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50 Mormon sex abuse/crime Cases with multiple victims.

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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #1: George William Aaron
- AKA Bill Aaron
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1941
- Positions: Bishop,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Never charged,
- Civil result: Civil judgement in favor of defendant,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters; paid $25,000 in punitive damages after losing a civil lawsuit.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #2: James F. Adams
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1954
- Positions: Other leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- The accused was an elder in the LDS church in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison for sexually abusing his own children.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #3: Paul Douglas Adams
- 2023: multiple victims are involved in a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1982
  Died: 2017
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Criminal case closed, Other,
- Civil result: Civil case dismissed,
- He was an LDS church member in Arizona; sexually abused his own daughters for several years after confessing to his bishop; died by suicide while in custody awaiting trial.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #4: Michael Adamson
- AKA Mike Adamson
- sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
- Victims:2+,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #9: Noel Young Anderson
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1996
- Positions: Primary teacher,
- During alleged crime: Primary teacher,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church primary teacher in McKinney, Texas; sentenced in 2019 in Texas to 50 years in prison for molesting children.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #15: Eric Patrick Avant
- AKA Ricky Avant
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,000,000
- The accused was a Mormon church member and cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; was sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting eight boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #818: Lynn Earl Baldwin
- 2023: registered sex offender in Utah; lives in Fruit Heights, Utah
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1960
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused 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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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #721: Timothy Blain Ballard
- AKA Tim Ballard
- November 2023: amended complaint filed by five women against Tim Ballard for sexual misconduct and misusing funds from donors
- Victims:2+, 5+,
- Born: 1976
- Mission: Chile - unknown
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Civil result: Civil case ongoing,
- He was a Mormon church member and anti-sex trafficking activist; claimed to be friends with LDS apostle M. Russell Ballard (no blood relation); accused in 2023 of sexual misconduct by at least 7 women, according to VICE News; in September 2023, five women and a couple filed civil lawsuits in Utah against Tim Ballard for sexual misconduct; an 8th victim reported him in November 2023.
- allegedly was friends for a time with Mormon apostle M. Russell Ballard (the two are not related); as per a September 2023 VICE News article, the two are no longer friends.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #16: Norman Carl Barber
- AKA Norm Barber, Dr. Barber, Norm C. Barber DDS
- 1988: pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of two 15-year-old girls
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1947
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #17: Bryan A Barner
- Victims:2+,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused 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.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #19: John Baysden
- AKA John Baysen (misspelled by an AP news release)
- Victims:2+,
- Positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime: Missionary,
- When accused: Missionary,
- Mission: United States - Ogden 2005-2005
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #20: Christian Robert Bearnson
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1963
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- Civil result: Civil judgement in favor of plaintiff,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- He was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; the LDS church settled, reportedly for millions of dollars (US).
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #23: Robert Ersol Berchtold
- AKA Bob Berchtold
- died in 2005
- Victims:2+, 5+,
- Born: 1936
  Died: 2005
- Positions: Temple worker,
- Mission: Switzerland - Swiss Austrian
- Marriage: 1961
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member in Idaho; sexually abused a child; in 1986, was found guilty of rape of a child and spent one year in jail.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #25: Arthur Gary Bishop
- AKA Art Bishop, Roger Downs
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1952
  Died: 1988
- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: Philippines - Philippine Islands / Philippines 1971-1973
- Marriage: no
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #27: Joseph Layton Bishop
- Victims:2+,
- Positions: Mission president, Other leader,
- During alleged crime: Other leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- The accused was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #30: Wyman C Blankenship
- Victims:2+,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #37: Allen J Brinkerhoff
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1929
  Died: 2019
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: 1955
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #38: David Harrison Broadbent
- AKA Dr. David H. Broadbent, Dr. David Broadbent, Dr. Broadbent
- April 2023: has not been charged with a crime
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+, 50+,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: 1973
- Civil result: Civil case dismissed,
- He was an LDS church member and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; as of October 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward, but Broadbent had not been charged with a sex crime.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #556: Sheril Dale Burton
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1935
- Positions: BYU professor,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: 1959
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and BYU professor; found guilty of sexual abuse of his two underage daughters.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #56: Timothy Morgan Butler
- AKA Tim Butler
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #60: Robert D Campbell
- Victims:2+,
- Positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime: Missionary,
- When accused: Missionary,
- Mission: United States - Tennessee Nashville 1987-1988
- Marriage: Add info
- The accused was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #61: Cory Clyde Campbell
- 2010: sentenced to prison in Utah
- Victims:2+, 5+,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abusing five underage girls; sentenced in 2010 to prison.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #620: Bryce Conrad Chatland
- June 2023: arrested, charged; awaiting pre-trial
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1968
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Ongoing criminal case,
- He was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2023 with felony child sexual abuse.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #586: Buckland Lee Darrell
- AKA Buck Darrell
- 2023-12-12: omnibus hearing scheduled
- Victims:2+, 5+,
- Born: 1979
- Positions: Primary teacher,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: no
- Criminal result: Ongoing criminal case,
- He was an LDS church member in the Redmond, Washington area; charged with first degree felony child molestation in December 2022, March 2023 and April 2023 (5 total victims, all young boys); admitted to sexually abusing around 6-8 children.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #94: James Edrick Denos
- AKA Bishop Denos, James Denos Jr.
