Recently updated Mormon sexual abuse cases

• Arlo Atkin

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  • was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, spent 132 days in jail.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
  • Civil: Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
  • Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,

• Lance Rushton

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  • was an LDS church member in Provo; accused of photo shopping faces of family members, ward church members of adults and children on to pornographic material and distributed them; convicted in 2007 and sentenced to three months in jail and three years of probation.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
  • Positions: Music leader,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Online,

• Ned Hansen

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  • was a fire chief/EMS in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; retired, then became Tremonton, Utah fire chief; arrested in Jan. 2025, charged with child sexual exploitation; accused of discussing ways to sexually abuse children with Box Elder County judge Kevin Christensen (a Mormon).
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  • Criminal: Ongoing,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah, Wyoming,
  • Crime scenes: Online,

• Kevin Christensen

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  • was a Mormon church member and judge in Brigham City, Utah; accused of receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to individuals he believed to be minor children.
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  • Criminal: Ongoing,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Stake high council,
  • Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Online,

• Douglas Lovell

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  • was a Mormon church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a woman he murdered, Joyce Yost; Lovell claimed the LDS church meddled in his 2015 trial by discouraging a former prison bishop from testifying in his defense.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,

• James Tolman

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  • was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah and Cheyenne, Wyoming; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE in 1994 in Utah and SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE in Wyoming.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah), Wyoming,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Eddie Bunch

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  • was an LDS church member in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2016 of misdemeanor lewdness involving a child and misdemeanor sexual battery; one victim was 16 years old and the second victim was 12 years old; served 135 days in jail and had 36 months of probation; as of March 2024, is a registered sex offender living in St. George, Utah.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
  • Positions: Temple worker,

• Paul Roberts

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  • was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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• Ashlyn Harvey

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  • was an LDS church member in Gunnison, Utah; accused in 2024 of sexual contact with a 17-year-old student for whom she was a substitute teacher.
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  • Criminal: Ongoing,

• Kenneth Copple

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  • was a Mormon church member in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced in 2019 to prison.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 1980s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),

• Todd Edwards

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of one teenage girl in 2006 and another in 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse; in 2024, two victims sued the LDS church in separate lawsuits; one said a stake president and LDS law firm Kirton McConkie hindered police.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
  • Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
  • Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
  • Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in California,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Vehicle,

• Mark Anderson

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  • was a Mormon church branch president and dentist in Woodland, California; accused by 27 former female patients of touching them inappropriately in office visits; found guilty in 2009 of 11 felony counts and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery for sexual abuse of several of his female patients; sentenced to six years in California state prison; required to register for life as a sex offender.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
  • Positions: Branch president, Other leader,
  • Crime: 2000s, in California,

• Grayson Redd

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  • was a Mormon church member and former sheriff's deputy in Monticello, Utah; accused in 2024 of sexual abuse; died by suicide in July 2024, days after posting bail.
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• David Phipps/Verity

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  • was an LDS church member and dentist in Sacramento, California; pleaded nolo contendere in 1987 to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery involving two of his patients; In 1994, also pleaded nolo contendere two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery; served time in jail and had dental license revoked.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement,
  • Civil: Judgment for plaintiff,
  • Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,

• Jeremy Dumas

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  • was a Mormon bishop and boy scout leader in Indiana; pleaded guilty to charges related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2024; sentenced in September 2024 to 10 years in federal prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop, Scout leader,
  • Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Indiana,

• Brian Pickett

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  • was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit that also named the LDS church; the suit was dismissed with prejudice after a settlement in 2016.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
  • Positions: Branch president, Stake high council,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, in Hawaii,
  • Crime scenes: LDS activity, Perpetrator's home,

• Arlin Hatch

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  • was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Alleged crime: Unknown timeframe, in California,
  • Crime scenes: Victim's home,

• Curtis Ware

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  • was a Mormon church member and football coach for Grantsville High School in Utah; convicted in June 2018 of one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, all class A misdemeanors; also pleaded guilty to class B misdemeanor tampering with a witness in a separate case.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Isaac Kemp

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  • was a Mormon church member in Draper, Utah; allegedly sexually abused children in Draper and Nebraska; sentenced to prison in Nebraska until 2038.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Nebraska, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Online, Public,

