20 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

      • Scott Abraham was a Mormon church member in Powell, Wyoming; set up a hidden camera in women's bathroom at work place; convicted in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Wyoming as a registered sex offender
      • Ronald Brockner was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; moved to Idaho; convicted in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison
      • Samuel Butler was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2020 to 15 years to life in prison for child sexual abuse
      • Allan Cook 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
      • Adam Dimond was an LDS church member and dancer in Farmington, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2020 to a second-degree felony charge of enticing a minor by Internet or text; sentenced to 40 days in jail and 4 years of probation
      • Harry Fougeron was a Mormon church member in Richmond Hill, Georgia; currently in an ongoing trial, accused of sexually abusing teenage girls
      • Richard Fowler was a Mormon church member in Sandpoint, Idaho; pleaded guilty to two felony counts of Children-Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in 20
      • Lincoln Gygi was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy
      • Aaron Nelson was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; charged with 3 counts of Battery-Actual, Intentional and Unlawful Touching or Striking of Another Against their Will and 3 counts of Disturbing the Peace; accepted plea deal and found guilty of Disturbing the Peace; died 31 days after convicted
      • Darin Ogden was a Mormon church member in Idaho; faced eight charges, including four counts of lewd conduct with a child younger than 16; in 2020, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison
      • Keith Peterson was a Mormon church member and former high school teacher in Nampa, Idaho; accused in 1991 of inappropriate sexual contact; sentenced to 180 days suspended jail time and two years of probation; charge was dismissed in 1998 after he completed probation; pleaded guilty in October 2019 to one count of lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced in 2020 to 17 years in prison
      • Rene Rodriguez was a Mormon elders quorum presidency member and sheriff in Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place from 2005 to 2014; faced criminal charges in multiple Idaho counties; in one, was acquitted by a jury; in another, was convicted in 2020 and sentenced to 14 to 28 years in prison
      • Douglas Saltsman was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexual abuse; sentenced to jail and probation
      • Donald Tolman was an LDS church member and former bishop in Provo, Utah (Provo 10th Ward, starting in 1975); convicted in 2020 of six felony counts related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2020 to 25 years to life in prison
      • Timothy Turner was an LDS church member and middle school band teacher in West Virginia; convicted in 2020 of child sexual abuse
      • Robert Wily was an Mormon church member in Utah; in 2004, pleaded guilty to four class A misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; arrested in 2020 for allegedly possessing several child exploitation images; convicted of one felony count in 2022; sentenced to 365 days in jail and 48 months probation