sued the LDS church in 1998
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Mississippi,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Allen Brinkerhoff (1929 – 2019) 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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- Convicted: 2007,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Brandon Brown (1978 – ) was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused in 2024 of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately at a mall in Chubbuck, Idaho; also accused of inappropriately touching a third teenage girl; in 2025, entered Alford pleas to felony and misdemeanor counts of sexual battery of a child; a judge rejected the plea agreement
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2025,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal,
- Eddie Bunch (1943 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- John Burrell was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Tennessee,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Timothy Butler (1959 – ) was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Raphael Caccioppoli (1971 – ) was a Mormon 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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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: New Zealand,
- Convicted: 2008,
- LDS positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged failure to report
- Robert Campbell was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Idaho,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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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- Convicted: 2009,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jon Carpenter (1964 – ) 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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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Mark Chapman (1971 – ) 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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- Convicted: 2022,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Bryce Chatland (1968 – ) was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2023 with felony child sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Kevin Christensen (1960 – ) 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; pleaded not guilty in July 2025
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime city: UT - Tremonton,
- Alleged crime county: UT - Box Elder,
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Prue Christopher (1991 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Michael Coleman (1960 – ) 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 crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Arizona,
- Alleged crime country: Brazil,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Stephen Coleman (1971 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Benjamin Covey (1792 – 1868) 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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- Crime: 1840s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Nebraska,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- John Cummings was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Michael Davies was a Mormon church member in Wales; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: United Kingdom, Wales,
- Convicted: 2005,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Michael Davis (1985 – ) 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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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Minnesota, Utah,
- Convicted: 2003, 2006, 2022,
- LDS positions: Elders quorum, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- George Davis was an LDS church member in Rhode Island; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place in an LDS chapel; found guilty in a jury trial; sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison and 15 years probation
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Rhode Island,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jury trial, Prison, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Broch DeGraff (1985 – ) 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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- Convicted: 2013,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- 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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- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Washington,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- 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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- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Washington,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Joseph Dunlop (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Rowan Ellsworth (1948 – ) was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Arizona; allegedly 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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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
- Crime state: Arizona,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Scott Farr (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; found guilty in 1981 of forcible sexual abuse and 1991 of sex solicitation; molested a girl inside a Mormon church building
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Juan Flores Atenco (1955 – ) 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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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2012,
- LDS positions: Branch president,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Richard Fowler (1944 – ) 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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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- 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
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- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Other leader, Stake clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Settlement,
- Francis Fuller (1940 – ) 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 jail and four years probation; registered sex offender
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Thomas Gibbons (1952 – ) 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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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2000,
- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Thomas Gibby (1948 – ) 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 case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Released,
- William Gillespie (1936 – ) was an LDS church member in Montgomery, Alabama; accused of reaching inside the swimsuits of two girls and fondling them in his backyard pool in 1987; convicted in 1988 of three charges of first-degree sexual abuse and sentenced to one year in prison, plus four years of probation; conviction was reversed on appeal, then upheld; was allegedly excommunicated from the Mormon church
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Alabama,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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 case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Jonathan Gonzalez (1990 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Unknown result,
- 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
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2023,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alan Grant (1959 – ) 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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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- 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
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- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime county: UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS 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 failure to report
- Michael Hare (1978 – ) was an LDS church member in Tooele, Utah; pleaded guilty of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Harvey Harper (1935 – 2014) 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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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Allan Howe was an LDS church member and Utah politician; accused of a sex crime; convicted
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- Crime: 1970s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- 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; violated parole
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted: 2011,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Prison, Violated parole/probation,
- 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
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- Stanley Hunt (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and custodian in the Washington County School District in St. George, Utah; convicted of second-degree felony sex abuse of a child via a plea agreement; convicted in 2023 of violation of the terms of his sex offender registration
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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Jesus Hurtado (1953 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 1994,
- LDS positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Cecil Jacobson (1936 – 2021) 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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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Rowland James (1968 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Floyd Jennings (1947 – 2025) was a former Mormon bishop and school bus driver in Utah; was a senior missionary in Nauvoo, Illinois and Fort Cove, Utah; arrested in 2017 for soliciting sex from two girls he thought were 13 years old; convicted in 2019; died in 2025
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Senior missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Texas,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- 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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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Nebraska, Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Prison,
- Antonio Lacy (1994 – ) was an LDS church member and BYU student in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2012 of forcible sexual abuse
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2012,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Michael Lister (1960 – ) 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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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2023,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- 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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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- 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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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Maynard McFarland (1959 – ) 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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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California, Minnesota,
- Convicted: 2005,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Calvin McGee (2002 – ) 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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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2024,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Richard Miles (1951 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Mission president,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice,
- Russell Millsaps (1947 – ) 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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- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Convicted: 2016,
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Trevor Milton (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and former technology billionaire (Nikola) in Utah; accused in a 2020 lawsuit of sexual assault of two minors
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Misseldine (1982 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two 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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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Nevada,
- Convicted: 2005,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Samuel Mitchell (1983 – ) was raised in the Mormon church; in 2025, was charged with multiple felony counts related to child sexual exploitation
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- 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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- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Jonathon Moser (1981 – ) 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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- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Tevita Mounga (1946 – ) 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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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Ward mission leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Washington,
- Crime state: California, Utah,
- Convicted: 2023,
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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
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- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- 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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- Convicted: 2021,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jayden Nelson (1997 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Paul Nelson (1976 – ) 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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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Rand Newby (1953 – ) 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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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Oregon,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Steven Paris (1952 – ) 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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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Raymond Parkin (1950 – ) 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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- Convicted: 2009,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Eneudo Petit (1972 – ) 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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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2022,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Errol Pilling (1942 – ) 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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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: Canada,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Mark Porter (1942 – ) 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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- Crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Cache,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2022,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Kent Prestwich (1977 – ) 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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- Convicted: 2023,
- LDS positions: Nursery, Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- 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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- Convicted: 2004,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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 crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: California,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Philip Salt (1989 – ) 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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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime country: Australia,
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Dennis Schult (1935 – ) 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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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted: 1991,
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- 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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- Convicted: 2013,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- 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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- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- 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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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2001,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Arturo Tenorio (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2013,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Donald Tolman (1943 – ) 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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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2020,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,

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