4,243 reports of sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by Latter-day Saints (statistics »). Sources include court documents, public records, news reports, academic journals, and survivors or witnesses of alleged abuse.
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- Arnel Baird (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in and optometrist in Idaho Falls, Idaho; convicted of lewdness involving a child and sex abuse of a child; sex abuse of a child charge was stayed after he completed probation successfully; was a doctor of optometry in Pocatello, Idaho
Convicted:
1996, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender, - Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Carlos Kartchner (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Hyrum, Utah; convicted in March 2026 of FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE/2ND DEGREE FELONY; is a registered sex offender as of July 2026
- Convicted:
2026,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Robert McKell (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2018,
Positions: Unknown position, - Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Che Miles (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; pleaded guilty to attempted sexual exploitation of a minor child in 2023; downloaded CSAM from Nathan Mark Law, also in the FLOODLIT database, as well as downloaded other CSAM; convicted and sentenced to 11 years federal prison.
- Convicted:
2023,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Michael Nelson (1967 – ) was a Mormon church member and doctor of podiatry in Salem, Utah; arrested and charged with aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony, and enticing a minor, a Class B misdemeanor July 20, 2026;
- Positions: Stake Executive Secretary,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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"“When you hit me up on chat I thought you were an adult. when you claimed in private to be underage I was skeptical I’m sorry I didn’t believe you – I truly thought you were of age – I even thought you might be a guy trying to play a trick on me. I should have believed you and I should have ended the conversation forthwith. Please accept my apologies – I am sorry for being a creeр. I am sorry I didn’t believe the man who kept threatening me and demanding things from me. It made me feel that the whole thing was a ruse – Please, Forgive me”."-
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- Reese Riggin (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member, chiropractor and business owner in Montana; convicted in 2016 of felony sexual intercourse without consent and sentenced to five years in prison, with 15 suspended; released in 2017 and placed on parole; began serving suspended portion of sentence in 2021; in 2026, accused of inappropriately touching young girls at am elementary school event in Great Falls
- Positions: LDS status unknown, Sunday school teacher, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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arrested in 2026 while being a registered sex offender with two previous convictions for offenses at places of employment-
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- Donald Blake (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member in Elmore, Idaho; convicted of lewd & lascivious acts with a child under 16 in 2009; lives in Trenton, Missouri is a registered sex offender as of February 2026
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Unknown church action,
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- Daphney Matthews (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; accused of sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2012,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- William Black was an LDS church member in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction, Church position after excommunication, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Larry Stoker (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member; arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a minor in 1998, in Post Falls, Idaho.
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Aaron 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
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Benjamin Covey (1792 – 1868) 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
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after excommunication, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Brian 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; pleaded guilty in 2025 to 1 count: first-degree child rape and 1 count: second-degree child molestation; prison sentence began March 18, 2025
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Brandon Manning (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of July 2026, lives in Eatonton, Georgia as a registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2001, 2020, Unknown,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
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- Robert Price (1962 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in 2002 and sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2002,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Jeffrey Graton (1973 – ) was a Mormon church counselor in a bishopric in American Fork, Utah; sentenced to prison in 2018 for child sexual abuse; is a registered sex offender, UDPS doesn't have updated out of state address; reportedly lives in Colorado
- Convicted:
2018,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, plea, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Blaine McGraw (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member and OBGYN in Fort Hood, Texas; an investigation began October 2025; charged with 273 counts of sexual abuse related charges as of May 2026
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Sean Woolf (1974 – ) was an LDS church member and full-time missionary; accused of sexual abuse of a child; the alleged abuse occurred during his mission; the victim later sued or planned to sue the Mormon church in 2020; the church settled with the victim, according to a person familiar with the case
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: settlement, unknown,
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- Spencer Lambert (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Woodland Hills, UT; convicted of two counts of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD/CLASS A MISDEMEANOR in July 2008
- Convicted:
2008,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Michael Kleiner (1994 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ivins, Utah; arrested on July 8, 2026 and charged with criminal solicitation of a minor (first-degree felony), 10 counts of distributing harmful material to a minor-actor 18+ (third-degree felony) and one count of enticing a minor (class A misdemeanor; took part of two sting ops thought he was chatting with two different minors one in St. George and West Jordan police
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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"The investigation began June 24 as part of an operation led by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in Utah County, according to a probable cause affidavit.Agents were working in an anonymous online chat room when a suspect began communicating with a decoy posing as a 17-year-old girl.Shortly after initial contact, the suspect allegedly moved the conversation to another unregulated platform, where he sent nude photos and sexually explicit videos and requested similar images in return. [...]During the investigation, agents discovered Kleiner was also communicating with another undercover officer in West Jordan posing as a 15-year-old. In that exchange, which began June 2, the suspect again allegedly sent explicit messages and images and made plans to meet in the Salt Lake City area but failed to show up on three occasions."June 24, 2026, He allegedly admitted to being attracted to younger girls and told the decoy the encounter was his “first time.” P.C. Affidavit, Michael Kleiner-
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