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- Broch DeGraff (1985 – ) was an LDS church member and private school teacher at Liahona Preparatory Academy in Pleasant Grove, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2013 to up to 20 years in prison; Degraff is a registered sex offender living in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho as of September 2026
Convicted:
2013, 
Positions: Missionary, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, 
Alleged church actions: unknown, - View report »
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- Todd Tanner (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in the Cortez/Durango, Colorado area and St, George, Utah; co-founder of Utah-based dirty soda business Swig Drinks in approximately 2010; charged in 2010 in Colorado with crimes related to child sexual abuse; convicted in 2011 and sentenced to 48 months probation; allegedly was a Sunday School teacher in St. George, Utah after his conviction;
- Convicted:
2011,
- Positions: Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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"All I wanted was to go far away to a place where you could not hurt me [..] Now I speak for the 12-year-old girl I once was. [...] You changed how I feel about myself [...] You don't deserve that kind of power. [...] Many days, it seems I feel ready to give up. [...] I continually uncover the hidden wounds that will need to be healed. [...] I choose to take back my power and relinquish the power he held over me."After Tanner's 2011 conviction in Colorado, the Mormon church allegedly assigned him to be a Sunday School teacher for LDS teenagers in St. George, Utah -
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- Stephen Townes (1959 – 2024) was a Mormon church member in the Austin, Texas area, in or around Leander or Cedar Park, who taught Sunday school; was convicted of Indecency W/Child in 1993; appeared on the Texas sex offender registry as a convicted offender until his death in August 2024
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- Eric Christofferson (1886 – ) was a Mormon church member and teacher in Taylorsville, Utah at Arcadia Elementary School; accused of sexual abusing three 11-year old female students; accused of giving them inappropriate hugs; was charged September 24, 2026
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Bryan Brown (1972 – ) was a former Mormon stake president 2009-2015 Corpus Christi, TX and active bishop in Copperas Cove, TX area when arrested in Jan. 2026 for alleged child sexual abuse; arrested in April 2026 in Utah for another case of alleged child sexual abuse (allegedly took place between 2020-2023); is being held without bail in the Salt Lake County jail as of May 18, 2026; sentencing 9-28-2026
- Positions: Bishop, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Released from church position,
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"Bryan has utilized his position of trust [...] through his religious standing as a Bishop [...] Bryan has a pattern of repeat offenses and targets victims closest to him"while pending child sexual abuse charges in Texas, Brown flew to Utah to attend a baby blessing while out on bail. -
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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
- Convicted:
2015,
- Positions: BYU, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
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- Adam Dimond (1987 – ) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Farmington, Utah; on 29 November 2018 he was arrested in Layton, Davis County, and charged with enticing a minor, a second-degree felony; pleaded guilty January 14, 2020; is a registered sex offender living in Lehi, Utah as of September 2026
Alleged failure to report- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
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- Roy Winmill (1951 – ) was a Mormon church member, returned missionary and youth leader in Layton, Utah, who served in the Tokyo, Japan mission; accepted a plea deal under which the charge was reduced from lewdness against a minor to lewdness, was sentenced on 16 December 2025, and was due to report to jail on 1 January 2026 (Utah case 231600811)
- Convicted:
2025,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- David Mathewson (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of soliciting a minor online; was arrested Sept. 9, 2026, reportedly in front of an LDS seminary class
- Positions: Deacons quorum leader, Seminary teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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A source familiar with Mathewson reported " he was arrested in front of the entire seminary class" -
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- Jared Wilson (1976 – ) was an LDS church member in Raleigh, North Carolina; convicted in 2011 of crimes related to child sexual abuse (six total counts of indecent liberties with a child); released from prison in 2015; no longer a registered sex offender as of 2025; in 2013, the alleged victims' mother sued the Mormon church, a stake president and two bishops; the case settled in 2015
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Convicted:
2011,
- Positions: ever-ward-missionary, Music leader, Sunday school, Sunday school teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn stake members, Stake official accused of failure to report, Stake official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Rowan Ellsworth (1948 – ) was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Arizona; allegedly 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; is a registered sex offender living in Mesa, Arizona.
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Harry Fougeron (1990 – ) was a Mormon church member in Richmond Hill, Georgia; accused of sexually abusing teenage girls; had 5 open cases of various charges of sex abuse charges in two cases in 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024; is a registered sex offender in Georgia; was deported to France, reportedly will register as sex offender in France too.
- Convicted:
2020,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Nathan Fleming (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah and Idaho; pleaded guilty in 2024 in Utah to attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony tied to a 2020 offense
- Convicted:
2024,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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"When Nathan Fleming had stopped, he would apologize to (the victim) and leave the bedroom,” a detective writes in the probable cause. “… Nathan Fleming told (the victim) she probably shouldn’t tell anyone." -
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- Mason Geilman (1991 – ) was a Mormon church member and teacher at Davis Technical College ; accused of sexual abusing a 17-year old student in Aug. 2026, arrested in Sept. 2026; Jesse Bloom another teacher at Davis Technical College also was accused and arrested for sexually abusing the same student also listed in Floodlit
- Convicted:
Ongoing,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Jesse Bloom (1991 – ) was a Mormon church member and teacher at Davis Technical College ; accused of sexual abusing a 17-year old student in Aug. 2026, arrested in Sept. 2026; Mason Geilman another teacher at Davis Technical College also was accused and arrested for sexually abusing the same student also listed in Floodlit
- Convicted:
Ongoing,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Benjamin Brady (1998 – ) was a Mormon church member; convicted in Benjamin Beau Brady, an assistant coach at Maple Mountain High School, offered two 17 year old girls alcohol in exchange for sex, then abused them in his truck in Provo; He was fired and charged with forcible sodomy and sexual abuse, but pleaded down to lesser charges; is a registered sex offender living in Mapleton, Utah as of Sept. 2026
- Convicted:
2025,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Kevin Garvin (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member; babysat a 6-year-old boy and accused of sexually abusing him; was convicted in 2018 for AGGRAVATED SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD - 1st Degree Felony; sentenced 6-life in prison; is a registered sex offender living in Ogden, UT.
- Convicted:
2018,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Lindon Claridge (1992 – ) was a Mormon church member in 2014; posed as a teenager on Facebook to lure a 12-year-old girl in Concord, North Carolina, then kidnapped and molested her; months later, he was arrested in a separate FBI sting on online predators and charged with sexually exploiting the same victim; pleaded guilty in 2015; served time in North Carolina; lives as a registered sex offender in Tucson, AZ as of 2026
- Convicted:
2015,
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Found guilty, guilty, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Todd Edwards (1964 – ) 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; Sept 2026 reportedly lives in Moses Lake, WA.
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2013,
- Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Counseling/therapy for victim, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Craig Ford was a Mormon church member in Oregon; convicted of sexual abuse; in 2025, a $25 million lawsuit against the Mormon church said a Vancouver, Washington bishop knew of the abuse but failed to report to police
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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