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Nicholas Alahverdian
- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; accused of rape; recently extradited from Scotland; has a lengthy history of criminal behavior.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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Mark Kevin Anderson
- was a Mormon church branch president and dentist in Woodland, California; accused by 27 former female patients of touching them inappropriately in office visits; found guilty in 2009 of 11 felony counts and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery for sexual abuse of several of his female patients; sentenced to six years in California state prison; required to register for life as a sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in California,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
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Joseph Carlton Atwater
- was an LDS church member in Australia; pleaded guilty to trafficking and kidnapping.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Australia,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
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Melvin Eugene Barhite
- was a Mormon church member in Michigan; convicted of sex crimes; sentenced in 2001 to prison; while in prison, argued that prison officials violated his religious rights by confiscating photos of scantily clad females between the ages of 14-26.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Michigan,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2001,
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John Baysden
- was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2006,
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Layne Schuyler Bingham
- was an LDS church member in Boise, Idaho; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2008; as of 2023, was a registered sex offender living in Boise.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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Thomas Grant Black
- was an LDS church member and BYU greenhouse manager in Provo, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in Utah in 2003 for rape.
- Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Released,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
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Gordon Brent Bodily
- was a Mormon bishop and physical education teacher in Hyrum, Cache Valley, Utah; accused in 2000 of luring a 17-year-old North Carolina girl to Utah for sex while serving as an LDS bishop; sentenced in 2001 to 21 months in federal prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2001,
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Glen Douglas Borst
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2004 for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004,
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Gerald Wayne Bowen
- was an LDS church member in Tennessee; convicted in 2008 of: SOLICITATION TO COMMIT SOLICITATION OF A MINOR, AGGRAVATED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS .
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Tennessee,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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Allen J Brinkerhoff
- was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; in 2007, found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
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James Broom
- was a LDS church member in Scotland; jailed in 2009 for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Scotland, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
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David Neil Brown
- was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Missouri,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
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Gary Wade Brown
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing one of his scouts.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2006,
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William Butcher
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
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Roland Shea Byrd
- was an LDS church member in Caldwell, Idaho; convicted of sexual abuse of a child under 16 years; as of 2024, lives in Toquerville, Utah as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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Raphael Giuseppe Caccioppoli
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality).
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in New Zealand,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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Charles Lynn Camper
- was a Mormon church member in Layton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2004; charged in 2023 with aggravated child sexual abuse, voyeurism and sexual exploitation of a minor; convicted in June 2024.
- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004, 2020s, 2024,
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Brett Candelaria
- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse on multiple occasions; sentenced in 2008 to two consecutive terms of 10 years to life in prison; later sentenced to 36 more years to life.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Colorado,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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Jonathan Raymond Carver
- was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 17-year-old girl at a counseling center where he worked; pleaded guilty and sentenced in 2009 to prison; as of 2023, lives in Clearfield, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
Curtis Reed 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
Kevin F Curlew
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Methuen, Massachusetts; accused of sexually abusing a child in an LDS chapel; convicted and sentenced to prison; in 2008, a victim's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the the Mormon church, claiming the church allowed the accused to babysit children despite his prior convictions for child sexual abuse, and that LDS leaders failed to report her child's abuse to police.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, Claims against LDS church dismissed, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 2000s, in Maine, Massachusetts,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2006,
- Case report »
John Scott d'Aquin
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member; convicted in 1994 in Louisiana of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles performing sexually immoral acts; convicted in 2007 in Louisiana of indecent behavior with juveniles.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 1990s, in Louisiana,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
Michael Davies
- was a Mormon church member in Wales; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in United Kingdom, Wales,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Michael Adam Davis
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Minnesota, Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2003, 2006, 2020s, 2022,
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Randall Craig Deaton
- was an LDS church member in the Holmes Lake Ward, Lincoln Nebraska Stake; convicted in 2002 of attempted 1st degree sexual assault of a minor; the abuse took place before Deaton joined the LDS church; subsequently called as counselor in a YSA ward bishopric.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Nebraska,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
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Gregory Scott Dew
- was a former Mormon bishop, chiropractor and gymnastics teacher in Ohio; sexually abused multiple children; convicted and sentenced to prison in 2008; as of November 2022, serving prison time in Ohio for sexually abusing teenage girls.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Ohio,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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James Marlo Duffin
- was an LDS church member in California; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; incarcerated 2006 to 2011; allegedly groomed female students ages 7-10 with attention and candy and then forcing sexual contact in his classroom after school.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2006,
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Joseph Paul Durborow
- was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in Federal and State courts in 2003.
