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- Nathan Ward (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member and OBGYN in Missisippi and Utah; sentenced to prison in 2019 for production of child pornography
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Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
Convicted:
2019,
Was Missionary,
Convicted, Prison,
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- Nathan Madsen was a Mormon church member and University of Tampa, Florida music professor; pleaded guilty in 2017 to charges of enticing a child to produce child pornography and possessing child pornography; sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release
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Crime: 2010s, in
Florida,
Convicted:
2017,
Was Unknown position,
Convicted, Prison, Probation,
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- Kyle Hill was a Mormon church member; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to 15 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release
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Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
Convicted:
2019,
Was Unknown position,
Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
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- Alan Croshaw (1946 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Springville, Utah from at least 1991 to 1995; admitted to having a lifelong sexual addiction with a preference for prepubescent girls; downloaded and distributed child pornography; in 2015, sentenced to 30 days in jail for felony voyeurism and misdemeanor lewdness; violated probation by downloading porn
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Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
Convicted:
2015,
Was Bishop,
Convicted, Jail, Probation,
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- Curtis Payne (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member and elementary school teacher in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2019 of child sexual abuse and sentenced to four consecutive terms of 15 years to life in prison
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Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Utah,
Convicted:
2019,
Was Missionary,
Convicted, Prison,
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- David Williams (1948 – ) was an LDS church member in West Valley, Utah; in 2019, found guilty of sexually abusing seven little girls for 14 years; the abuse was reported to parents and bishop and they allegedly did not report to police
- View report »
Convicted:
2019,
Was Unknown position,
Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
Alleged failure to report
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- Connor Hammond was a Mormon church member and BYU student in Utah; in 2019, pleaded guilty to rape of a child and was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison
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Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
Convicted:
2019,
Was Missionary,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Nathan Dupuis (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member in New York; sentenced in 2018 to four and a half years in prison for molesting a child
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Crime: 2010s, in
New York,
Convicted:
2018,
Was Unknown position,
Convicted, Prison,
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- James Johannes (1982 – ) was a Mormon youth leader and US Army soldier assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA) in San Antonio, Texas; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison for spying on two teenage sisters and recording them preparing to attend LDS seminary classes
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Crime: 2010s, in
Texas,
Convicted:
2017,
Was Youth leader,
Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Michael Bronson (1964 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Vineyard, Utah County, Utah; sentenced to prison in 2017 for first-degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse
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Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
Convicted:
2017,
Was Bishop, Missionary,
Convicted, Prison,
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- Gary Erickson (1968 – ) was an LDS church member, boy scout leader and Mesquite, Nevada police detective; was arrested in 2018; in 2019, pleaded guilty in Utah to a charge of crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct
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Convicted:
2019,
Was Missionary, Other leader, Scout leader,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Leizza Adams was the wife of sexual abuser Paul Douglas Adams; sentenced in 2018 in Arizona to 2.5 years in prison after pleading no contest to two felony counts of child abuse (not sexual abuse)
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Crime: 2010s, in
Arizona,
Convicted:
2018,
Was Unknown position,
Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison,
Alleged failure to report
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- Marvin Harker (1968 – ) was an LDS bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 2016; reportedly confessed to his mission president in 1987 to sexually abusing multiple children; also reportedly confessed to his bishop; both leaders told him not to report to police, according to records in a 2016 criminal case; convicted in 2019 (alleged abuse 1986-93); sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison; registered sex offender
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Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
Canada,
Convicted:
2019,
Was Bishop, Missionary,
Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
Alleged failure to report
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- Nicholas Lewis (1992 – ) was a Mormon church member and BYU student; accused of sexually abusing young girls and attempting to solicit sex from a teen online; sentenced in 2017 to jail and probation; 2023: registered sex offender living in Bremerton, Washington
- View report »
Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
Convicted:
2017,
Was Unknown position,
Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Geoffrey Powell (1947 – ) was an LDS bishop in Western Australia; accused of sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl in his ward; the alleged abuse took place while he was a bishop; the victim twice complained to the LDS church, but said she was not believed and was chastised, and it was suggested she should move away if she felt uncomfortable; in 2019, he was sentenced to 12 months in jail
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Crime: 1980s, in
Australia,
Convicted:
2019,
Was Bishop,
Convicted, Jail,
Alleged failure to report
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- Darran Scott (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member and filmmaker in Archies Creek, Victoria, Australia; pleaded guilty in 2017 to 16 charges related to the sexual abuse of 11 boys over a 25-year period; sentenced in 2017 to 10 years in prison
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Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Australia,
Convicted:
2017,
Was Youth leader,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Shawn Whiting was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced in 2012 to one to 15 years in prison for collecting and creating child pornography
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Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
Convicted:
2012,
Was Scout leader,
Convicted, Prison,
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- Kenne Worthen (1988 – ) was a Mormon elementary school teacher and BYU-Idaho adjunct professor in Arizona who sexually abused a 12-year-old child; in 2015, pleaded guilty to sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of attempt to commit child molestation; sentenced to 25 years in prison and a lifetime of probation after
- View report »
Convicted:
2015,
Was BYU, Scout leader,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
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- James Larsen (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member (possibly a ward clerk or bishop) in Magna, Utah; accused in 2017 of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to prison; released; as of 2025, lives in Magna, Utah as a registered sex offender
- View report »
Crime: 2010s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Convicted:
2018,
Was Missionary, Ward clerk,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
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- Sterling Van Wagenen (1947 – ) was a co-founder of Sundance Film Festival and director of some Mormon temple endowment videos; publicly accused of sexual abuse of two children in two separate instances; sentenced to prison in 2019 for child sexual abuse
- View report »
Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in
Utah,
Convicted:
2019,
Was BYU, Stake high council, Sunday school,
Convicted, Prison,
Alleged failure to report
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