Convicted Year: 2005

17 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

- Joseph Atwater was an LDS church member in Australia; pleaded guilty in 2005 to trafficking and kidnapping
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1954
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Australia,
- Places when accused: Australia,
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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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Music leader, Scout leader,
- Convicted: 2003, 2005,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Missouri,
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- Michael Davies was a Mormon church member in Wales; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: United Kingdom, Wales,
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- Ronald Hall 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Seminary teacher, Tabernacle Choir,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1931
  Died: 2023
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah, Washington,
- Latest update: 2023: died
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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)
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Sunday school,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California,
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- Clayton Hildreth 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishop, Stake president,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Montana,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Dillon, Montana
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- Roy Hunt 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Latest update: April 2023: lives in Mesa, Arizona as a registered sex offender
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- Louis Kinyon was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2005 of aggravated murder
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1954
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: Spending Life in Utah State Corrections Facility
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- Maynard McFarland 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California, Minnesota, North Dakota,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender
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- John Misseldine 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $782,000
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1982
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Places when accused: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
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- Aaron Montoya 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Primary,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Vehicle,
- Victims: 9 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: March 2024: out of prison on parole and lives in Woods Cross, Utah as a registered sex offender
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- Julio Morais was a Mormon church member in Pawtucket, Rhode Island; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2005, 2010,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Rhode Island,
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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2005, 2018,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Indiana, Utah,
- Places when accused: Indiana, Utah,
- Latest update: 2018: sentenced to prison in Utah
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- Chance Ray 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1980
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Latest update: 2023: released from prison as of 2020-07-30; lives in Arizona
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- James Sirles was a Mormon church member in Chesterfield, Virginia; convicted of possession of child pornography and production and distribution of child pornography
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Convicted: 2005,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1924
  Died: 2018
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Virginia,
- Places when accused: Virginia,
- Latest update: Died in 2018
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- Bradley Stowell 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Convicted: 2005, 2008,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: 1991-1993 United States Alaska Anchorage
- Places lived: Idaho, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Herriman, Utah
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