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Donate »16 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Joseph Atwater
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- was an LDS church member in Australia; pleaded guilty to trafficking and kidnapping.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in Australia,
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David Brown
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- 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Music leader, Scout leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Missouri,
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Michael Davies
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- was a Mormon church member in Wales; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in United Kingdom, Wales,
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Ronald Hall
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- 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Found not guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Seminary teacher, Tabernacle Choir,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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Larry Harmston
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- 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).
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- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
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Christopher Hettinger
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- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Crime: 2000s, in California,
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Clayton Hildreth
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- 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.
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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Bishop, Stake president,
- Crime: 2000s, in Idaho,
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Roy Hunt
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- 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.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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Louis Kinyon
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- was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2005 of aggravated murder.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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Maynard McFarland
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- 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.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
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Aaron Montoya
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- was a Mormon children's Primary teacher and law enforcement officer in Utah; found guilty of sexually abusing children during LDS church meetings and at his home; later pleaded guilty in another case; in all, at least nine victims came forward; sentenced to prison in 2005; as of March 2025, is out of prison on parole and lives in Woods Cross, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Primary,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Vehicle,
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Julio Morais
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- was a Mormon church member in Pawtucket, Rhode Island; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Crime: 2000s, in Rhode Island,
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Johnathon Nixon
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- 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in Indiana, Utah,
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Chance Ray
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- 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 2000s, in Arizona,
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James Sirles
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- was a Mormon church member in Chesterfield, Virginia; convicted of possession of child pornography and production and distribution of child pornography.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Crime: 2000s, in Virginia,
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Bradley Stowell
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- 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.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
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