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Paul Douglas Adams
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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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.
- Criminal case: Suicide,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Lynn Earl 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: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Timothy Blain 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.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Michael Roy Banks
- was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Case report »
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Bryan A 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2006,
- Case report »
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Arthur Gus 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: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Timothy William 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2013,
- Case report »
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Allen J Brinkerhoff
- was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; in 2007, found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
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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: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Brandon Rex Brown
- was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately .
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Case report »
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George Anthony 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.
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Eddie Aulton 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: Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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John Haws Burrell
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Timothy Morgan Butler
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Raphael Giuseppe Caccioppoli
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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).
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
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Robert D Campbell
- was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Jon Rick 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: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Mark Chapman
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Case report »
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Bryce Conrad Chatland
- was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2023 with felony child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Prue Jeremy Christopher
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Michael Wayne 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.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Case report »
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Stephen J 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Case report »
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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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1800s,
- Case report »
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John Gardner Cummings
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Case report »
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Michael Davies
- was a Mormon church member in Wales; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
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Michael Adam Davis
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2003, 2006, 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
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George S Davis
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in Rhode Island; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place in an LDS chapel.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jury trial, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Broch Clyde 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Case report »
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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.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Brian Matthew 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.
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Case report »
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Aaron Joseph 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.
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Case report »
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Joseph Thomas Dunlop
- was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Rowan Joseph Ellsworth
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS youth activity,
- Case report »
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Kelly Stephen 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Scott Fredrich Farr
- was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; found guilty in 1981 of forcible sexual abuse and 1991 of sex solicitation.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Richard Oren Fowler
- was a Mormon church member in Sandy Point, Idaho; pleaded guilty to two felony counts of Children-Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in 20.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
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Shawn Noble 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.
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: Settlement,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Case report »
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Francis Heber 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
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Thomas Ray 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2000, 2000s,
- Case report »
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Thomas Alan 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Released,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Floyd Keith 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.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Jonathan A 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Shawn Cory Gooden
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Ongoing, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
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Alan R 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, Perpetrator's home,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Michael Colby Hare
- was an LDS church member in Tooele, Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Harvey William Harper
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Allan Turner Howe
- was an LDS church member and Utah politician; accused of a sex crime; convicted.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
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Christine Shreeve 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Violated parole/probation,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2011,
- Case report »
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Erik Wayne 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
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Stanley Lloyd 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Cecil Bryan Jacobson
- was a Mormon church member and fertility doctor in Virginia; found guilty of secretly using his own sperm to artificially inseminate patients.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Rowland Wayne 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Floyd C 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Unknown,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
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James Frank 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Antonio Rubalcaba Lacy
- was an LDS church member and BYU student in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2012 of forcible sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Unknown,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2012,
- Case report »
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Michael James 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
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Dennis Joe 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979, 1980s,
- Case report »
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Maynard Scott McFarland
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
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Calvin James McGee
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2024,
- Case report »
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Richard Lorin Miles
- was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit; case was dismissed with prejudice in 2020.
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Russell Dean Millsaps
- was an LDS church member and retired police sergeant in Arizona; sentenced in 2016 to 323 years in prison for child sexual exploitation.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2016,
- Case report »
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Trevor Robert Milton
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and former technology billionaire (Nikola) in Utah; accused of sexual assault of two minors.
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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John Misseldine
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Alford plea, Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $782,000
- Case report »
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Daniel Montoya
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Long Beach, California; pleaded guilty in 1986 to charges of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Jonathon Kent Moser
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
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Tevita Hoihoi 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.
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Vehicle,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Craig Steven Nebeker
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
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Aaron Lyman 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
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Joseph H Neipp
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building, LDS Primary activity,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
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Jayden Becker 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Paul Kimball 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Rand Darrell 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Steven Paris
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Eneudo Luis 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
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Errol Kent 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Mark Chadwick 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2022,
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Kent Daniel 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2023,
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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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Philip Gordon Ronald 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.
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s, 2020s,
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Dennis Walter Schult
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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Richard Simcock
- was an LDS church member in the United Kingdom (UK); accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2013 to 10 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2013,
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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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Peter Taylor
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, LDS church ordered to make payment, Settlement,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2001,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,500,000
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Arturo Tenorio
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2013,
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Donald Ray 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020, 2020s,
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Drew Daniel 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Devin Todd Tuttle
- was a Mormon church member in Draper, Utah; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A 16 OR 17 YEAR OLD/CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2023,
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Keith Robert 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2017,
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Sterling Gray Van Wagenen
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2019,
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Adrian Villar
- was an LDS church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of sexually abusing an 8 year old and 11 year old separately .
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's school,
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Craig David 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.
- Criminal case: Jury trial, Unknown,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
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William Arthur Whitmore
- was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; found guilty of sexual abuse .
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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