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2003,
- Case report »
Brad Gale
- was an LDS church member; sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for photographing a teenage boy engaging in sexual acts.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2006,
- Case report »
Thomas Ray Gibbons
- was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton, Utah; worked as a police officer; pleaded guilty to two felony charges of forcible sex abuse; sentenced in 2000 in Utah to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000, 2000s,
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Martin Gillen
- was a Mormon church member in Nevada and Colorado; in 2002, Gillen was convicted of sexual assault of a 6-year-old and sentenced to eight years in prison in Colorado; in 2016, arrested and charged again with child sex abuse, but case was dismissed.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
Keith Lorraine Gillins
- Alleged coverup
- was a former mayor, LDS bishop and high school teacher in Fillmore, Utah; arrested on charges of having sex with a 17-year-old girl; convicted in 2009 of first degree felony attempted rape, first degree felony attempted sodomy and second degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 2009 to three sentences of three years to life in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
Gene Audra Guinn
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Victim's home,
- Crime: 1990s, in Texas,
- Convicted: 2000, 2000s,
- Case report »
Andrew James Gwilliam
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2003,
- Case report »
Douglas Bruce Hall
- was an LDS bishop and retired Utah Highway Patrol sergeant; pleaded guilty in 2001 to two third degree felony counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2002 to one second degree felony count of sex abuse of a child.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2001, 2002,
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Ronald Devere Hall
- was an LDS church member and former Mormon Tabernacle Choir member in Utah and Washington; accused of sexually molesting three underage girls in 1997 or 1998; acquitted in 2000; accused of sexual abuse of a fourth victim, an underage girl, in approximately 2003; convicted in 2005 of third degree felony attempted child sexual abuse; sentenced.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found not guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Frank Laine Hall
- was an LDS church member in Utah; former award-winning first grade schoolteacher; sentenced in 2007 to prison for sexually abusing his students.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
Larry E Harmston
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse which allegedly took place at a Mormon chapel in Orem, Utah; convicted; charged again (result unknown).
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005, 2010s,
- Case report »
Craig Allen Harward
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building, LDS Sunday meetings, Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in California,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004,
- Case report »
James Hayes
- was an LDS bishop in the Timmins - North Bay area, Ontario, Canada; convicted of sexual exploitation in November 2001; molested an underage girl in his ward while serving as her bishop.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Crime: 2000s, in Canada,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2001,
- Case report »
Vance Paul Hein
- was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Canada, Pennsylvania,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000, 2000s, 2010s, 2012,
- Case report »
David Henry Herget
- was a Mormon church member in Washington; convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to prison; released; arrested and charged with sexually abused more children; died by suicide while awaiting trial.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Washington,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s,
- Case report »
Christopher Todd Hettinger
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in California,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Clayton Ray Hildreth
- was a Mormon stake president in Butte, Montana; from Dillon, Montana; arrested in June 2004 by Boise, Idaho police for soliciting sex from a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl online; was stake president at the time of his arrest; pleaded guilty in October to a charge of interstate travel with intent to have sex with a minor; sentenced in 2005 to three years and five months in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
David Oliver Homack
- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; convicted of sexual abuse in 2009 in Colorado.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Colorado,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
Lawrence Steven Huffman
- was an LDS church member in Mound City, Kansas; pleaded guilty to charges related to sodomizing a minor; as of 2024, lives in Hutchinson, Kansas as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Kansas,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
Roy Webb Hunt
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; former city manager in Snowflake and Holbrook and a public finance banker at the National Bank of Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse in 2004; pleaded guilty in 2005 to a reduced charge; sentenced to prison in Arizona in 2005.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Thad Andrew Jesperson
- was an LDS church member in Murietta, California; accused of sexually abusing 8 of his elementary students at Toler Elementary School.
- Criminal: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's school,
- Crime: 2000s, in California,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2003, 2004,
- Case report »
Spencer Kay Kartchner
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2009 and 2021.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime: 2000s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009, 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
Louis Darrell Kinyon
- was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2005 of aggravated murder.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Robert Wayne Larsen
- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD in 1993, and SEX ABUSE CHILD in 1998, as well as POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in 2009.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
Frank Cornelis Lefrandt
- was an LDS church member in Honolulu, Hawaii; served a Mormon mission to Guatemala; accused of sexual abuse; admitted in 2007 to sexually molesting a 13-year-old newspaper carrier; pleaded guilty in November 2008; disappeared while out on bail awaiting sentencing.