• Keaton Tanner

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  • was a Mormon church member and school teacher in Pleasant Grove, Utah; accused and arrested for alleged rape of a child. Authorities requesting no bail because they fear he will flee to Germany, where he was once a Mormon missionary.
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  • Criminal: Ongoing,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Greg Orton

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  • was a Mormon church member in La Grande, Oregon; accused and arrested for alleged sexual abuse with a minor who was under 14 at the time of the alleged abuse.
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  • Criminal: Ongoing,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Youth leader,
  • Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Oregon,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Jeremy Heath

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  • was a Mormon church member in Anchorage, Alaska; pleaded guilty in 2019 of Sexual Abuse of Minor 2 Vict Undr 13 (Class B Felony).
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Crime: 2010s,

• Russell Harbin

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  • was a Mormon church member in Polson, Montana; convicted of sexual intercourse without consent with an 11-year-old child; the alleged abuse lasted from 2022 to 2024; he allegedly was assigned to be a Primary teacher sometime after the abuse began; sentenced in 2025 to 40 years in prison; the judge suspended 20 years of the 40-year term.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Primary,
  • Crime: 2020s, in Montana,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Juan Guerrero Regalado

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  • was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 civil lawsuit against the Mormon church.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
  • Alleged crime: 1970s, in California,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Brigham Young

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  • Second president of the Mormon church; married 56 women, including a 15-year-old and three 16-year-olds; was publicly accused during his life (1801-1877) of sexual misconduct, including adultery and illegal polygamy; never charged with a sex crime; arrested and charged with adultery in 1871; not found guilty; died in 1877.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Apostle, Missionary,
  • Alleged crime: 1800s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,

• John Baysden

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  • was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors; sentenced to 180 days in jail.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Aaron Montoya

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  • was a Mormon children's Primary teacher and law enforcement officer in Utah; found guilty of sexually abusing children during LDS church meetings and at his home; later pleaded guilty in another case; in all, at least nine victims came forward; sentenced to prison in 2005; as of March 2025, is out of prison on parole and lives in Woods Cross, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Primary,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Vehicle,

• George Lee

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  • was a former LDS general authority; pleaded guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a child, a third-degree felony.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: General authority, Mission president, Other leader,

• Veloy Twitchell

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  • was a Mormon church member in Marysville, Washington; accused of perpetrating a sex crime in or around 2004.
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  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,

• Cortney Andrew

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  • was a Mormon church member and bishopric counselor in Logan, Utah; charged in early 2023 in Utah with four second degree felony counts of enticing a minor by internet or text: sentenced in January 2024 to 60 days in jail.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,

• Earl Bleak

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  • was an LDS church member and bishopric member in Tempe, Arizona; was a physician; accused of sexually abusing missionaries.
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  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor,

• Robert Kempton

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  • was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Arizona; was an attorney and served a mission as a legal counsel for the LDS church in Africa; arrested in 2014 in a police sting for prostitution.
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  • Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
  • Alleged crime: 2010s, in Arizona,

• Herman Blom

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  • was a Mormon church member in the Netherlands and in Pleasant Grove, Utah; allegedly sexually abused a child in 2018; died in 2023.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Scout leader, Youth leader,
  • Alleged crime: 2010s, in Netherlands, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Gerald Elison

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  • was an LDS church member and junior high school drama teacher in Orem, Utah; accused in 2014 in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy student in the early 1980s; died in 2019.
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  • Criminal: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Dismissed,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council,

• Peter Brackner

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  • was second counselor in an LDS bishopric in Purvis, Mississippi, and a scoutmaster; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, in Mississippi,

• John Doe

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  • was an LDS church member in Germany; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Youth leader,

• Allen Brinkerhoff

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  • was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019.
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  • Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Marc Turner

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  • was a former Mormon bishopric member and former Boy Scout leader in Austin, Texas; arrested in 2017 and charged with promotion of child pornography, a second-degree felony; convicted; sentenced to prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor,

• James Denos

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  • was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four of his granddaughters living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,

• Chauncey Worthley

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  • was a former LDS bishop in Orange County, California; admitted to sexual abuse and had his foster parent license taken away.
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  • Criminal: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Positions: Bishop,

• Mark Sherry

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  • was an LDS ward mission leader and church building supervisor in Kansas City, Missouri; found guilty in 2000 of Sexual Misconduct - 2nd Degree.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,

