Number of victims: 4 victims

32 LDS sex abuse cases found

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- Scott Abraham (1969 – ) 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
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- Convicted: 2020,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Michael Adamson (1945 – ) was a Mormon church caretaker and organist in York, England; allegedly abused at least four children as young as seven years old between 1966 and 1982; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2008,
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Dale Andreason (1952 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2023,
- LDS positions: Primary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Christopher Bartle (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Perth, Western Australia; accused of sexual abuse of four girls that allegedly took place between 1998 and 2007
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- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime country: Australia,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Christian Bearnson (1963 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jimmy Brooks was a Mormon church member in Texas; charged with child sexual abuse in 1994
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Texas,
- LDS positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Francis Cochran (1921 – 2005) was a Mormon high priest in the Seattle 6th Ward in Seattle, Washington in the 1980s; convicted twice in the 1980s of crimes related to sexual abuse of multiple children; allegedly assaulted multiple young girls on LDS property, including during church meetings; a 2025 lawsuit (Floodlit broke the story) said stake president Paul Diehl & multiple ward bishops covered up allegations against Cochran
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime city: WA - Seattle,
- Crime county: WA - King,
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 1987, 1988,
- LDS positions: High priest,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alfred Cote (1958 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Illinois, New Hampshire,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Candon Dahle (2003 – ) was a Mormon BYU baseball pitcher in Utah; in 2025, charged in two Idaho counties with crimes related to child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in Fremont County in May 2025; sentenced to 180 days in jail for sexually assaulting a young girl for five years; Floodlit.org is seeking court documents
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2025,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Cameron Dahle (2002 – ) was a Southern Utah University football player; charged with first degree rape; possibly four victims
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- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Michael Ehlert (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member and former BYU professor in Utah; convicted in 2017 in Guam of sexual abuse
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- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: BYU,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Matthew Faerber (1962 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Released,
- Samuel Gardner (1932 – 1968) 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
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- Alleged crime: 1960s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Oklahoma,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Lawrence Gilbert (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and high priest group leader in California; convicted of sexually abusing three girls; sentenced to 10 years in prison
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- LDS positions: High priest,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Kenneth Good (1950 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Georgia,
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Lincoln Gygi (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2020,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- James Haskell (1982 – ) 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; in June 2024, found not guilty of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child; as of October 2025, civil lawsuit is ongoing
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- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: California,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Hung jury, Ongoing,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
- Scott Kidman (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member in Cache County, Utah; investigated in 2015-16 for alleged sexual abuse of multiple children, but charges were never filed; arrested in 2025 for alleged object rape; allegedly repeatedly sexually abused at least four young girls over a period of several years
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- 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
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2007,
- LDS positions: Tabernacle Choir,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Timothy McCleve (1956 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2008,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Jared Murray (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Rexburg, Idaho; pleaded guilty in 1989 to a child sexual abuse charge
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Steve Nelson (1945 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Convicted: 2009,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Brent Noorda (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member and chiropractor in St. George, Utah; arrested in 2019 and accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Bryce Norton (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing four young karate students
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2011,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- DeRon Olsen (1944 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor in Spokane, Washington; in 2024, pleaded guilty to one felony count of child molestation and one felony count of child rape; sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2024,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Nursery, Primary, Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Leslie Paul (1943 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona; charged with child sexual abuse; found guilty on 32 counts; sentenced in about 1989 to over 400 years in prison
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Daniel Robison was a Mormon church member and bankruptcy attorney in St. George, Utah; charged in 2024 with 11 felonies related to sexual abuse of four children
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- George Schliesser (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member, scout leader and Primary teacher in Utah; charged in 1990 with two counts of sodomy on a child and two counts of sex abuse on a child; in September 2021, was arrested after a third alleged attempt at voyeurism, the first two in 2020
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Primary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Douglas Stoddard (1949 – ) was an LDS bishop in Hurst, Texas; convicted in 1992 of a felony child sexual abuse charge of indecency with a child by contact; sentenced to 8 years of probation; a lifetime registered sex offender in Texas; named publicly in August 2023 by a victim who said Stoddard molested him and three other boys in his Mormon ward while serving as bishop
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Texas,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Spencer Turner (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member in Murray, Utah; In June of 2007 arrested via an undercover sting operation for attempting to meet with a person he thought was a girl so he could kiss and fondle her; also alleged sexually abused three other minor girls
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- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Christopher Warnock (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Waukesha County, Wisconsin; pleaded guilty to two counts of 1st Degree Sexual Assault of Child and one 2nd Degree Sex Assault-Intoxicated Victim
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Wisconsin,
- Convicted: 2021,
- LDS positions: Stake seventy,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Ruth Worthen (1949 – ) was a Mormon church member in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse by one adult in a 2019 civil lawsuit and in 2023 by four adults (one of whom was the 2019 plaintiff); arrested and charged in June 2024 with numerous felonies related to child sexual abuse; died in 2025
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime county: UT - Cache,
- Alleged crime state: Utah,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice,
- Alleged failure to report

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