10 LDS sex abuse cases found
2012
- Year convicted: 2012
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- Michael Angus (1944 – ) was an LDS church member in Star, Idaho; convicted of possession of sexually explicit images of minors in 2012; was accused of sexually abusing two young girls; had created and possessed CSAM of one of the victims; is a registered sex offender lives in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Crime: 2010s, 
Crime city:
Star, - Crime county:
Ada,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
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- Convicted:
2012,
LDS positions: Stake high council, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, - View report »
Crime city:
Crime county:
Crime state:
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- John Doe (1945 – ) was a Mormon church member in Vernon, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; in 2012, pled guilty to three charges of sexual abuse of a child, a second-degree felony; was sentenced to six months in jail and three years of probation
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime city:
crime-city-ut-vernon,
- Crime county:
crime-county-ut-tooele,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2012, 
LDS positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Juan Flores Atenco (1955 – ) was a Mormon branch president in West Valley City, Utah for five years, including in the early 2000s; accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his office and another room at an LDS church building; convicted in 2012 of misdemeanor forcible sexual abuse and unlawful detention; sentenced to zero to one year in jail; in March 2025, charged with rape and object rape (alleged crimes in 2002)
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2012, LDS positions: Branch president, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Leeroy Fry (1936 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Farmington, Utah; in 1982-83, was an LDS bishop in the Hunter 1st Ward of the Hunter Central Stake in Magna, Utah; in 2012, pleaded guilty to two charges of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a 1st degree felony
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2012, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, -
- Vance Hein (1951 – ) was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison; the Mormon church settled a related lawsuit in 2014
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Pennsylvania,
- Crime country:
Canada,
Crime country:
Convicted:
1999, 2000, 2012, LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- Matthias Heinrichs was an LDS missionary in England; originally from the Netherlands; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred during his mission; pleaded guilty; jailed for two years
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2012, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, -
- Antonio Lacy (1994 – ) was an LDS church member and BYU student in Provo, Utah; convicted in 2012 of forcible sexual abuse
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2012, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, -
- Douglas Lund (1950 – ) was a former Mormon bishopric counselor in Pahrump, Nevada; arrested in 2011 and accused of repeated sexual abuse of two young girls; the alleged abuse occurred over a period of several years; convicted in 2012 of lewdness with a child under 14; as of January 2026, lives in Nevada as a registered sex offender
- Convicted:
2012,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Released,
- View report »
Convicted:
2012, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Shawn Whiting was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced in 2012 to one to 15 years in prison for collecting and creating child pornography
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2012, LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Filters
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