- 2017-10-25: died in Draper, Utah
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+,
- Born: 1929
  Died: 2017
- Positions: Bishop, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- Mission: Netherlands - Holland 1947-1950
- Marriage: 1951
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four of his granddaughters living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #858: Thomas Ray Gibbons
- AKA Ray Gibbons
- 2023 lives in Kaysville Utah 84037
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1952
- Positions: Home teacher, primary leader, Primary teacher,
- During alleged crime: Home teacher,
- When accused: home teacher,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton Utah; pleaded guilty rape.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #126: Martin Gillen
- Victims:2+,
- Positions: Home teacher, Ministering brother,
- During alleged crime: Home teacher, Ministering brother,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an Mormon church member; in 2002, Gillen was convicted of sexual assault of a 6-year-old and sentenced to eight years in prison in Colorado; in 2016, arrested and charged again with child sex abuse, but case was dimissed.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #134: Shawn Cory Gooden
- November 2023: sentenced in Virginia to up to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to four felony counts; faces more charges in Pennsylvania
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1974
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Mission: United States - Ohio Cleveland (Spanish speaking)
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty, Sentenced to prison, Sentenced to probation,
- He 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.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #842: John Goodrich
- Victims:2+,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member and dentist in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; given a withheld judgement.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #137: Gene Audra Guinn
- 2008: died of cancer in Palestine, Texas
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1932
  Died: 2008
- Positions: High priest,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #145: Ronald Devere Hall
- AKA Ron Hall, Ronald D. Hall
- 2023: no longer a registered sex offender; lives in Manti, Utah
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1931
- Positions: Seminary teacher, Tabernacle Choir member,
- During alleged crime: Other leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: 1955
- Criminal result: Found not guilty, Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah and Washington; accused of sexually molesting three underage girls in 1997 or 1998; acquitted in 2000; accused of sexual abuse of a fourth victim, an underage girl, in approximately 2003; convicted in 2005 of third degree felony attempted child sexual abuse; sentenced.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #176: Erik Wayne Hughes
- July 2023: out on parole
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1966
- Positions: Bishop,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He former Mormon bishop in Mapleton, Utah; was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing two children while serving as their bishop.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #538: Cecil Bryan Jacobson
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1936
  Died: 2021
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and fertility doctor in Virginia; found guilty of secretly using his own sperm to artificially inseminate patients.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #187: Melvin Kay Johnson
- AKA Kay Johnson
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1936
- Positions: BYU professor, Church employee, Other leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- He was a seminary teacher, BYU religion professor; accused by his children of sexually abusing his daughters; excommunicated, rebaptized; confessed to sexual abuse, but has not been arrested or criminally charged.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #193: Larry Wright Judd
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+,
- Born: 1936
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; admitted to molesting 12 girls over a period of about 20 years.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #844: Spencer Kay Kartchner
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1965
- Positions: ward mission leader,
- Mission: unknown -
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2009 and 2021.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #720: David George McConkie
- AKA Bishop McConkie, President McConkie
- 2023-11-20 - preliminary hearing waived; McConkie was permitted to move to Utah
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1978
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Young men's president,
- Mission: Bolivia - Bolivia Cochabamba 1997-1999
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Ongoing criminal case,
- He was a former Mormon stake president, Mormon bishop and deputy district attorney in Colorado, and paternal grandson of former Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in August 2023; charged in September 2023 with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; in November 2023, granted permission by the judge to move to Utah.
- Paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; Bruce's brother Oscar McConkie was a founding partner of LDS church law firm Kirton & McConkie.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #257: Joseph Neipp
- Victims:2+,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He former LDS bishop in 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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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #776: Jayden Becker Nelson
- 2019: in prison in Utah
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1997
- Mission: no
- Marriage: no
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in 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.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #811: Paul Kimball Nelson
- sentenced to prison in November 2023; failed to appear at his sentencing and is missing as of November 18, 2023
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1976
- Positions: Missionary,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty, Sentenced to prison,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in November 2023; failed to appear at his sentencing and is missing as of November 18, 2023.
- His grandmother was a sister of former Mormon church president Spencer W. Kimball.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #272: Scott Dale Owen
- AKA Scott Owen
- November 2023: arrested; October 2023: Three more men come forward with sex abuse allegations against Owen
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+,
- Born: 1959
- Positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- During alleged crime: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Mission: Guatemala - Guatemala [unknown]
- Marriage: 1984
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Ongoing criminal case,
- He was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in November 2023.
- was a business partner of a stake president who allegedly covered up abuse allegations against Owen.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #274: Steven Paris
- Victims:2+, 5+,
- Born: 1952
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused 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.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #276: John Edward Parkinson
- AKA John E. Parkinson
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1931
- Positions: Stake president,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in California; sentenced to prison for sexually abusing two female patients; his conviction was later reversed.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #288: Chesley Nels Pierson
- AKA Ches Pierson, Ches N. Pierson
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1928
  Died: 2021
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake president,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- He was an LDS stake president and stake patriarch in Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #775: Kent Daniel Prestwich
- November 2023: pleaded guilty to two 2nd degree felony counts of child sexual exploitation
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1977
- Positions: Primary teacher,
- During alleged crime: Primary teacher,
- When accused: Primary teacher,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: 2008
- Criminal result: Guilty, Ongoing criminal case, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member and nursery leader (Primary teacher/worker) in Lewiston, Utah; arrested in October 2023 for allegedly downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for 15 years "because it aroused him;" pleaded guilty in November 2023 to two 2nd degree felony counts of child sexual exploitation.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #295: James Wesley Samuel Raborn
- 2023: registered sex offender living in Boone, Iowa
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1989
- Positions: Young men's president, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime: Young men's president,
- When accused: Young men's president,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member in Iowa; convicted of four misdemeanor counts related to child sexual abuse and exploitation; 2023: registered sex offender living in Boone, Iowa.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #300: Gary Fuller Reese
- 2014: died
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1938
  Died: 2014
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: Finland - Finland (unknown) 1961-1964
- Marriage: no
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Never charged,
- He was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy scoutmaster; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops.
- Reese's attorney in 2011, G. Perrin Walker, was a Mormon and BYU graduate who was called in 2001 to be an area authority seventy. Walker was serving at the time as a Boy Scout committee chairman..
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #341: James Grant Stringham
- AKA Grant Stringham; Dr. Stringham; J. Grant Stringham, Jr.
- 2017: died
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1928
  Died: 2017
- Positions: Missionary,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: 1954
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He LDS church member and physician; in 1982, was found guilty of sexual exploitation of a minor; was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $7,500 restitution.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #831: Alexander Clifton Winward
- Victims:2+, 5+,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to 4 felony counts of child sex abuse, with all victims under the age of 7.
- Case report »
FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #426: LaVar Madsen Withers
- AKA Dr. Withers
- 2005: died
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+, 50+,
- Born: 1936
  Died: 2005
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- During alleged crime: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- When accused: Stake high council,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: 1958
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and physician in Idaho; was accused of sexual abuse by over 125 women and children (some as young as 13 years old); admitted to sexual abuse; found guilty of misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 days in jail; Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend.
- Case report »

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