• Richard Harrison

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  • Richard Craig Harrison was a Mormon and high school teacher in Grantsville, Utah. Harrison pleaded guilty in November 2024 to sexually abusing one his students. The abuse happened in 2017-2018 school year. Harrison is in Tooele County Jail in Utah..
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,

• Stephen Wold

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  • was a Mormon church member and former full-time missionary (to Panama) who lived in Highland, Utah; convicted in 2017 of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a 10-year-old girl and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
  • Positions: BYU, Missionary,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Michael Adamson

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  • was a church caretaker and organist in York, England; abused at least four children as young as seven years old; convicted; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Other leader,
  • Crime scenes: LDS building,

• Thomas Black

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  • was an LDS church member and BYU greenhouse manager in Provo, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in Utah in 2003 for rape.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Released,
  • Positions: BYU,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),

• Orson Wright

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  • was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker,
  • Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Australia,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• David Novak

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  • was an LDS Social Services counselor in Utah who worked for 12 years with child sexual abuse victims; convicted in 1999 of sexually abusing a girl; released from jail after serving about 40 days.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
  • Positions: Church employee,

• Lowell Robison

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  • was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Mexico,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Jason Pedersen

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  • was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; found guilty of first degree felony attempted aggravated sex abuse of a child; as of April 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah as a registered sex offender and is an LDS elders quorum president.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,

• Thomas Evans-Southall

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  • was an LDS bishop in Charlottesville, Virginia; originally from England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Youth leader,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Virginia,

• Chet Egley

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  • was a Mormon church member in Weston, Idaho; tried to meet a 13 year old girl for sex; pleaded guilty and convicted to one count sexual abuse of a child and two counts o f entice a minor by internet or text.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
  • Positions: Elders quorum, Sunday school, Youth leader,
  • Crime: 2020s, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,

• David Dawson

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  • was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Logan, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Elders quorum, Primary, Youth leader,

• Keith Bergstresser

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  • was an LDS church member in Oregon and Idaho; convicted in 2002 in Oregon of contributing to sexual delinquency of a minor; made a registered sex offender; in 2019, was assigned a position in an elders quorum presidency in Idaho.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Elders quorum,

• Michael Watson

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  • was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council, Youth leader,

• Stephen Stokes

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  • was a Mormon church member and Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) professor; accused of sexual assault by a former student; died in 2016; in 2022, civil lawsuit against BYU-I was dismissed with prejudice.
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  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, BYU, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
  • Alleged crime: 2010s, in Idaho,

• Shane Pugh

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  • was a Mormon church member in Cedar Hills, Utah; accused of touching an underage girl while she was sleeping; in 2017, found guilty of forcible sexual abuse (2nd degree felony); sentenced to 1 to 15 years in prison and 3 years probation.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Sunday school,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Brent Hansen

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  • was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; was also mayor of Spanish Fork and president of its chamber of commerce; accused in a civil lawsuit of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; his dentistry license was suspended for 30 days; died in 2015.
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  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Settlement, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,

• Kenneth Jenks

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  • 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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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
  • Positions: Other leader,
  • Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,

• Mark Chapman

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  • was an LDS church member, church janitor and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,

• Jason Brumble

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  • was a Mormon church member and stake Sunday school presidency member in Oregon; convicted in 2015 of child sexual abuse of multiple children; is in prison in Oregon as of March 2023.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
  • Positions: Sunday school,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Oregon,

• John Doe

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  • was an LDS stake mission president; accused by Mormon leader Vaughn Featherstone in 1975 of child sexual abuse of "many, many Aaronic Priesthood boys" in Doe's stake.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Other leader,
  • Alleged crime: 1970s,

• Ronald Phelps

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  • was an LDS bishop and stake executive secretary, and attorney, in Oklahoma; arrested for indecent exposure before becoming an LDS bishop; accused of child sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly covered up the abuse.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop, Other leader,

• Orin Searle

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  • was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2013 but was deemed incompetent to stand trial; a victim said that Searle's predatory behavior began as early as the late 1950s, and that several family members, and multiple members of the LDS 44th Ward (Mount Ogden Stake), knew that Searle was a child molester but did nothing to stop him; died in 2014.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Not convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker,
  • Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,

• Michael Pratt

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  • was a former LDS seminary principal; arrested in 2009; convicted and sentenced in 2010 for the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old seminary student.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Church employee, Other leader, Seminary teacher,
  • Crime scenes: LDS building, Public,

