4,177 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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- Charles Tyhurst (1947 – ) was a former LDS bishop and optometrist in southwest Virginia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; 2020: sentenced in Virginia to prison for five years for aggravated sexual battery of a minor; 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Richmond, Virginia
LDS positions: Bishop, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- James Sirles (1924 – 2018) was a Mormon church member in Chesterfield, Virginia; convicted of possession of child pornography and production and distribution of child pornography
Crime: 2000s, 
Crime state:
Virginia,
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- Convicted:
2005,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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Crime: 
Crime state:
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- Frank Ferrara was a Mormon church member and doctor in Northern Virginia; convicted in 1997 of four counts of forcible sodomy
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Virginia,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, -
- Cecil Jacobson (1936 – 2021) was a Mormon church member and fertility doctor in Virginia; found guilty of secretly using his own sperm to artificially inseminate patients
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
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- Adam Phipps was an LDS church member in Manassas, Virginia; accused of taking indecent liberties with children; charged and convicted in 1993; registered sex offender
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Virginia,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, -
- Rafael Lopez was a Mormon church member in Falls Church, Virginia; convicted of aggravated sexual abuse; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Christopher Fleming was an LDS church member in Chesapeake, Virginia; found guilty of 10 counts of various sexual abuse to a minor; currently incarcerated in Virginia
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Eric Avant (1959 – ) was a Mormon cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; convicted in 1979 of sodomizing an 11-year-old; Mormon leaders allegedly knew of his sexual attraction to young boys but did not check police records; convicted in 1988 of 14 counts of aggravated sexual battery and sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting nine boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims; the church settled a lawsuit in 1992
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Crime state:
Virginia,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, 
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- Gary Durrant was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Troy McKee was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Ronald Jones (1937 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, stake president and temple presidency counselor; Military Relations director for the LDS church from 1989 to 1991; convicted of sex solicitation in Utah in 1990 and 1995; charged in 2025 with three first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, one first-degree felony child kidnapping count, and two related misdemeanors
- LDS positions: Bishop, Branch president, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Temple worker, Unknown position, Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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became temple presidency counselor and sealer despite two convictions for sex solicitation
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- Theodore Livingston was a Mormon church member; accused in 1989 of child sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Mark Lowder was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- John Bennett was a Mormon elders quorum president in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Elders quorum,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Steven Morris was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Elders quorum,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Joseph Harris was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Tyler Draper was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- Jamie Waite was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Neil Karl (1974 – ) was a Mormon church member in Midway, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Douglas Bee (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Santaquin, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison
- LDS positions: Church employee,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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