11 LDS sex abuse cases found
2001
- Year convicted: 2001
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- Melvin Barhite (1944 – ) 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; was convicted April 2026 1st degree criminal sexual conduct, also convicted for failing to register as sex offender in Kent County.
Convicted:
2001, 2026, 
Positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, 
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Gordon Bodily (1949 – ) 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
Alleged failure to report- Convicted:
2001,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Douglas Hall (1952 – ) was an LDS bishop and retired Utah Highway Patrol sergeant in Monticello, Utah; 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2001, 2002,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Aurell Hatch (1932 – 2015) was a Mormon church member in Highland, Utah; convicted in 2001 via plea agreement of one second-degree felony count of attempted sex abuse of a child (later amended to a third-degree felony); sentenced to 90 days in jail and granted work diversion; also placed on 24 months of probation; died in 2015
- Convicted:
2001,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- James Hayes (1956 – ) 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2001,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Rowland James (1968 – ) was an LDS church member in Lansing, Michigan; pleaded guilty to charges related to alleged sexual abuse of young girls and a young boy he met at church; serving time in prison as of January 2024
- Convicted:
1997, 2001, 2017,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Brandon Manning (1973 – ) 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 July 2026, lives in Eatonton, Georgia as a registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2001, 2020, Unknown,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
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- Karl Otterson (1965 – ) was a Mormon church member; convicted of sexual abuse in 2001, and two separate case of sexual abuse in 2004. In 2006 was convicted of criminal for hire, he tried to have the prosecuting attorney murdered by a hit man; was up for parole in 2024, was denied; Oct. 2026 is in prison in Utah State Prison; is a registered sex offender as of Oct. 2026
- Convicted:
2001, 2005, 2006,
- Positions: deacon quorum's advisor, Missionary, nursery leader.,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Police investigation, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Peter Taylor 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; the church appealed and the amount was reduced to $1.2 million
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $1,200,000
- Convicted:
2001,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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- Jeffrey Vargo was an LDS church member in Washington County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty
- Convicted:
2001,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Morris Whitlock (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in American Fork, Utah; convicted of two counts of sexual abuse in the 2nd degree in 2001; convicted of sexually abusing 2 former students; Whitlock gave police 19 more names of students he confessed to abusing, ages 12-14 from 1978-2000; , is not a registered sex offender as of August 2026; Online records show Whitlock lives in Saratoga Springs, UT.
- Convicted:
2001,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Tabernacle Choir, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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