• David Herget

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  • 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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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Prison, Registered sex offender, Suicide,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: High priest,
  • Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Washington,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,

• Juan Flores Atenco

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  • was a Mormon branch president in West Valley City, Utah for five years, including in the early 2000s; accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his office and another room at an LDS church building; convicted in 2012 of misdemeanor forcible sexual abuse and unlawful detention; sentenced to zero to one year in jail; in March 2025, charged with rape and object rape (alleged crimes in 2002).
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Branch president,
  • Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building, Vehicle,

• Charles Richmond

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  • was an LDS church member and LDS addiction recovery specialist in Hutchinson, Kansas; convicted of aggravated indecent liberties w child; Offender =>18 fondle child <14; in prison in Kansas as of 2024.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Other leader, Sunday school,

• Rowan Ellsworth

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  • was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Arizona; molested a 14-year-old girl at an LDS girls camp in mid-1990; the abuse was reported to a bishop Burgess, who allegedly failed to report to police, but instead encouraged the victim to forgive; sentenced to prison in 1999 for two counts of child sexual abuse; released in 2007.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime scenes: LDS activity,

• Christian Bearnson

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  • was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; the LDS church settled, reportedly for millions of dollars (US).
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  • Alleged coverup
  • LDS church payment: $2,000,000
  • Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
  • Civil: Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime scenes: LDS activity,

• John Goodrich

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  • was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • LDS church payment: $300,000
  • Criminal: Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment,
  • Civil: Settlement,
  • Positions: Bishop,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Idaho, Virginia,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,

• Kevin Curlew

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  • was an LDS church member in Methuen, Massachusetts; accused of sexually abusing a child in an LDS chapel; convicted and sentenced to prison; in 2008, a victim's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the the Mormon church, claiming the church allowed the accused to babysit children despite his prior convictions for child sexual abuse, and that LDS leaders failed to report her child's abuse to police.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Civil: Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
  • Positions: Other leader,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Maine, Massachusetts,
  • Crime scenes: LDS building,

• John Doe

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  • was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church,
  • Positions: Other leader,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, in Australia,

• Jack Schofield

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  • was an LDS church member, school administrator and state senator in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual harassment; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT he sold her repeatedly to sex trafficking clients at a motel in Las Vegas.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime scenes: LDS building,

• Albert Carlson

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  • was a Mormon church member in Utah, New Mexico and Texas; arrested in the 1980s in Utah on a molestation charge after allegedly molesting an underage boy who he met through the church; the case was dropped to a lewdness charge which did not require him to register as a sex offender; in 2025, sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, No contest, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, in Texas, Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Mark Gum

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  • was an Mormon scout leader in Oxnard, California; a 2011 lawsuit against the LDS church and the Boy Scouts of America accused him of sexually assaulting a boy scout; while the boy was living with Gum (with the consent of the boy's parents), church members visited and accepted the living arrangement, the suit said; in 2012, the Mormon church made a settlement payment for an undisclosed amount.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, in California,

• Gerald Mortimer

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  • was an OB/GYN doctor in Idaho and former Mormon temple president and mission president in the Philippines; admitted in 2019 to secretly using his sperm to artificially inseminate multiple women; a civil suit against him was dismissed with prejudice in 2021, possibly because of a private settlement agreement.
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  • Criminal: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Dismissed with prejudice,
  • Positions: Mission president, Missionary, Temple president,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,

• Virgil Larson

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  • was a Mormon church member and first counselor in an LDS ward bishopric in Chubbuck, Idaho; arrested in September 2024 and charged with sexual abuse of five boys, ages 12-15; he knew the boys from LDS ward activities and was their priesthood leader; as of March 2025, a jury trial was scheduled for Apr. 8.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Ongoing,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,

• Anthon Ellsworth

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  • was an LDS bishopric counselor and returned missionary in Arizona; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
  • Crime: 2020s, in Arizona,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,

• Spencer Palmer

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  • was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; posthumously accused of child sexual abuse by his grandson.
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  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop, BYU, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Temple president,

• Richard Sampson

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  • was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; Director of Medical Affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
  • Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),

• Robert Dahle

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  • was an LDS church member, Utah Highway Patrol trooper; alleged rapist of a 13-year-old girl.
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  • Positions: Sunday school,

