4,080 instances of sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
    • Frank Selas was an former childrens TV host/entertainer in California who joined the LDS church in the 1990s; pleaded guilty to one count of indecent behavior with a child; the crime took place in the 1970s
    • John Doe was a Mormon bishop in Pocatello, Idaho; an abuse survivor told FLOODLIT that Doe sexually abused them in his office at church in late 1999
    • Alleged coverup
    • Verd Erickson 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
    • Michael Hicks was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
    • James B was an LDS bishop in Newport Beach, California in about 1990 to 1995; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in his office at church every week from 1990 to 1995, when the victim was 12 to about 17 years old; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
    • Alleged coverup
    • David Shurtz was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
    • Eldon Saling was a Mormon church member in California and Utah; convicted in 1987 in California and in 1993 in Utah of charges related to sexual abuse; as of 2024, lives in Burley, Idaho as a registered sex offender
    • Douglas Elmer was a Mormon church member and former employee of Feature Films for Families in Utah; accused in 2023 of a sex crime
    • Robert Jackson was a former assistant BYU professor and Mormon bishopric member (second counselor) in Provo, Utah; sentenced to two years in prison in 2006 for video recording a 14-year-old undressing
    • 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
    • Michael Cunningham was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse; a judge sentenced Cunningham to ten years imprisonment and told him that he must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life
    • Alleged coverup
    • Darrell Howe was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit; the minor abuse victim and his mother filed suit against the LDS church and its officers deemed responsible; upon appeal, the judgment of the court again ruled against the plaintiff
    • Alleged coverup
    • Matthias Heinrichs was an LDS missionary in England; originally from the Netherlands; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred during his mission; pleaded guilty; jailed for two years
    • Jonathan Merrill was a Mormon church member and Timpview High School sport club coach in Provo, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
    • William Kennedy was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
    • Yuhin Kwan was an LDS church member and former Mormon missionary in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
    • Wesley Nebeker was an LDS church member in Wyoming; accused of sexual abuse
    • Steven Powell was an LDS church member in Oregon; accused of sexual abuse
    • Robert Lant was a Mormon church member in Utah County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
    • Robert Epling was an LDS church member in Sacramento, California; convicted in 1991 of child sexual abuse
    • Robert Jeppsen was an LDS church member in Utah; charged in 2022 with sexual abuse
    • Omale Ojonugwnuwa was an LDS church member and full-time missionary in Ghana; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
    • Michael Otten was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
    • McCoy Barney was an LDS church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2012
    • Kevin Weisenberger was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1993
    • Jonathan Owens was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
    • Luis Perez was an LDS church member in California; accused in 2007 of sexual abuse
    • John Doe was an LDS church member in Brisbane, Australia; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to 15 months in jail
    • John Doe was an LDS church member in Ipswich, Australia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to 7 years in jail
    • Jean-Jacques S was an LDS church member in France; accused of sexual abuse
    • Houska was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
    • Geoffrey Porter was an LDS church member in the United Kingdom; accused of sexual abuse
    • Garry Hensley was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Indiana; accused of sexual abuse
    • Francois Le Corguille was an LDS church member in France; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison in 2011
    • Emer Broadbent was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2017
    • Dwayne Rogers was an LDS church member in Utah and Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted of aggravated sex abuse of a child
    • Arthur Bennett was an LDS church member in Hurricane, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of two teenage girls; allegedly faked a suicide to collect insurance money; was arrested and charged with murder and sexual abuse; died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial
    • Al Childress was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to jail
    • John Doe was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; in 2018, sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison
    • George Squire was a Mormon church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison
    • Chey Miles was a Mormon church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
    • Donald Wright was allegedly a Mormon church member; was a Boy scout leader, allegedly sexually abused multiple children
