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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- William Knox was a Mormon church member and scout leader in California; accused of sexually abusing multiple children
Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, 
Alleged crime state:
California,
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LDS positions: Scout leader, Sunday school, - Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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Alleged crime state:
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- Kenneth Hanigan was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Scout leader, 
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, -
- Eugene Hansen (1940 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in California; accused of child sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Harvey Harper (1935 – 2014) was an LDS church member and deputy county district attorney in Los Angeles, California; arrested in 1984 and charged with child sexual abuse; jumped bail; found guilty; sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison; lived secretly in Colorado for 20 months until federal investigators found him; local LDS church coverup alleged
Crime: 1980s, - Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Kenneth Harper was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, -
- Joel Houck was an LDS church member in California; accused in the 1960s of sexual abuse; convicted of vagrancy in 1966 and served 10 days in jail; in 1967, placed in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) "perversion files"
- Crime: 1960s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Unknown result, -
- 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
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
California,
Convicted:
2011, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Prison, Violated parole/probation, -
- Hayden Hunter (2001 – ) was a Mormon missionary in California; he was from Pleasant Grove, Utah; arrested in 2020 for distribution of child sexual abuse material (child pornography) while on his mission; convicted of possession of CSAM in 2021
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
California,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Released, -
- Stephen Field was a Mormon church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Jayne Furness (1935 – 1987) was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Arroyo Grande, California; accused of sex abuse; found guilty of voyeurism charges in or before 1972, and found guilty of sexual abuse charges in 1976; sentenced in 1976 or 1977 to prison; died in 1987
- Crime: 1970s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, -
- Lawrence Gilbert (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and high priest group leader in California; convicted of sexually abusing three girls; sentenced to 10 years in prison
- LDS positions: High priest,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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"I never would have left him alone with my children if he weren't a high priest. We considered him our family."
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- Mark Gum (1957 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Oxnard, California; a 2011 lawsuit against the LDS church and the Boy Scouts of America accused him of sexually assaulting a boy scout; while the boy was living with Gum (with the consent of the boy's parents), church members visited and accepted the living arrangement, the suit said; in 2012, the Mormon church made a settlement payment for an undisclosed amount
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- Christian Bearnson (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; in 1993, the Mormon church was found liable for child sexual abuse by a jury in a civil lawsuit; the LDS church then settled with the two plaintiffs, reportedly for millions of dollars (US), and had the court records sealed
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender, Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- Wyman Blankenship was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys
- Crime: 1960s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Released, -
- Tony Burleson was an LDS church member; accused of a sex crime
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Dustin Cassady (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in the Sacramento, California area (Carmichael); accused of child sexual exploitation; pleaded guilty; as of March 2024, lives in Roseville, California as a registered sex offender
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
California,
Convicted:
2011, LDS positions: Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, -
- Alan Dunlap was a Mormon church member in Fresno, California; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Crime: 1970s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, -
- Larry Dyke was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Unknown result, -
- Floyd Godfrey was a Mormon church member and sexual orientation conversion therapist in Arizona; accused of sexual misconduct by two employees; in 2023, Godfrey was forced to surrender his license
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- John McKown was an LDS church member in Arizona; charged in 2023 with child sexual exploitation
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Arizona,
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result, Filters
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