4,161 reports of sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by Latter-day Saints (statistics »). All reports rely on court proceedings, public records, news reports or academic journals as sources.
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- Ronald Johnson was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of sexual abuse
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Richard Cole (1975 – 1975) was an LDS church member in Santa Rosa, California; accused of sexually and physically abusing his wife; in 1975 was murdered by his wife when she said needed the abuse to stop
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Micahel Florio (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Thomas Quinton was an LDS church member in Alberta, Canada; allegedly drove to Great Falls, Montana to meet a 12-year-old girl he met through a Craigslist ad; was arrested in a sting operation
Crime: 2010s, 
Crime country:
Canada,
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- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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Crime: 
Crime country:
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- Skyler Wright was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of a sex crime
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- David Tupou was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Edward Stone was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Garry Hensley was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Indiana; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Unknown - Survivor FLOODLIT honors every survivor, and remembers those who were never heard.
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- unknown unknown was a Mormon church member in Massachusetts; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- View report »
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Gary Westlund was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse of a Navajo child placed in an LDS foster home as part of the Indian Student Placement Program, also called the Lamanite Placement Program
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Tacoma, Washington; allegedly sexually abused a preschooler in his ward in the 1980s; the LDS church settled with the abuse survivor for $1.1 million in 2023
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
Washington,
Alleged crime state:
LDS positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, 
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- Kenneth Wilstead was an LDS church member and dentist in Garland, Texas; accused of sexual misconduct
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Texas,
Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, -
- Alan Dunn (1941 – 2017) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Venice, California (Los Angeles); accused in 1978 of child sexual abuse; confessed to the police
- Alleged crime: 1970s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Police investigation, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Vernon Sanford Jr was an LDS church member in San Diego, California; died in 2000; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his father, Vernon Sanford Sr; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged abuse occurred between 1961 and 1970; the Sanfords were the plaintiff's LDS home teachers
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to reportFilters
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