Mormon sexual abuse cases: new updates

• David Brian Farley
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  • David Farley (1958 – ) was a former doctor in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing more than 200 patients over a span of many years, during some of which Farley was an LDS stake high council member; in 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley; in October 2025, a grand jury indicted him on 11 felony sexual assault charges
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  Church fought in court to keep records on Farley secret
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
  • Places lived: Oregon, Utah,
  • Crime country: United States,
  • Crime state: Oregon,
  • Crime county: crime-county-or-clackamas,
  • Crime city: crime-city-or-west-linn,
  • Was Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
  • Admitted guilt, Not convicted, Ongoing,
  • Ongoing,
  • Alleged failure to report
  "When I was assaulted, I thought I was alone, I thought I had misread things."
  — Katie Medley
• Wyatt Charles Mullen
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  • Wyatt Mullen (1997 – ) was a Sandy, Utah man charged with sex crimes in October 2025; based on our initial research, FLOODLIT believes he is a former Mormon missionary and was active in the Mormon church at the time of his alleged crimes
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  • Was Missionary,
  • Ongoing, Police investigation,
• David Harvey Herget
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  • David Herget (1943 – 2005) was a Mormon church member in Washington; convicted of child rape and child molestation in 1993; spent time in jail and was labeled a level-1 sex offender (least likely to re-offend); arrested in 2004 or 2005 and charged with child sex abuse; detectives identified at least seven victims; one child estimated that Herget abused him 1,400 times; in 2005, died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial
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  • Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
  • Places lived: Washington,
  • Crime country: United States,
  • Crime state: Washington,
  • Crime county: WA - King,
  • Convicted: 1993,
  • Was High priest, Seminary teacher,
  • Convicted, Died awaiting trial, Jail, Prison, Registered sex offender, Suicide,
  • Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
  • Alleged failure to report
• Arlin Hatch
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  • Arlin Hatch was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church; dismissed without prejudice
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  • Was Missionary,
  • Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
  • Alleged failure to report
• Nicholas Alahverdian
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  • Nicholas Alahverdian (1987 – ) was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; accused of rape; recently extradited from Scotland; has a lengthy history of criminal behavior
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  • Crime: 2000s,
  • Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
  • Crime state: Utah,
  • Crime county: UT - Utah,
  • Convicted: 2008,
  • Was Unknown position,
  • Convicted,
  • Alleged failure to report
• Roger William Rawle
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  • Roger Rawle (1988 – ) is believed to be a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah; charged in two cases with a total of 21 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor (CSAM-related)
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  Rawle admitted to viewing CSAM “about 50 times”
  • Alleged crime: 2020s,
  • Places lived: Springville, Utah,
  • Crime state: Utah,
  • Crime city: Springville,
  • Ongoing,
  "Will said […] his curiosity got the best of him."
  — Probable cause affidavit, 2025
• Jacob Davis Fisher
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  • Jacob Fisher (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member and ward young men's leader in Eagle Mountain, Utah; arrested in August 2025 for allegedly sending explicit videos of himself to, and attempting to meet to sexually assault, a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl
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  • Alleged crime: 2020s,
  • Places lived: Utah,
  • Crime state: Utah,
  • Was Missionary, Youth leader,
  • Ongoing,
• Edwin Ellis Dyer
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  • Edwin Dyer (1935 – 1986) was a Mormon church member and scoutmaster in central Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested as many as 15 boys over a 28-year period; shot and killed in 1986 by one of his victims; the Mormon church settled out of court for $200,000 with one victim
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  Church officials asked Dyer to resign as scoutmaster and later disfellowshipped him, but did not tell police
  • Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
  • Places lived: Oregon,
  • Crime state: Oregon,
  • Was Scout leader,
  • Convicted, Jail, Probation,
  • Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
  • Alleged failure to report
  "Until we use names, until people understand that this happened to Johnny next door, it will keep on happening."
