Convicted Year: 2017

21 LDS sex abuse cases found

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Year convicted: 2017

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- Jared Anderson (1988 – ) was a high school teacher (and one-time "teacher of the year") and Mormon church group leader in the San Antonio, Texas area; also lived in Millington, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah; sentenced to 10 years in prison for hosting sex parties for teenage boys
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Texas,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Donnie Boring (1950 – 2017) was a former Mormon bishop and stake high council member in California / Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2017 to a felony charge of sexual abuse; died in December 2017
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- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Michael Bronson (1964 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Vineyard, Utah County, Utah; sentenced to prison in 2017 for first-degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Michael Carnegie (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Kitsap, Washington; convicted in 2017 of one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation; sentenced to 30 days in jail
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Washington,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Michael Ehlert (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member and former BYU professor in Utah; convicted in 2017 in Guam of sexual abuse
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- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: BYU,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Jay Elggren (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to jail and probation
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- John Goodrich (1959 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment,
- Civil case(s): Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Erik Hughes (1966 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Mapleton, Utah and a Mormon church senior product manager when he sexually abused two underage children in his LDS ward dozens of times; was sentenced to prison in 2017; released in 2023; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Utah
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged failure to report
- James Johannes (1982 – ) was a Mormon youth leader and US Army soldier assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA) in San Antonio, Texas; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison for spying on two teenage sisters and recording them preparing to attend LDS seminary classes
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Texas,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Timothy Johnson was a Mormon church member in Oregon; pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree sexual abuse and was sentenced to 15 years in prison; a lawsuit against the Mormon church was dismissed with prejudice
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Oregon,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Bryce Johnson (1984 – ) was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; convicted of three counts of aggravated child sex abuse/1st degree felony and sexual exploitation of a minor/2nd degree felony; sentenced to prison
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Isaac Kemp was a Mormon church member in Draper, Utah; allegedly sexually abused children in Draper and Nebraska; sentenced to prison in Nebraska until 2038
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state: Nebraska, Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Prison,
- Nicholas Lewis (1992 – ) was a Mormon church member and BYU student; accused of sexually abusing young girls and attempting to solicit sex from a teen online; sentenced in 2017 to jail and probation; 2023: registered sex offender living in Bremerton, Washington
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Nathan Madsen was a Mormon church member and University of Tampa, Florida music professor; pleaded guilty in 2017 to charges of enticing a child to produce child pornography and possessing child pornography; sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Florida,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Jonathon Moser (1981 – ) was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in Rawlins, Wyoming; found guilty of sexually abusing two minor girls; sentenced to a minimum of 36 years in prison; a source told FLOODLIT that North Dakota LDS church leaders knew about the abuse but "did nothing"
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- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Darran Scott (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member and filmmaker in Archies Creek, Victoria, Australia; pleaded guilty in 2017 to 16 charges related to the sexual abuse of 11 boys over a 25-year period; sentenced in 2017 to 10 years in prison
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: Australia,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Joseph Shanks was an LDS senior missionary and temple worker in Chorley, Lancashire, England; convicted of ten charges related to sex crimes after he was caught in a police sting operation trying to meet three young children for sex; called from a landline registered to the Mormon Church's missionary training center
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Charles Shield (1942 – ) was an LDS ward executive secretary in England and Scotland; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s,
- Places lived:
- Crime country: England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Keith Vallejo (1974 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Utah; accused of sexually abusing and raping two underage girls; in 2017, was found guilty in a jury trial of ten counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse and one count of first-degree felony object rape; sentenced to five years to life in prison
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Stephen Wold (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member and former full-time missionary (to Panama) who lived in Highland, Utah; convicted in 2017 of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a 10-year-old girl and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: BYU, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Laron Zaugg (1967 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; went on an LDS mission to Vienna, Austria in 1986; in 2017, sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and sentenced in Utah to three years to life in prison for first-degree felony attempted sodomy on a child; as of 2025, in federal prison in Colorado (release date 2028)
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,

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