4,266 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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- James Adams (1954 – ) 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
Alleged failure to report-
Church paid $unknown
Convicted:
1994, - Positions: Other leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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"The church is not in the business of covering up."Abuse went on for five years after Adams first told Mormon officials, including a bishop and stake president, the lawsuit said-
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- Thomas Opfar (1937 – 1998) was a Mormon church member in Pennsylvania and Utah; pleaded guilty in Utah to charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to five to 15 years in prison
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Dennis Schult (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1991,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Alfred Forrester (1936 – 2013) was a Mormon church member in California; excommunicated in the 1950s after conviction for child molestation; moved to Iowa, reoffended, incarcerated; returned to California, convicted once or twice more, then assigned to be a Mormon church scoutmaster; abused again, caught, sentenced to prison in 1979; a 2024 lawsuit against the LDS church alleged that a bishop failed to protect kids
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1956, 1960, 1966, 1979,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Church position after conviction, Excommunicated,
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2024 lawsuit said Mormon church excommunicated Forrester after child sex abuse conviction, then later re-baptized him and assigned him to work with kids-
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- Chester Meek was a Mormon bishop in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada from 1990 to 1995; while bishop, he allegedly sexually sexual assaulted multiple female church members; at least one alleged incident of abuse occurred in the bishop's office inside an LDS church
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Church paid $unknown
- Convicted:
2000,
- Positions: Bishop, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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- Martyn Conway was a Mormon church member in England; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; twin brother of John Patrick Conway, who also perpetrated child sexual abuse against the same victim
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- John Conway was a Mormon church member in Cambridge, UK; accused of child sexual abuse after his twin brother Martyn Conway was convicted of child sexual abuse; in both cases, the victim was the same underage boy
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Curt Boyack was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly said he would turn himself in to police; died by suicide
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
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- James Haskell (1982 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and practicing attorney in Vacaville, California; charged with 14 felonies and three misdemeanors for allegedly sexually abusing four children; was an LDS stake high council member when charged; in June 2024, found not guilty of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child; as of October 2025, civil lawsuit is ongoing
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Hung jury, Ongoing,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
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- Ronald Jenkins (1942 – ) was a Mormon scout leader, bishopric counselor and stake high council member in Idaho; worked as a high school teacher; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1996 of 10 counts of lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to 17 years in prison; registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- David Borg was a Mormon church member and scout leader in New Jersey and Arizona; pleaded guilty in Arizona to molesting multiple boys; admitted to having at least 15 victims; sentenced to 34 years in prison; Borg's BSA "perversion file" suggested that the LDS church might bear "potential liability" since Borg said he had spoken with a "Brother Perry" at LDS Social Services; released in 2022, lives in Utah
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1989,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Richard James (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Potomac, Maryland; accused of sexually abusing a boy from 1995 to 1999 at billionaire Bill Marriott's home, an LDS church and other locations; pleaded guilty to reduced child abuse charges; sentenced to 10 years in prison (nine suspended); was a registered sex offender; the victim sued the church, Marriott and six others in 2024
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2002,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Logan Cornwell (1991 – ) was a Mormon church member and dentist in Gilbert, Arizona; owned a Mesa dental office; accused in October 2025 of child sex trafficking and misconduct involving weapons
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Larren Arnold (1935 – 2017) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under 16; convicted, received a five-year suspended sentence and three years probation; Mormon leaders allegedly knew as early as 1964 about Arnold's abuse; the Mormon church made a $50,000 settlement payment to a victim in 2001, and a payment to another victim in 2012; died in 2017
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $50,000
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
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- Jack Schofield (1923 – 2015) 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Alan Bassett (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member and air traffic controller in Fruit Heights, Utah; accused in a 2019 civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse (dismissed without prejudice); charged in June 2024 with child sexual abuse; over 80 victims came forward; admitted to molesting many neighbor girls; tried to get his case dismissed due to an unsigned 1989 agreement with a deputy Davis County attorney
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Other leader, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed without prejudice,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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"Why didn't they call us in? Why didn’t they call the kids in?"Dozens of women told the court Bassett abused them as children; he attempted to get the case dismissed-
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- Curtis Ware (1968 – ) 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
- Convicted:
2018,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Paul Spencer (1970 – ) was a Mormon church temple prep instructor and mission leader in Riverton, Salt Lake County, Utah; charged in December 2024 with multiple felonies related to arranging to meet a police detective posing as a 13-year-old girl for sexual assault in Lehi, Utah
- Positions: Other leader, Ward mission leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Bob UNKNOWN was a Mormon church member and Melchizedek priesthood holder in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with a Mormon bishop and another Melchizedek priesthood holder in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View report »
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- Jim UNKNOWN was a Mormon church member and Melchizedek priesthood holder in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with a Mormon bishop and another Melchizedek priesthood holder in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View report »
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