4,178 reports of sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by Latter-day Saints (statistics »). All reports rely on court proceedings, public records, news reports or academic journals as sources.
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- Ryan Ellsworth (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lakeside, Navajo County, Arizona; accused in 1998 of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2000; sentenced to two consecutive terms of six years in prison; released in 2010; violated probation in the 2010s; as of 2025, registered sex offender living in Show Low, Arizona
Crime: 1990s, 
Crime state:
Arizona,
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- Convicted:
2000,
LDS positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation, - Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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Crime state:
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- Earl Bleak (1936 – 2000) was an LDS bishopric counselor and physician in Tempe, Arizona; accused in 1998 of sexual abuse of a 36-year-old patient and friend; charges were dismissed in 1999 due to mental incompetence; Bleak died in 2000 of complications from a form of dementia
- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Alleged crime state:
Arizona,
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, 
Criminal case(s): criminal-result-dismissed-incompetence, Not convicted, 
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Noah Bloomfield (1999 – ) was a Mormon church member in McKinney, Texas; convicted of charges related to sexual abuse in 2017; and given a deferred judgement in 2022
- Convicted:
2017, 2022,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Withheld judgment,
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The girl said Bloomfield told her it was their secret and had her "pinky promise that she would not tell anyone,"
"the girl said Bloomfield touched her private parts "multiple times" while buckling the jacket. He then asked the child if he could do something else to her, and she told him no."
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- Thomas Forrest (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in Mississippi; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Convicted:
2005,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction, Unknown church action,
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Alleged crime country:
LDS positions: Other leader, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, 
Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Excommunicated, Ward official accused of failure to report, LDS positions: Seminary teacher, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse, Excommunicated, -
- 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
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Probation, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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Floodlit is seeking court documents in Agler's case
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- Veloy Twitchell (1954 – ) was a former Mormon bishopric counselor in Marysville, Washington; accused in 2015 of perpetrating a sex crime that allegedly took place in approximately 2004; convicted
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Washington,
Convicted:
2015, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -
- Arlin Hatch was a Mormon church member in Riverside, California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church; dismissed without prejudice
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- Kim Hartley (1963 – 2025) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Clinton, Davis County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of multiple children; the alleged abuse took place in 1999; pleaded guilty in March 2002 to two second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse; sentenced to two concurrent terms of one to 15 years in prison
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2002, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- That Keeng was a Mormon missionary in Accra, Ghana; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2010 and sentenced to prison, along with his missionary companion, Omale Ojonugwu Uwa; in 2011, an Accra High Court acquitted them, ruling that the trial court was wrong in convicting the missionaries
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime country:
Ghana,
Convicted:
2010, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Convicted, Prison, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Omale Uwa (1986 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Accra, Ghana; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2010 and sentenced to prison, along with his missionary companion, That Ayono Keeng; in 2011, an Accra High Court acquitted them, ruling that the trial court was wrong in convicting the missionaries
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime country:
Ghana,
Convicted:
2010, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Convicted, Prison, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Geoffrey Ashdown (1947 – ) was a Mormon bishop and deputy school principal in Australia; convicted after alleged sexual abuse of two boys; the alleged abuse took place while Ashdown was a bishop; died in 2012
- Convicted:
1994,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Lynn Egley (1964 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Benson, Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2018; the alleged abuse took place in the 1990s
- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Alleged crime state:
Idaho, Utah,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to warn stake members, No church discipline, Unknown church action, "My [stake president] informed me that “Salt Lake” had called and asked him if there was a need for a disciplinary council for my wife and I because of our public opposition to the brethren. He told them no and that instead they should drive up to Idaho and apologize to us." -Alleged victim, Reddit 2019
"The brethren are aware of the issue and it has been handled properly despite what [victim] and [victim's wife] have stated."
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- Paul Newman (1957 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Highland, Utah; charged in 2020 with one second-degree felony count of attempted sex abuse of a child; the alleged abuse took place in 2013, while Newman was a bishop; in 2022, pleaded no contest to a reduced third-degree count; a prison term of up to five years was suspended; was fined $1,003 and placed on 48 months of probation; registered sex offender
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2022, LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Probation, Registered sex offender, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Spencer Dixon (1964 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused in 2002 of touching a 13-year-old girl inappropriately inside the LDS chapel of the Monument Park 7th Ward; acquitted in a jury trial
- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Jury trial, -
- Benjamin Turner (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member and LDS Primary teacher in Davis County, Utah; accused in the 2000s of child sexual abuse and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM); convicted on federal charges; sentenced to prison
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Primary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Paulo Villegas (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member in Hartford, Connecticut; convicted of risk of injury to a minor after a plea agreement reduction from sexual assault charges; the victim was four years old
- Convicted:
2003,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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Before the sentencing, Solomon [judge] said Villegas blamed the victim for initiating the illegal contact. “He deliberately did what he did. It wasn’t a moment. He is way off base.”
"Being in that jail is like being in hell everyday. There are people who really want to harm me
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- Mason Holzendorf (2000 – ) was a Mormon church member; convicted of enticing a minor by internet or text in 2023
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2023, Criminal case(s): Convicted, -
- Ronald Miller (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and psychology professor in Hawaii (at Brigham Young University-Hawaii) and Orem, Utah (Utah Valley University); charged in 2024 in Utah with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Filters
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