Convicted Year: 2015

27 LDS sex abuse cases found

2015

Year convicted: 2015

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- Joseph Anderson (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member attending BYU Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho and Lincoln Nebraska; convicted of CSAM related charges in Idaho in 2008 and in Nebraska in 2015; is a registered sex offender living in Lincoln, Nebraska; reportedly actively attends LDS Pioneer Ward in Lincoln, Nebraska
- Convicted: 2008, 2015,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Disfellowshipped,
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- James Bayless (1946 – ) was a Mormon church member in Gilbert, Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2015 to two counts of molestation of a child; as of 2024, is a registered sex offender living in Mesa, Arizona
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
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- Donald Bills (1959 – ) was a school teacher (one-time "teacher of the year") and former Mormon bishopric member in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, including rape of a 17-year-old girl; sentenced in 2015 to a minimum of eight years in prison; as of January 2025, lives in Orem, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Jason Brumble (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member and stake Sunday school presidency member in Oregon; convicted in 2015 of child sexual abuse of multiple children; is in prison in Oregon as of March 2023
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Keldon Cook was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Alan Croshaw (1946 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Springville, Utah from at least 1991 to 1995; admitted to having a lifelong sexual addiction with a preference for prepubescent girls; downloaded and distributed child pornography; in 2015, sentenced to 30 days in jail for felony voyeurism and misdemeanor lewdness; violated probation by downloading porn
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
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- Isaac Durfey (1991 – ) was a Mormon church member in Eagle Mountain, Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2014, 2015 and 2018; accused each time of offering money or gifts to teen boys (ages 16-17) in exchange for sex or explicit pictures; charges of which he was convicted included sexual exploitation of a minor, sexual battery and sexual solicitation of a child
- Convicted: 2014, 2015, 2018,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Don Furtys (1964 – ) was an LDS church member in Tallahassee, Florida; accused sexual abuse; had 14 charges brought against him 14 2014-02-12 and 5 charges 2014-06-13
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Joseph Hastings (1987 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clevedon, UK; sentenced to prison for sending child pornography to an undercover police officer online in 2015; sentenced to 13 years and eight months in prison, including a custodial term of eight years and eight months
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
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- Allen Johnson (1965 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; drove from Utah to Idaho to meet up with a person he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex; sentenced in 2015 to eight years in prison; as of March 2024, is a registered sex offender living in Provo, Utah
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
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- Harry Jones (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Illinois; sentenced to 30 months of probation for possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material or CSAM)
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
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- Harry Jones IV (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Buffalo Grove, Illinois; convicted of possessing CSAM; is a registered sex offender
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Michael Jordan (1980 – ) was an LDS church member in West Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2015 of 33 felonies related to child sexual abuse (CSA)
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Jimmy Kilpatrick was a Mormon church member in Alabama; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2015 to 10 years in prison
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- James Knudsen (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member in Nampa, Idaho; pleaded guilty in 2015 of sexual abuse of a child under 16
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released,
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- Nicholas Mason (1989 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; p.c. affidavit states found multiple videos of CSAM on his iPhone, CD evidence and icloud storage with CSAM
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Patrick Oliphant (1992 – ) was a Mormon missionary from Carlsbad, New Mexico who was serving a mission in Michigan in 2013; reportedly turned himself in for sexual abuse of a child he was babysitting; charged with six counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and three counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor; convicted in 2015 of nine felony charges
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Alan Pace (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; sentenced in 2015 to 30 days in prison and 36 months of probation for felony child sexual abuse
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Steven Powell was an LDS church member in Washington and Utah; in 2011, was arrested and charged in Washington with possession of child pornography (now commonly referred to as child sexual abuse material); in 2015, was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Denim Robinson (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member in Payson, Utah; pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2015 in Utah to one to 10 years in prison
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Carl Sepos (1945 – ) was an LDS temple worker and high priest in Payson, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexually abusing an adult woman with Down syndrome and autism at a hotel swimming pool; he blamed his sex crime in part on an addiction to pornography; sentenced to 150 days in jail, 36 months of probation and 100 hours of community service
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: High priest, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Ryan Sherry (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; tried to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex after online contact; arrested in a police sting operation; convicted in 2015 of forcible sexual abuse and attempted lewdness involving a child
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Young Mens Leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Bradley Spencer (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member and Middleton city councilman in Idaho; convicted in 2015 of sexual battery of a minor; sentenced to eight years in prison; registered sex offender
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Daniel Taggart was an LDS church member in Highland, Utah; co-founder of Ancestry.com, LDSAudio.com and Infobases; in 2015, sentenced to prison in Utah for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Veloy Twitchell (1954 – ) was a former Mormon bishopric counselor in Marysville, Washington; accused in 2015 of perpetrating a sex crime that allegedly took place in approximately 2004; convicted
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Matthew Wallis (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana and in Ogden, Utah; pleaded guilty to a charge related to child sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Kenne Worthen (1988 – ) was a Mormon elementary school teacher and BYU-Idaho adjunct professor in Arizona who sexually abused a 12-year-old child; in 2015, pleaded guilty to sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of attempt to commit child molestation; sentenced to 25 years in prison and a lifetime of probation after
- Convicted: 2015,
- Positions: BYU, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
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