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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- Mark Gibbons was an LDS church member in Arizona, Michigan and Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
LDS positions: Sunday school, Youth leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - View report »
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- Marc Turner was a former Mormon bishopric member and former Boy Scout leader in Austin, Texas; arrested in 2017 and charged with promotion of child pornography, a second-degree felony; convicted; sentenced to prison
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- View report »
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- Andrew Stringer (2005 – ) was a Mormon church member in Pflugerville, Texas; assigned by the Mormon church to a mission in Argentina, then to a service mission in Texas; arrested in 2023 and charged with possession of child pornography
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
Alleged crime state:
Texas,
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- View report »
Alleged crime state:
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- Emily Anderson was a Mormon Primary president in the New Braunfels, Texas area; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- Bryce Chatland (1968 – ) was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2023 with felony child sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- View report »
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- James Johannes (1982 – ) was a Mormon youth leader and US Army soldier assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA) in San Antonio, Texas; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison for spying on two teenage sisters and recording them preparing to attend LDS seminary classes
Crime: 2010s, - Crime state:
Texas,
Convicted:
2017, 
LDS positions: Youth leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, -
- Matthew Doyle (1973 – ) was an LDS bishop in Copperas Cove, Texas (2nd Ward) in the 2000s; was a high school basketball coach; convicted in 2011 of sexual assault
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- Glen Sexton was a Mormon church member in Texas; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
Texas,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Unknown result, -
- Roger Hester (1956 – ) was an LDS church member in Rockwall, Texas; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual with intent to cause bodily harm
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Robert Westover (1972 – ) was a former LDS bishop and attorney in Dallas, Texas; arrested in 2021 for allegedly recording a minor; pleaded guilty in 2023 and sentenced to 4 years probation
- Convicted:
2023,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- View report »
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- Jimmy Young (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout volunteer in Texas; arrested for sexually abusing a scout in his troop
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
Texas,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Unknown result, -
- Douglas Stoddard (1949 – ) was an LDS bishop in Hurst, Texas; convicted in 1992 of a felony child sexual abuse charge of indecency with a child by contact; sentenced to 8 years of probation; a lifetime registered sex offender in Texas; named publicly in August 2023 by a victim who said Stoddard molested him and three other boys in his Mormon ward while serving as bishop
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Texas,
LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender, 
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- Robert Longman was a Mormon missionary in Corpus Christi, Texas; molested a three-year old in a bedroom while two other missionaries talked with the mother; pleaded no contest to charges filed in May 1989 of indecency with a child; sentenced to eight years probation, a $1,000 fine, and required to pay $400 in court costs
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Texas,
LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation, -
- Eustacio Munioz (1946 – ) was an LDS ward religious and missionary class leader in the Brownsville, Texas area; in 2011, was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy; the victim, as an adult, filed a lawsuit against the LDS church and won
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Texas,
LDS positions: Other leader, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Alleged failure to report-
- Jared Anderson (1988 – ) was a high school teacher (and one-time "teacher of the year") and Mormon church group leader in the San Antonio, Texas area; also lived in Millington, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah; sentenced to 10 years in prison for hosting sex parties for teenage boys
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Texas,
Convicted:
2017, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Noel Anderson (1996 – ) was an LDS church primary teacher in McKinney, Texas; sentenced in 2019 in Texas to 50 years in prison for molesting children
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Texas,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Missionary, Primary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Jimmy Brooks was a Mormon church member in Texas; charged with child sexual abuse in 1994
- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Alleged crime state:
Texas,
LDS positions: Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result, -
- Stanley Green (1929 – 2009) was a former Mormon bishop in Athens, Texas (in or before 1998 to 1999 or later); accused of sexual abuse; convicted; died in 2009
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Steven Murdock (1963 – ) was a Mormon stake high council member and former LDS bishop in Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah; allegedly sexually harassed multiple women in his ward while he was their bishop (he was bishop from 2013 to 2017); in 2019, was caught taking photos of a young woman in a dressing room in Tennessee; pleaded guilty in November 2019; sentenced in 2019 to one year probation, 48 hours community service
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Tennessee,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Bishop, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Community service, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- Joseph Blodgett (1975 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; ongoing case as of 2025
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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