4,243 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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    • Jared Lamb
    • Jared Lamb was a Mormon church member in Chorley, Lancashire, United Kingdom; 2024 attempted to meet with 5-year-old girl after chats online with person he thought was the girls father, it was the police undercover; arrested July 20, 2024 when he showed up in Sheffield to abuse the child; pled guilty;sentence 5 years & 6 years for "licence and made the subject of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order"
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2024,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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    • Bryan Randall Brown
      • "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"
      — Lead Investigator Utah case 2026
      while pending child sexual abuse charges in Texas, Brown flew to Utah to attend a baby blessing while out on bail.
    • 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
    • Church positionsPositions: Bishop, Stake president,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Released from church position,
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    • Dallas Dean Erickson
      • "It essentially stated that it’s not just Mr. Erickson’s fault, it’s the victim’s fault, and says punishment should be divided […] The court needs to, for the benefit of not only the victim but to send a message to society, deterrence of you, Mr. Erickson."
      — Judge Steven Boyce, commenting at sentencing on a letter of support for Erickson
    • Dallas Erickson (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member in Terreton, Idaho; pleaded guilty to felony lewd conduct with a child under 16 years old June 2026; sentenced 7 years fixed and 20 years indeterminate in prison; Erickson will have to register as sex offender
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2026,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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    • Karey Clark Zimmerman
      • "After sexually abusing PLAINTIFF when she was around the ages of seven to nine, PLAINTIFF reported the abuse to [MZ] who then reported the ongoing sexual abuse to the presiding bishop within the Utah Ward that PLAINTIFF’s family attended. However, the bishop and the ward did nothing to protect PLAINTIFF or report to law enforcement the sexual abuse that had occurred."
      — allegations in civil complaint filed Jan. 31, 2025, Nevada civil case 2:25-cv-00206
      a Mormon bishop failed to report child sexual abuse to civil authorities, the 2025 lawsuit alleged
    • Karey Zimmerman (1962 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah and Nevada; in 2025, was accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in Nevada and Utah; the Mormon church was also named as a defendant; the lawsuit said a Utah bishop failed to report abuse allegations to police; as of June 2026, the civil case was proceeding through pre-trial motions
    • Alleged failure to reportAlleged failure to report
    • Church positionsPositions: Missionary,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
    • Civil casesCivil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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    • Darrell Rae McNeill
    • Darrell McNeill was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse by Aaron Vargas; Feb. 2009 Vargas confronts McNeill in his home; shoots and kills McNeill; tells police he was molested by McNeill starting at age 11 when they were neighbors in Oregon; Vargas sentenced to 9 years in prison in California
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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    • Nicholas Alahverdian
      • "The guilt is heavy because [...] I may have been one of the first of his victims, if not the first. [...] He is a monster. It sickens me that not only did everyone turn a blind eye, but he went on to become a member at other LDS churches when the whole point of alerting the church was to excommunicate him and that hadn't been done."
      — Abuse survivor, 2025
    • Nicholas Alahverdian (1987 – 2026) was an LDS church member in Rhode Island and Orem, Utah; allegedly sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in Rhode Island in 2006; she told Floodlit in 2025 that she reported to Mormon officials, and that two missionaries overheard; Alahverdian was convicted in two rape trials in 2025
    • Alleged failure to reportAlleged failure to report
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2008, 2025,
    • Church positionsPositions: Not active LDS,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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    • Stephen Paul Sanders
      • "Stephen Paul Sanders denied he was a homosexual and said he had a “father-son” relationship with a student who is accusing him of sexual misconduct."
      — Elko Daily Free Press, 1991-05-02
    • Stephen Sanders (1950 – 2010) was a Mormon church member and Elko High School music teacher in Elko, Nevada; charged with 2 felony counts of committing homosexual acts, 1 count of soliciting a minor to engage in infamous crimes against nature, 1 count of abuse of a minor resulting in substantial mental harm; convicted in 1991 of 1 count of abuse or neglect of a child causing substantial mental harm for abusing his student
    • ConvictedConvicted: 1991,
    • Church positionsPositions: Missionary,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, guilty,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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    • Nathan Mark Law
    • Nathan Law was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; pleaded guilty to attempted sexual exploitation of a minor child June 2023; in federal prison in Minnesota; prison release date is scheduled for August 5, 2031.
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2023,
    • Church positionsPositions: Nursery,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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    • Robert Bruce Howell
    • Robert Bruce Howell
      • "Over the next several months Dr. Howell and the victim exchanged over a thousand text messages discussing personal and religious matters. This also included known phone calls where the two would read scriptures together. "
      — P.C. Affidavit
      Howell's website called him "A Dentist You Can Trust"
    • Robert Howell (1956 – ) was a Mormon church member and a professional dentist for over 30 years in New Jersey and Orem, Utah; arrested in June 2026 pending formal charges of object rape, a first-degree felony, and forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony, for allegedly manipulating and sexually abusing a high school student who was working as his intern
    • Church positionsPositions: Elders quorum ministering secretary, executive secretary, Missionary,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Unknown church action,
    • View report »
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