3 LDS sex abuse cases found
1998
- Year convicted: 1998
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- Melvin Cloward (1931 – 2014) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted 1998 via plea agreement of third-degree felony sex abuse of a child (reduced in 2000 to a Class A misdemeanor); sentenced to three years of probation; registered sex offender as of 2007; died in 2014
Convicted:
1998, 
LDS positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Daniel Croney (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Pocatello, Idaho; convicted in 1998 of felony lewd conduct with a minor child under 16; as of January 2026, lives in Pocatello as a registered sex offender
- Convicted:
1998,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View report »
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- Arvid Oakley (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexually abusing several girls who were between 4 and 6 years old; one alleged instance of abuse took place during his LDS mission to Uruguay in 1963; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1998; as of April 2026, is in prison in Utah
- Crime: 1960s, 1990s,
Crime state:
Utah, - Crime country:
Uruguay,
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- Convicted:
1998,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
- View report »
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Investigators said Oakley inspected some naked children in a room in his house that he called "the tick room" as he operated a daycare
"He has abused so many children that he can't keep his victims straight."
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