4,199 reports of sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by Latter-day Saints (statistics »). Sources include court documents, public records, news reports, academic journals, and survivors or witnesses of alleged abuse.
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- Scott Gollaher was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
LDS positions: Missionary, Youth leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, 
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, - View report »
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- Kenneth Good (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of molesting 4 underage girls; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1991 to 8 years in prison; released on parole in December 1993; as of 2023, lives in Taylorsville Utah
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Georgia,
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- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- View report »
Crime state:
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- Steven Hammock (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1983 to two counts of forcible sex abuse of a child and served six months in an inpatient treatment facility; the LDS church excommunicated him, but during a civil suit filed in 1989 by the victim, it refused to divulge information that Hammock gave to church officials; in 1997, a federal judge awarded $150,000 in damages to the victim
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $150,000
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
- View report »
landmark abuse case in Utah
"When is everyone going to realize that this shit's got to stop?"
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- Clayton Hildreth (1952 – ) was a Mormon stake president in Butte, Montana; from Dillon, Montana; arrested in June 2004 by Boise, Idaho police for soliciting sex from a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl online; was stake president at the time of his arrest; pleaded guilty in October to a charge of interstate travel with intent to have sex with a minor; sentenced in 2005 to three years and five months in prison
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2005, 
LDS positions: Bishop, Stake president, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, 
Alleged failure to report
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, -
- Arlo Atkin (1956 – ) 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
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
Arizona,
LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Excommunicated, -
- Raphael Caccioppoli (1971 – ) was a Mormon Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality)
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime country:
New Zealand,
Crime country:
Convicted:
2008, LDS positions: Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Excommunicated, -
- Gordon Crawford was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
- View report »
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- Benjamin Covey (1792 – 1868) was a Mormon church member in the 1840s and 1850s; in 1848, was excommunicated for having sexual intercourse with two girls "less than Twelve years of age" who were his foster daughters; was rebaptized and soon thereafter was made bishop of the Salt Lake City Twelfth Ward from 22 February 1849 until 1856
- Crime: 1840s,
- Crime state:
Nebraska,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Alleged church actions: Church position after excommunication, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -
- Lynn Hill was a Mormon scoutmaster in Utah; worked from 1976 to 1984 as a financial auditor for the LDS church, including in Japan and other Asian countries; sentenced in 2004 to up to five years in prison for sexually abusing a 17-year-old developmentally disabled girl; Hill molested her while driving her to an LDS church activity for disabled children, and at her home, according to charging documents
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2004, LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Released, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Albert Jackson (1906 – 2010) was a Mormon church member in Lewiston, Utah and Centerville, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2002 (at age 96) via plea agreement to two second-degree felony counts of sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to two concurrent prison terms of one to 15 years each
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2002, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, Was Utah's oldest prison inmate when released to home confinement at age 99
"You're in pretty good health for a 99-year-old man. We don't want you touching anybody anymore, OK?"
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- Alexander Boulton (1917 – 2015) was a former Mormon bishop of the 28th Ward in South Ogden, Utah; in 1995, convicted via plea deal of one second-degree felony count of child sex abuse; sentenced to probation
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
1995, LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Timothy Phelps (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member in Morgantown, Kentucky; convicted of sexual abuse
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Florida,
Convicted:
1995, LDS positions: Ward executive secretary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction, Officials allegedly gave the accused a church duty after admission of wrongdoing, Unknown church action, -
- Samuel Baugh (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Kingston, Idaho; charged in 2025 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; allegedly molested two children for many years; his defense attorney noted Baugh was active in the church while requesting a reduction in the bond amount; Floodlit is seeking court documents
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Idaho,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, A law enforcement officer called the case "one of the most twisted instances of grooming he’d ever seen"
"He has never been in trouble before. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; he attends church every Sunday at the ward in Pinehurst."
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- Steven Hansen (1953 – ) was a former LDS bishop; accused of sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2018,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View report »
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- Douglas Hall (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and real estate agent in Idaho; pleaded guilty in 2025 to first-degree felony object rape in Utah, and to lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16 in Idaho; other charges in both cases were dropped via plea agreements; sentenced to five years to life in prison in Utah, and to eight years to life in prison in Idaho, per court documents
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Idaho, Utah,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, Hall allegedly assaulted a child hundreds of times, per Utah court documents
"Doug [...] would use religious manipulation to pressure [the victim] to stop listening to heavy metal music, promising her that if she stopped listening to inappropriate music, 'Heavenly Father and Jesus would help her forgive him.'"
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- Keith Knutson (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lynnwood, Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges in 1995; a Mormon bishop allegedly failed to report abuse allegations to police
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Washington,
Convicted:
1995, LDS positions: Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Brian Peterson (1964 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Orem, Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison in 1990
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
1989, LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Unknown church action, A Mormon scout leader knew of allegations against Peterson for at least 10 months before reporting him to law enforcement
"I've had little boys all over the state of Utah in conjunction with the Boy Scout program. Give me an 11-year-old boy for a week, and I'll make him a homosexual for life."
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- Ángel Jaramillo was an LDS church member and city councilor in El Carmen, Jujuy, Argentina; arrested on child pornography and abuse charges (which includes distribution, tenancy, and production of material); in 2025, sentenced to two years of "prisión condicional" (akin to probation)
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime country:
Argentina,
Convicted:
2024, LDS positions: Church employee, Stake clerk, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- James Larsen (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member (possibly a ward clerk or bishop) in Magna, Utah; accused in 2017 of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to prison; released; as of 2025, lives in Magna, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2018, LDS positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Keith Bergstresser (1975 – ) 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
- LDS positions: Elders quorum,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
- View report »
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