10 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

      • Nicolas Faivre was a former LDS bishop in Australia; charged with sending sexually explicit messages to a child
      • David Frank was an LDS Sunday school teacher in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit against the Mormon church
      • Arlin Hatch was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church
      • Alleged coverup
      • Miguel Michel was an LDS church member in Buenos Aires, Argentina; accused of child sexual abuse in or around 2000; allegedly sexually molested three children ranging in age from five to eight years old
      • Greg Orton was a Mormon church member in La Grande, Oregon; accused and arrested for alleged sexual abuse with a minor who was under 14 at the time of the alleged abuse
      • Luis Perez was an LDS church member in California; accused in 2007 of sexual abuse
      • Richard Peterson was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
      • Steven Powell was an LDS church member in Oregon; accused of sexual abuse
      • Jason Stark was a former full-time Mormon missionary in Kentucky; accused of sexually abusing three people in 2005 while on his mission; a lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church
      • Alleged coverup

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