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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- 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
Convicted:
2025, 
Positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"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.'"Hall allegedly assaulted a child hundreds of times, per Utah court documents-
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1995,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1989,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"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."A Mormon scout leader knew of allegations against Peterson for at least 10 months before reporting him to law enforcement-
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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)
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2024,
- Positions: Church employee, Stake clerk, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- 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
- Convicted:
2018,
- Positions: Missionary, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Michael Davis (1985 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2003, 2006, 2022,
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
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- Jeffery Niemi (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member in Duluth, Minnesota; convicted in 2016 and again in 2025 of felonies related to child sexual exploitation; sentenced in 2025 to 30 years in prison
- Convicted:
2016, 2025,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- Jason Smith (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Indiana; in 2019, confessed to sexually abusing a child; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2021 to 728 days of probation for battery against a child under 14 years old
- Convicted:
2021,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Probation,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- Sterling Van Wagenen (1947 – ) was a co-founder of Sundance Film Festival and director of some Mormon temple endowment videos; publicly accused of sexual abuse of two children in two separate instances; sentenced to prison in 2019 for child sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2019,
- Positions: BYU, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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- Cody Weaver (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member and ward executive secretary in Queen Creek, Arizona; charged in 2024 with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor for CSAM material investigators said they found on his home electronics
- Positions: Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Supervised escort, Ward in-person meeting,
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- Kevin White (1968 – ) was a therapist in Nephi, Utah who was raised in the Mormon church; accused of sexual abuse in 2025; Floodlit is trying to determine whether White was an active LDS church member at the time of the alleged crime
- Positions: LDS status unknown, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Orlin Burgos Rosales (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Washington County, Utah; arrested and charged in June 2025 with three counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD, two counts of RAPE OF A CHILD, one count of OBJECT RAPE OF A CHILD, one count of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD
- Positions: LDS status unknown,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- David Hillam (1968 – ) was a family physician and former LDS elders quorum president in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Justin Zierke (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member and middle school teacher in Idaho Falls, Idaho; Zierke accepted a plea deal and pled guilty of injury to a child; received 30 days in jail and 2 years probation; lost teaching license
- Convicted:
2025,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Jacob Delashmutt (1979 – ) was a Mormon church member in San Obispo, California; found guilty of murder; authorities were unable to prove rape because eight months after murder, the victim's body was found partially mummified and too decomposed
- Convicted:
1996,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Daniel Justice (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member in Vernal, Utah; convicted of rape; sentenced to five years to life in prison
- Convicted:
2024,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Lance Jacks (1994 – ) was a Mormon church member in Roy, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing a 4 year old girl; had just gone through the temple right before sexually abusing the child
- Convicted:
2013,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Bradley Spencer (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member and Middleton city councilman in Idaho; convicted in 2015 of sexual battery of a minor; sentenced to eight years in prison; registered sex offender
- Convicted:
2015,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- George Aaron (1941 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in a college ward in Provo, Utah; allegedly sexually abused two teenage girls in the 1980s and early 1990s; no criminal charges; in 2001, a jury found him liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of fiduciary duty, and reckless disregard toward the younger plaintiff; was ordered to pay $25,000 in punitive damages; the church was not a defendant
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline,
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"I was sitting in a room, full of women, who had been sexually abused by a family member — most of them [saying], 'My father abused me. I told the bishop. Nothing happened.' I just knew that wasn't going to be my story. I wasn’t going to allow that to be my story."Aaron's standing in the church reportedly didn't change despite his loss in court-
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- Justin Knight (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Tucson, Arizona; in 2023, pled guilty to one third-degree count of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR and one fourth-degree felony charge of Aggravated Taking Id Of Another Person Or Entity; sentenced to prison; registered sex offender as of Oct. 2025
- Convicted:
2023,
- Positions: Primary, Scout leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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