19 LDS sex abuse cases found
2005
- Year convicted: 2005
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- Joseph Atwater (1954 – ) was an LDS church member in Australia; pleaded guilty in 2005 to trafficking and kidnapping
Crime: 2000s, 
Crime country:
Australia,
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- Convicted:
2005,
LDS positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - View report »
Crime country:
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- David Brown 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; a victim sued the Mormon church in 2003
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Missouri,
Crime state:
Convicted:
2003, 2005, 
LDS positions: Music leader, Scout leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, -
- Michael Davies was a Mormon church member in Wales; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime country:
United Kingdom, Wales,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Thomas Forrest (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in Mississippi; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Convicted:
2005,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- View report »
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- Ronald Hall (1931 – 2023) 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; died in 2023
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Seminary teacher, Tabernacle Choir, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, -
- Larry Harmon (1932 – 2012) was a Mormon in Utah; sentenced to jail and probation in 2005 for aggravated sex abuse of a child; charged in 2012 with first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child; according to police, Harmon was allowed to be around children at an LDS ward Christmas party (where the alleged abuse took place in 2011) despite being a registered sex offender; died in 2012, so the charge was dismissed
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime city:
UT - Orem,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Crime city:
Crime county:
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Missionary, Senior missionary, Temple worker, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Died awaiting trial, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender, According to police, Harmon was allowed to be around children at an LDS ward Christmas party despite being a registered sex offender
"[T]he defendant was at his LDS Church building in Orem assisting members of the ward in setting up for a Christmas party. He located the 12-year-old female victim alone in the kitchen of the church."
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- Larry Harmston 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)
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, -
- Christopher Hettiger was a Mormon church member in Sacramento, California; in 2005, found guilty of child sexual abuse and was sentenced to 30 years in prison
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
California,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, -
- Clayton Hildreth (1952 – ) 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
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Bishop, Stake president, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Roy Hunt (1959 – ) 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
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime county:
AZ - Maricopa,
- Crime state:
Arizona,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Louis Kinyon (1954 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2005 of aggravated murder
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2005, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Maynard McFarland (1959 – ) 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
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
California, Minnesota,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to reportAccording to a 2022 lawsuit, a bishop knew McFarland was abusing his daughter, but didn't report the abuse to police, and continued to let McFarland participate actively in church ceremonies and meetings, including baptizing his daughter
"I allowed Satan to be my lord."
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- John Misseldine (1982 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a lawsuit said a local Mormon leader failed to report abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Nevada,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Civil case(s): Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Aaron Montoya (1972 – ) was a Mormon children's Primary teacher and law enforcement officer in Utah; found guilty in 2005 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
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Primary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, -
- Julio Morais was a Mormon church member in Pawtucket, Rhode Island; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Rhode Island,
Convicted:
2005, 2010, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Johnathon Nixon was a Mormon church member in Indiana and Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2005 in Davis County, Utah; convicted again in 2018 and sentenced to prison
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Indiana, Utah,
Convicted:
2005, 2018, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Chance Ray (1980 – ) 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
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime county:
AZ - Maricopa,
- Crime state:
Arizona,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released, -
- James Sirles (1924 – 2018) was a Mormon church member in Chesterfield, Virginia; convicted of possession of child pornography and production and distribution of child pornography
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Virginia,
Convicted:
2005, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, -
- Bradley Stowell (1972 – ) 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
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2005, 2008, LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to reportFilters
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