Number of victims: 2 victims

107 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1982
  Died: 2017
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2023: multiple victims are involved in a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Suicide,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1951
  Died: 2017
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1960
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender in Utah; lives in Fruit Heights, Utah
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- 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
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Ongoing,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1976
- Mission: Chile unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: November 2023: amended complaint filed by five women against Tim Ballard for sexual misconduct and misusing funds from donors
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- Michael Banks was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2006,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: 2005-2005 United States Ogden
- Places lived: North Carolina, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: deceased by suicide in a jail cell awaiting a trial
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- Michael Bolingbroke 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake seventy, Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Scout activity,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1942
- Mission: United States Great Lakes [Michigan, Indiana, Ohio]
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (free download)
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- Timothy Bothell 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Church employee, Stake high council,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1969
- Mission: 1989-1991 United States Texas Dallas
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: Pleaded guilty
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Nevada,
- Convicted: 2007,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1929
  Died: 2019
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2019: died in Nevada
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Thailand, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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- Brandon Brown 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
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea agreement,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2024, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2025,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1978
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2025:
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1945
- Mission: United States South Pasadena
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
- Latest update: Died without charges against him
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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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Temple worker,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1943
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Latest update: March 2024: is a registered sex offender in St. George, Utah
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- John Burrell was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Tennessee,
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- Timothy Butler was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Raphael Caccioppoli 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)
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Sunday school,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1971
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: New Zealand,
- Latest update: 2008: sentenced in New Zealand to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality)
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- Robert Campbell was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: 1987-1988 United States Tennessee Nashville
- Places lived: Idaho, Nebraska,
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1964
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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