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  • Mark Nielson Cram

    updated: March 15, 2025
    • Born in 1956.
    • Mark Cram was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor, and city manager in Riverton, Utah; charged in 2006 with voyeurism; admitted climbing a 9-foot wall at a tanning salon to watch a 16-year-old girl undress; pleaded guilty; plea was held in abeyance; he completed the terms set by the court, charge was dismissed and case was expunged in 2008; as of February 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, Church employee, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, .
    • Was a Stake presidency counselor, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • Latest update: 2008: case dismissed, expunged.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a400

  • Wendell Shan Thompson

    updated: March 15, 2025
    • Born in 1963.
    • Wendell Thompson was a former LDS bishop and stake presidency member in Clinton, Mississippi; convicted in 2011 of felony child sexual abuse (gratification of lust); some of the abuse took place while Thompson was in an LDS stake presidency role.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, Stake presidency counselor, .
    • Was a Stake presidency counselor, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • Was an LDS missionary in Sweden .
    • Was married in an LDS temple .
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a147

  • Philander Knox Smartt

    updated: March 15, 2025
    • Also known as Lanny Smartt, President Smartt, Philander Smart III.
    • Philander Smartt was a Mormon mission president in Puerto Rico; accused of sexually manipulating some of his sister missionaries; LDS church sent him home and called his behavior "immoral and sinful," but no criminal charges or civil lawsuits resulted.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Mission president, Other leader, Stake president, .
    • Was a Mission president, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a328

  • Ramiro Antelo Saenz

    updated: March 15, 2025
    • Born in 1956.
    • Ramiro Saenz was an LDS mission president and Temple president in Bolivia; accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, Mission president, Stake high council, Stake president, Temple president, .
    • Was a Temple president, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a984

  • Joseph Layton Bishop

    updated: March 15, 2025
    • Joseph Bishop was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, .
    • Was a Mission president, Other leader, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a027

  • Michael Dennis Antrobus

    updated: March 15, 2025
    • Born in 1947.
    • Died in 2023.
    • Also known as Mike Antrobus.
    • Michael Antrobus was a former Mormon branch president (similar to a bishop) and bishop in Connersville, Indiana for 10 years (approximately 1974-84); convicted of child sexual abuse charges (9 counts, 6 victims) in Sacramento County, California in 2021-2022; sentenced to 8 years in San Quentin State Prison; died by suicide in prison in September 2023; our sources report that he had at least a dozen victims.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, Branch president, Missionary, .
    • Was a Bishop, Branch president, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • Was an LDS missionary in United States from 1966 to 1968 .
    • Was married in an LDS temple in 1969 .
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • Latest update: 2023-09-16: died by suicide in prison.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a851

  • Stewart Allsford

    updated: March 15, 2025
    • Born in 1951.
    • Died in 2017.
    • Stewart Allsford was a former LDS bishop in the Plymouth England stake; accused of sexually abusing two girls; died by suicide on third day of his child sex abuse trial.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, .
    • Was a Bishop, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • Was married in an LDS temple .
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a492

  • Joseph Smith

    updated: March 15, 2025
    • Born in 1805.
    • Died in 1844.
    • Also known as Joe Smith, brother Joseph.
    • Joseph Smith was the founder of the LDS church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon church); was publicly accused during his life (1805-1844) of sexual misconduct, including adultery and illegal polygamy; never charged with a sex crime; in May 1844, a Hancock County, Illinois grand jury indicted Smith for perjury, fornication and polygamy; died in June 1844.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Apostle, .
    • Was a Apostle, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • Latest update: 1844-06-27: died in jail in Carthage, Illinois.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a329

  • James F Adams

    updated: March 15, 2025
    • Born in 1954.
    • James Adams was a Mormon church member in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison in 1994 for sexually abusing multiple children; in 1996, a $750 million lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church alleging coverup; the suit was settled out of court in 2000.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Other leader, .
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • The LDS church paid a settlement or court ordered payment in this case. The amount is unknown.
    • Latest update: 1994: sentenced to prison in West Virginia for sexually abusing multiple children.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a002

  • John Doe

    updated: March 15, 2025
    • John Doe was a Mormon bishop in or near Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy; the alleged sexual assault took place in the Salt Lake Temple in the 1980s (approximately 1986), during a visit to perform baptisms for the dead.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, Temple worker, .
    • Was a Bishop, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a438
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