- Criminal: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Hawaii,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
Bryant Floyd Litchfield
- was an LDS church member and physician in Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; acquitted; in 2008, was found guilty by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta of inappropriately touching women patients during breast and vaginal exams in 2001; stripped of his medical license.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Canada,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
Brandon Lee Manning
- was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Georgia, Scotland, United Kingdom, Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s, 2001, 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
Michael Joe McClellan
- was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; arrested and convicted of LEWDNESS WITH A MINOR (ATTEMPT); was sentenced to prison; currently lives in Cottonwood, Arizona.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Nevada,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004,
- Case report »
Timothy O'Sean McCleve
- was a former Mormon bishop in Harrisville, Utah when he was charged with sexually abusing three children; some of the abuse took place while he was bishop; sentenced in 2008 to up to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 2024, charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
Maynard Scott McFarland
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in California and Minnesota; sentenced in 2005 to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for many years; released from prison in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
David Marlen McGhie
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted; an LDS bishop was accused of failing to report the abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000, 2000s,
- Case report »
Glen Burnell McGhie
- was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara, California; found guilty of lewd or lascivious act on a child age 14/15 a felony; lost his physical therapy license.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in California,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
Sergey Tyler Millett
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
Brian David Mitchell
- was a Mormon church member and temple worker in Utah; abductor, with Wanda Barzee, of Elizabeth Smart.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
Julio Morais
- was a Mormon church member in Pawtucket, Rhode Island; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Rhode Island,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005, 2010, 2010s,
- Case report »
Steve Nelson
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Idaho; in 2009, pleaded guilty to a charge of lewd conduct; sentenced to 30 years in prison; Mormon leaders failed to report abuse to police in the 1980s.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 2000s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
Johnathon Damian Nixon
- was a Mormon church member in Indiana and Utah; convicted guilty of sexual abuse in 2005 in Davis County, Utah; convicted again in 2018 and sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Indiana, Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005, 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
Robert Henry Paisola
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2008 and sentenced to 90 days in jail.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea agreement,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
Jeffery Brian Parks
- was a Mormon church member in Tennessee; in 2003, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, two counts of incest, and two counts of statutory rape; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, in Tennessee,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2003,
- Case report »
Robert Scott Price
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
Chance Lee Ray
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in the Mesa, Arizona area; convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to prison in Arizona; spent approximately 14 years in prison; released in July 2020.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Raymond Lewis Rorvik
- was a Mormon church member in Benicia, California; convicted of LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2003,
- Case report »
Lance Mark Rushton
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Provo; accused of photo shopping faces of family members, ward church members of adults and children on to pornographic material and distributed them; convicted in 2007 and sentenced to three months in jail and three years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
James Walter Sirles
- was a Mormon church member in Chesterfield, Virginia; convicted of possession of child pornography and production and distribution of child pornography.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Virginia,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
Bradley Grant Stowell
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s, 2005, 2008,
- Case report »
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- Criminal: Convicted, Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1800s, 1900 to 1949, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
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Gerald Tapp
- was a former LDS bishop in the UK; in 2008, sentenced to three and a half years in jail for distributing and possessing indecent images of children.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
Peter Taylor
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Washington; confessed to sexual abuse of his two underage stepdaughters; convicted; Mormon church lost a civil lawsuit and was court ordered to pay the victims $2.5 million.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, LDS church ordered to make payment, Settlement,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Washington,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2001,
- LDS church payment: $2,500,000
- Case report »
Kelly James Teters
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member; in 2001, accused of sexual abuse; in 2002, found guilty of sexual intercourse without consent.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1990s, in Montana,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
Thomas John Thompson
- was an LDS church member in Oregon, California and Arkansas; convicted of sex crimes in Oregon in about 2002; as of 2024, was a registered sex offender living in Yellville, Arkansas.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
James Addison Tolman
- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah and Cheyenne, Wyoming; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE in 1994 in Utah and SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE in Wyoming.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah), Wyoming,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s, 2006,
- Case report »
Jay Toombs
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and private investigator in Benson, Cache Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; allegations of his abuse were reportedly known to three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother), who never reported it to police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison.
- Criminal: Never charged, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000, 2000s,
- Case report »
Jeffrey Allan Vargo
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2001,
- Case report »
Michael Francis Whitehead
- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; convicted in 2004 of ENTICING A MINOR OVER THE INTERNET - Class A Misdemeanor.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Probation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2000s, 2004,
- Case report »
Alan Roy Willey
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »

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