  — Judith Powell, mother of abuse survivor Keith Powell
• Kenneth Enos Jenks
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  • Kenneth Jenks (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); was a ward executive secretary and ward librarian; charged with sexual abuse; convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about Jenks's abuse but allowed him to work with children
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  • Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
  • Places lived: California,
  • Crime country: United States,
  • Crime state: California,
  • Was Other leader,
  • Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
  • Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
  • Alleged failure to report
• Keith Edward Huntsman
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  • Keith Huntsman (1945 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Convicted: 2002,
  • Convicted,
• Patrick Golden Bennett
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  • Patrick Bennett was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to nine years in prison
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  • Was Youth leader,
  • Convicted, Prison,
• Alva Jay Van Wagoner
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  • Alva Van Wagoner (1929 – 2019) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Convicted: 1999,
  • Was Branch president, Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Sunday school,
  • Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
  "The judge also noted that he had never received so many letters in support of anyone who had come to his court before as a defendant in a criminal case."
  — Deseret News article 1999
• Mark Aitken
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  • Mark Aitken (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Falkirk, Scotland; found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl after allegedly sending her manipulative and threatening messages; sentenced to seven years in prison
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  Aitken allegedly claimed to be a police officer, adding to the victim's suffering
  • Crime: 2010s,
  • Places lived: Scotland, United Kingdom,
  • Crime country: Scotland, United Kingdom,
  • Convicted: 2022,
  • Was Unknown position,
  • Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
  "Aitken was a manipulative man who repeatedly sent messages to his victim, causing her fear and alarm. His campaign of intimidation culminated in him committing rape."
  — Detective Inspector Forbes Wilson
• Elic Agler
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  • Elic Agler was a Mormon church member in Snohomish County, Washington; allegedly confessed to child sexual abuse in 2001; accused in the 2010s of planning to molest another child; convicted; released from probation in 2021
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  Floodlit is seeking court documents in Agler's case
  • Was Unknown position,
  • Admitted guilt, Convicted, Probation, Unknown result,
• Michael Adamson
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  • 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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  Adamson molested four girls in his congregation, including two in the church’s boiler room
  • Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
  • Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
  • Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
  • Convicted: 2008,
  • Was Other leader,
  • Convicted,
  • Alleged failure to report
  "[Adamson] gave [a victim] a look as if to say, 'Don’t say anything or you are dead.'"
  — prosecutor Dr. Tina Dempster
• Paul Douglas Adams
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  • Paul Adams (1982 – 2017) 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; as of October 2025, a lawsuit against the church is ongoing
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  2025: Arizona Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit v. the Mormon church
  • Alleged crime: 2010s,
  • Places lived: Arizona,
  • Crime country: United States,
  • Crime state: Arizona,
  • Was Unknown position,
  • Admitted guilt, Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
  • Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
  • Alleged failure to report
  "They said, 'You absolutely can do nothing.' "
  — Former bishop John Herrod, recounting to investigators his call to the abuse help line for Mormon officials
• Joseph Brent Walker
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  • Joseph Walker (1955 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, stake presidency counselor and LDS Public Affairs employee in Utah; charged in 2025 with three third-degree felony counts related to child sexual exploitation; allegedly "engaged in several sexually explicit conversations […] to seduce, lure, and entice [a 14-year-old girl] into engaging in multiple sexual acts;" released from jail after letters from church members
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  Walker helped Mormon apostle Russell Ballard prepare speeches for years
  • Alleged crime: 2020s,
  • Places lived: Utah,
  • Crime state: Utah,
  • Was Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
  • Ongoing,
  "[Walker] needs to be with his community. He needs therapy, his ward, his family, his friends. He is not a risk to the community and never has been."
  — Letter requesting Walker’s release, August 2025
• Samuel Arthur Baugh
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  • Samuel Baugh (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Kingston, Idaho; charged in 2025 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; allegedly molested two children for many years; his defense attorney noted Baugh was active in the church while requesting a reduction in the bond amount; Floodlit is seeking court documents
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  A law enforcement officer called the case "one of the most twisted instances of grooming he’d ever seen"
  • Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
  • Places lived: Idaho,
  • Crime country: United States,
  • Crime state: Idaho,
  • Crime county: ID - Shoshone,
  • Was Unknown position,
  • Ongoing,
  "He has never been in trouble before. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; he attends church every Sunday at the ward in Pinehurst."
  — Baugh's defense attorney Trish Espelund
• Heath C Kelson
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  • Heath Kelson was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Was Missionary,
  • Convicted, Jail, Prison, Unknown result,
• Edwin Gale McClellan
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  • Edwin McClellan (1936 – 2019) was a Mormon bishop in Cottonwood, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing 3 female family members from the 1980s-2000s
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  • Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
  • Places lived: Arizona,
  • Crime state: Arizona,
  • Was Bishop,
  • Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Alleged failure to report

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