Number of victims: 4 victims

31 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

- Scott Abraham was a Mormon church member in Powell, Wyoming; set up a hidden camera in women's bathroom at work place; convicted in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Wyoming as a registered sex offender
- An employee spotted the camera as she changed clothes
- "I was stupid enough to put a camera in the women's bathroom as an experiment, I guess you would say."— Scott Abraham
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1969
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Wyoming,
- Places when accused: Wyoming,
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender in Lovell, Wyoming
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- Michael Adamson was a Mormon church caretaker and organist in York, England; abused at least four children as young as seven years old; convicted; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1945
- Mission: no
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
- Places when accused: England, United Kingdom,
- Latest update: sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
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- Dale Andreason was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; found guilty of three counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD a 1st Degree Felony and was sentenced 6 years to life
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Primary, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: Currently in prison in UTAH STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
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- Christopher Bartle was a Mormon church member in Perth, Western Australia; accused of sexual abuse of four girls that allegedly took place between 1998 and 2007
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1960
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
- Places when accused: Australia,
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- Christian Bearnson was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; in 1993, the Mormon church was found liable for child sexual abuse by a jury in a civil lawsuit; the LDS church then settled with the two plaintiffs, reportedly for millions of dollars (US), and had the court records sealed
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $2,000,000
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1963
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
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- Jimmy Brooks was a Mormon church member in Texas; charged with child sexual abuse in 1994
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Texas,
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- Alfred Cote was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in New Hampshire and Nauvoo, Illinois; convicted in the 1980s and in 2020 of child sexual abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1958
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Illinois, New Hampshire,
- Places when accused: Illinois, New Hampshire,
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- Michael Ehlert was a Mormon church member and former BYU professor in Utah; convicted in 2017 in Guam of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: BYU,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Guam,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1961
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Guam, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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- Matthew Faerber was an LDS church member and high school choir director in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1990 or 1991 to two counts of attempted sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in February 1991 to six months in jail (two of those months under house arrest) followed by three years of supervised release
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Released,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1962
- Mission: 1981-1982 Brazil Brazil Porto Alegre
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: not a registered sex offender; lives in Duluth, Minnesota
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- Samuel Gardner was an LDS bishop in the Oklahoma City First Ward in the early 1960s; accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the bishop's office at a Mormon chapel in about 1961; died in 1968
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1932
  Died: 1968
- Mission: 1951-1953 United States Central States
- Places lived: Oklahoma,
- Latest update: August 8, 1968: died in Utah
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- Lawrence Gilbert was a Mormon church member and high priest group leader in California; convicted of sexually abusing three girls; sentenced to 10 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: High priest,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1939
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California,
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- Kenneth Good was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of molesting 4 underage girls; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1991 to 8 years in prison; released on parole in December 1993; as of 2023, lives in Taylorsville Utah
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1950
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Georgia, Utah,
- Latest update: Lives in Taylorsville, Utah; is not a registered sex offender, despite his conviction for child molestation
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- Lincoln Gygi was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1988
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: 2020: convicted in Utah of child sexual abuse
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- James Haskell was a former Mormon bishop and practicing attorney in Vacaville, California; charged with 14 felonies and three misdemeanors for allegedly sexually abusing four children; was an LDS stake high council member when charged; pleaded not guilty; in June 2024, found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child
- Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Hung jury, Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1982
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
- Latest update: June 2024: found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child; hearing set for July 15
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- Doyle Kelstrom was a Mormon church member in Oregon and Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1992 to five years to life in prison in Utah
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1938
- Mission: United States Texas [unknown]
- Places lived: Oregon, Utah,
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- Lawrence Libey was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; a lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Idaho,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Idaho,
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- Robert Matthews was a Mormon church member and singer in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; arrested in 2006, after police received evidence that he swam naked with four young boys during a trip in July 2006; he allegedly took pictures of the nude swim and later processed the images on his computer; charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and lewdness involving a child; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Tabernacle Choir,
- Crime: 2006, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2007,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Timothy McCleve was a former Mormon bishop in Harrisville, Utah when he was charged with sexually abusing three children; some of the abuse took place while he was bishop; sentenced in 2008 to up to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 2024, charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation
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- Jared Murray was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Rexburg, Idaho; pleaded guilty in 1989 to a child sexual abuse charge
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho),
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1942
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho),
- Places when accused: Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho),
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- Steve Nelson was an LDS church member in Idaho; in 2009, pleaded guilty to a charge of lewd conduct; sentenced to 30 years in prison; Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report abuse to police in the 1980s
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1945
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
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