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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- Roland Westrup (1999 – ) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary (St. Louis, Missouri) in approximately 2018-2020; arrested in Salt Lake County, Utah in March 2023; charged with 10 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; admitted to possessing and sharing child pornography, and to having sexual fantasies for many years about having sex with male children as young as infants to teens
Alleged crime: 2020s, 
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
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LDS positions: Missionary, - Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
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Alleged crime state:
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- Sheril Burton (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of two underage girls; sentenced to up to 15 years in prison; as of January 2024, lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah
Crime: 1980s, - Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: BYU, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, -
- Allan Cook (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2020 to three second degree felony charges of aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in 2020
- Convicted:
2020,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Thomas Weaver (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony child sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result, -
- Sydney Wengreen (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to felony sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2003 to five years to life in prison
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Stephen Wold (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member and former full-time missionary (to Panama) who lived in Highland, Utah; convicted in 2017 of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a 10-year-old girl and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: BYU, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, -
- Gerald Collingwood (1943 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result, -
- Curtis Payne (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member and elementary school teacher in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2019 of child sexual abuse and sentenced to four consecutive terms of 15 years to life in prison
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Lonnie Nyman was a Mormon church member and funeral director in Utah; accused of sex crimes; pleaded guilty; sentenced in August 2019
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, -
- Martin MacNeill was a former Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2014; convicted of murdering his wife
- Convicted:
2014,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Leonard Loschen (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2022 to prison in Utah for sexually abusing LDS missionaries
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2022, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, 
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- Russell Crosland (1962 – ) was a Mormon church member in Fillmore, Utah; tried meeting with a person he thought was a 13-year-old child that he chatted with online for sex; it was an undercover agent; he was arrested
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2024, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, -
- Nathan Ward (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member and OBGYN in Missisippi and Utah; sentenced to prison in 2019 for production of child pornography
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Christopher Taylor (1979 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; arrested in January 2022 for possession of child pornography; case pending as federal charges are being evaluated
- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result, -
- Glen Borst (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2004 for child sexual abuse
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2004, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, -
- Alan Croshaw (1946 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Springville, Utah from at least 1991 to 1995; admitted to having a lifelong sexual addiction with a preference for prepubescent girls; downloaded and distributed child pornography; in 2015, sentenced to 30 days in jail for felony voyeurism and misdemeanor lewdness; violated probation by downloading porn
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2015, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, -
- Craig Whiting (1971 – ) was an LDS church member in Bluffdale, Utah; charged in 2018 with child sexual abuse; as of Feb 2023, pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial; jury trial was scheduled to move forward in 2023
- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Jury trial, Ongoing, Unknown result, -
- Alan Willey (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and schoolteacher in Utah; honored as teacher of the year twice at local schools; sentenced to prison in 2007 for sexually molesting a child who was one of his students; accused of sexually abusing many other little children in his classes
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2007, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, -
- Michael Fritchen (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in the 1990s and again in 2011 for child sexual abuse
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2011, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Filters
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