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- Ronald Finch (1938 – 2015) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, - View report »
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- Gail Benroth (1942 – 2015) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- James Salsgiver was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- David Brown was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years; a victim sued the Mormon church in 2003
Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 
Crime state:
Missouri,
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- Convicted:
2003, 2005,
- LDS positions: Music leader, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- John Doe (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lake Elsinore, California; arrested in 1997; pleaded guilty to committing lewd acts with a child under age 14; spent three years in state prison; in December 2022, the LDS church paid $995,000 to settle its part of a related civil lawsuit wherein a jury awarded the victim $2.28 billion
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, 
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- Gail Jensen was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Gysbertus Schuurman (1931 – 2015) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Melvin Cloward (1931 – 2014) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Aurell Hatch (1932 – 2015) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Larry Harmon (1932 – 2012) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Missionary, Senior missionary, Temple worker,
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- John Jones (1933 – 1937) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Other leader,
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- James Chapman (1935 – 2022) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Harry Poll (1936 – 2007) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Missionary,
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- Dennis Chadwick (1939 – 2023) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Missionary,
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LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Not convicted, Police investigation, Suicide, Redd's alleged sexual abuse dated back to 1967
"My first thought was, at least he can't hurt anyone else. The abuse is over for everyone."
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- James Takane (1930 – 2023) was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl at his home in 2001; convicted in 2002 of child sexual abuse; sentenced to 90 days in the Cache County jail
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime city:
UT - Logan,
- Crime county:
UT - Cache,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Crime city:
Crime county:
Convicted:
2002, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Registered sex offender, -
- James Denos (1929 – 2017) was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in 1970 in Westminster, Orange County, California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four minor girls living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950
- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2002, LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report"In public, my father was always so perfect, and he told us he was perfect. [...] He went to church every Sunday, we had family home evening and we read the Scriptures. People put him on a pedestal. But he was molesting children … right under our noses."
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- Charles Blome (1928 – 2005) was a Mormon church member and US Army veteran in or near Houston or Beaumont, Texas; admitted to sexually molesting at least five boys; pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child; sentenced to 15 years in prison; the LDS church was ordered to pay $4 million to a 13-year-old boy victim; another lawsuit was filed against the church in 1998; Blome died in 2005
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
Texas,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Alleged failure to reporta Mormon bishop tipped Blome off about the pending investigation, and Blome burned evidence before it could be seized, investigators said
"Why would you preach to the membership of a church not to discuss a case of child abuse when it becomes known? They do that. The whole belief is that the men, the leaders who are all men, can take care of everything. If someone in a family is abused, the family won't go to the police. They'll go to the bishop."
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- Michael Andrew (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member, former LDS church employee and part-owner of a children's gymnastics academy in or near Prescott, Arizona; accused in 2024 of child sexual abuse; convicted via a plea agreement in 2025; set to be sentenced Oct. 29
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Arizona,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Church employee, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Matthew Shepard (1974 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; In October of 2019 chatted with online 13year old persona to try and meet for sex; found guilty to 3 counts of entice a minor by internet or text; currently in jail in Duchesne, Utah
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Filters
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