• Bishop Baldwin

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Pittsburg, California in 1989; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly lasted from 1989 to 1997, when the victim was 5 to 13 years old; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
  • Positions: Bishop,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
  • Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,

• William Carstensen

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  • was a Mormon church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; charged; died by suicide.
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  • Criminal: Not convicted, Police investigation, Suicide, Unknown result,
  • Civil: Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,

• Kelly Teters

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  • was an LDS church member; in 2001, accused of sexual abuse; in 2002, found guilty of sexual intercourse without consent.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 1990s, in Montana,

• Jose Arias

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  • was a Mormon church missionary in Palm Desert, California; accused of sexual abuse; civil suit filed against LDS church and Arias; judge awarded judgment by default for the plaintiff (victim) against Arias in 2017 in the amount of approximately $4.2 million; the LDS church was not found liable.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, in California,

• Eneudo Petit

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; while bishop, allegedly sexually abused a child; accused of molesting another child before becoming a bishop; allegedly avoided arrest warrant for child sexual abuse by fleeing the US to Venezuela; arrested in Texas in 2021; convicted in Utah in 2022 and sentenced to prison; as of July 2024, is in the Uintah County Jail.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,

• David Moss

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  • was an LDS bishop (2015-19) and police officer in Utah; arrested in 2019 for soliciting an undercover cop for sex; pleaded guilty in 2019 to a 3rd degree felony charge of exploiting a prostitute and a misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute; sentenced to prison, but both terms were suspended.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Youth leader,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Public,

• Clark Crookston

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  • was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; found guilty of attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Bishop, High priest, Missionary, Stake high council,

• Paul Bryant

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  • was an HOA president and former Mormon primary teacher in Lehi, Utah; was a branch president during an LDS mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; died by suicide in December 2024.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Timothy McCleve

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  • was a former Mormon bishop in Harrisville, Utah when he was charged with sexually abusing three children; some of the abuse took place while he was bishop; sentenced in 2008 to up to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 2024, charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Bishop,
  • Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Victim's home,

• Scott Phister

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  • was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Wyoming; later moved to Utah and worked as a massage therapist; pleaded no contest in 2022 to two class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery for touching a female massage client in a sexual manner.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
  • Crime: 2020s, in Utah,

• Jeffrey Olson

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  • was a Mormon church member in Utah; found guilty of first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child and was sentenced in 2020 to four consecutive terms of three years to life in prison.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,

• Maurice Harker

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  • was an LDS church member and therapist in Utah; accused of psychologically and physically harming sexual abuse victims who came to him as patients; charged in September 2023 with felony aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult and kidnapping.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Ongoing,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,

• David Broadbent

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  • was a Mormon and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; by 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward; in 2024, was charged with forcible sexual abuse, and the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the lawsuit could proceed; 2025: more criminal charges.
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  • Criminal: Ongoing,
  • Civil: Dismissed, Ongoing,
  • Positions: Youth leader,
  • Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
  • Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,

• Kevin Sykes

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  • was an LDS church youth leader in Utah; arrested for possessing child pornography; later arrested for forcible sodomy, human trafficking, sexual abuse of a minor, child abuse and obstructing justice; pleaded guilty in February 2023 to four counts of felony child sexual abuse; in November 2023, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in Utah.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Youth leader,
  • Crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),

• Manuel Archibeque

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  • was a Mormon church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; allegedly admitted to his bishop that he had sexually touched a child; charged in two cases in 2006 with sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of molestation of a child, all class two felonies; one case was dismissed in 2006 without prejudice; in the other, pleaded guilty to two reduced charges of child abuse.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
  • Positions: Unknown position,

• Calvin McGee

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  • was an LDS missionary in Virginia in 2022; accused of soliciting sexually explicit pictures and video from a person he believed to be an 11-year-old girl, and inviting her to meet in person; arrested in Boise, Idaho in July 2023 and accused of rape of a minor; pleaded guilty to two charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in May 2024 to three to 25 years in prison.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime: 2020s, in Idaho, Virginia,

• Michael Bronson

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  • was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2017 for first-degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Alan Pace

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  • was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; sentenced in 2015 to 30 days in prison and 36 months of probation for felony child sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,

• Frank Hall

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  • was an LDS church member in Utah; former award-winning first grade schoolteacher; sentenced in 2007 to prison for sexually abusing his students.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Utah,

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