4,178 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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- Jeremy Flygare was an LDS church member and high school drama teacher in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, - View report »
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- Richard Harrison (1989 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Grantsville, Utah; pleaded guilty in November 2024 to sexually abusing one his students; the abuse happened in the 2017-2018 school year; as of 2025, is in Tooele County Jail
Crime: 2010s, 
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Convicted:
2024,
LDS positions: Missionary, - Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Mark Helms (1962 – 2009) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison; was killed in 2009 while in prison
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- David Curtis (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member and middle school counselor in St. George, Utah; in 2025, pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Clint Gibson (1977 – ) was an LDS church member in St. George, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Aaron Robison (1987 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Nursery,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- David Shurtz was a former Mormon bishop in 1999 in Clearfield, Davis County, Utah; accused in 2018 of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Peter Sorensen was a Mormon church member in Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- William Kennedy was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Verd Erickson (1936 – 2022) was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Riverton, Wyoming who moved to Utah; was accused of sexual misconduct and lost his dentistry license in 2010; died in 2022
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Andrew Loveless was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2023 of third-degree felony attempted forcible sexual abuse; as of 2025, registered sex offender living in Santaquin, Utah
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Chet Ludlow was a Mormon church member in Utah; went on a Mormon mission to Louisiana; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Danny Pitcher was a Mormon church member and youth sports coach in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years to life in prison; as of 2024, remained in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Leeroy Fry (1936 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Farmington, Utah; in 1982-83, was an LDS bishop in the Hunter 1st Ward of the Hunter Central Stake in Magna, Utah; in 2012, pleaded guilty to two charges of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a 1st degree felony
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2012, 
LDS positions: Bishop, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, -
- Keele Taylor was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; convicted of possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material / CSAM); in July 2019, pleaded guilty to possession of CSAM; the distribution charge was dropped due to a plea agreement
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, 
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- Demar Nilson was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Terry Stidd (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Kearns, Utah; in 1998, pleaded guilty to rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree and was sentenced to 10 years in prison; as of 2024, is out on parole and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released, -
- Richard Baker (1978 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor in Clearfield, Utah; accused of voyeurism and child sexual exploitation
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2023, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Denim Robinson (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member in Payson, Utah; pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2015 in Utah to one to 10 years in prison
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2015, LDS positions: Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, -
- Brenda Miles was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishop's wife, Mission president's wife, Relief Society, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Filters
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