    • Norman Smith was an LDS church member in Texas; accused of sexual abuse
    • Daphney Matthews was a Mormon church member in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; accused of sexual abuse
    • Brandon Baldwin was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
    • Thomas Hannett was a Mormon church member in California; accused in 2024 of sexual abuse
    • Craig Elford was a Mormon church member in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of child sexual abuse
    • Lionel Drage was an LDS bishop in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; was allegedly excommunicated from the LDS church for sexually abusing one or more children; died in 2022
    • Church discipline: Excommunicated,
    • Dale Wilkinson was an LDS church member in Salt Lake County and Tooele County, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD - Class A Misdemeanor
    • Lloyd Bond was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Skyler Wright was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of a sex crime
    • Ronald Johnson was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of sexual abuse
    • Danny Cassidy was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
    • Chet Ludlow was a Mormon church member in Utah; went on a Mormon mission to Louisiana; accused of sexual abuse
    • 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
    • LaMell Lippard was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
    • Brian Briggs was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges; sentenced to a year in jail; violated probation and was sentenced to one to 15 years in the Utah State Prison
    • Franklin Mathias was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in Oregon; had a career as a schoolteacher; accused in 1987 of sexual abuse; sentenced in 1988 to four years in prison for molesting a child; he said that he had 242 victims over a 30-year period
    • Thomas Kimball was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse by multiple women; died by suicide in October 2020, shortly after allegations became public
    • Alexander Winward was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to 4 felony counts of child sex abuse, with all victims under the age of 7
    • Brian Mitchell was a Mormon church member and temple worker in Utah; abductor, with Wanda Barzee, of Elizabeth Smart
    • Curtis Crittenden was a Mormon church member and LDS full-time missionary in Guatemala in 1993-1995; admitted to sexually abusing boys while on his mission and later when he was the head of 4-H in Tooele County; sentenced to prison in 2007 in Utah for child sexual abuse of several boys in his care as their 4-H leader
    • Lawrence Libey was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; a lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church
    • Alleged coverup
    • Robert Matthews was a Mormon church member and singer in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; arrested in 2006, after police received evidence that he swam naked with four young boys during a trip in July 2006; he allegedly took pictures of the nude swim and later processed the images on his computer; charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and lewdness involving a child; convicted
    • George Schliesser was a Mormon church member, scout leader and Primary teacher in Utah; charged in 1990 with two counts of sodomy on a child and two counts of sex abuse on a child; in September 2021, was arrested after a third alleged attempt at voyeurism, the first two in 2020
    • Frank Lind was a Mormon church member in California; sentenced before the early 2000s to 30 years to life in prison for sexually molesting a child; in the 2000s, a Mormon bishop allegedly supported Lind's decision to be baptized into the LDS church despite his prior conviction; in 2022, again convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison
    • Alleged coverup
    • Kenny Parcell was an LDS church member and president of the National Association of Realtors; former Mormon ward young men's leader in Utah and bishopric counselor at BYU-Provo; accused in 2023 of sexual harassment by three women; resigned
    • Kelly Erickson was an LDS church member and US Air Force military member in Washington; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2023, incarcerated in Tucson, Arizona
    • Stephen Coleman was an LDS church member and analyst in the Utah state Office of Planning and Budget; accused of sexual abuse in 2011; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2016, was serving two sentences of 15 years to life in prison in Utah
    • Alan Grant was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in August 1998 to two months in jail
    • Allan Howe was an LDS church member and Utah politician; accused of a sex crime; convicted
    • Floyd Jennings was a former Mormon bishop and school bus driver in Utah; arrested in February 2017 for soliciting sex from two girls he thought were 13 years old; convicted in 2019
    • Mark Porter was a Mormon church member and former stake presidency member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2022 after allegedly groping women in a Logan grocery store; pleaded guilty in December 2022
    • Church discipline: Excommunicated,
    • Christine Hubbs was an LDS church member in California; was charged with sexual abuse of two underage boys (ages 14 and 15); convicted in 2011, sentenced to five years in prison; violated parole
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