Convicted Year: 2018

20 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

- Leizza Adams was the wife of sexual abuser Paul Douglas Adams; sentenced in 2018 in Arizona to 2.5 years in prison after pleading no contest to two felony counts of child abuse (not sexual abuse)
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; in 2018, sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
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- Nathan Dupuis was a Mormon church member in New York; sentenced in 2018 to four and a half years in prison for molesting a child
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1978
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: New York,
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- Carlos Escalante was an LDS branch president in San Nicolas, Argentina; sexually abused his stepdaughter for 5 years, including while branch president; the victim asked local LDS leaders for support, but allegedly received none; she was punished by the church for "refusing to forgive" and for "failing to comply with worthiness standards;" Escalante was sentenced in 2018 to 14 years in prison
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Branch president,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Argentina,
- Places when accused: Argentina,
- Latest update: 2018: sentenced to 14 years in prison
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- Thomas Evans-Southall was an LDS bishop in Charlottesville, Virginia; originally from England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2018 and sentenced to two consecutive terms of two years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Virginia,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in England
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- Jeffrey Graton was a Mormon church counselor in a bishopric in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2018 for child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1973
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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- Steven Hansen was a former LDS bishop; accused of sexual abuse
- Church discipline: Unknown,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1953
- Mission: 1972-1974 United States Minnesota [name unknown]
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- Samuel Heavilon was an LDS church member in Frankfort, Indiana; convicted in 2018 of child exploitation; sentenced to four years in prison
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1960
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Indiana,
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- Craig Housley was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty in 2018 of child sexual exploitation; sentenced to 210 days in state prison and five years of probation
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Church positions: Missionary, Other leader,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1980
- Mission: 1999-2001 Brazil
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2018: convicted of two felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor
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- James Larsen was a Mormon church member (possibly a ward clerk or bishop) in Magna, Utah; accused in 2017 of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to prison; released; as of 2025, lives in Magna, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Church discipline: Unknown,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Church positions: Missionary, Ward clerk,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1977
- Mission: 1997-1999 United States North Carolina Raleigh
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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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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- David Owens was an LDS elders quorum president in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2018 to 20 or more years in prison for sexually assaulting three young men in his Mormon ward
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- Keith Price was a Mormon bishop in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2018 of class A misdemeanor voyeurism; secretly recorded underage girls; the crime occurred while he was serving as bishop
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in American Fork, Utah;
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- Shane Pugh was a Mormon church member in Cedar Hills, Utah; accused of touching an underage girl while she was sleeping; in 2017, pleaded guilty to forcible sexual abuse (2nd degree felony); sentenced to 1 to 15 years in prison and 3 years probation
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Sunday school,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1973
- Mission: United States Oklahoma City
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- Shane Ross was an LDS church member and public school teacher in Salem, Oregon; accused of child sexual abuse of a former student; convicted in 2018 and sentenced to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
- Latest update: 2023: in prison in Oregon
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- Heidi Tasso was an LDS church member and school teacher/counselor in St. George, Utah; charged in 2016 with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in June 2018 to one third-degree felony count of unlawful sexual activity with a minor; sentenced in August 2018 to 120 days in jail, 36 months probation and 200 hours of community service
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1968
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Washington County (Utah),
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- John Thiele was a Mormon church stake high council member in Idaho; convicted in 2018 of sexual abuse, no jail time served; registered as sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Stake high council,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho,
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- James Ungricht was a Mormon church member and junior high school science and math teacher in San Diego, California; arrested in 2017 for lewd conduct in public; pleaded no contest in 2018 to a misdemeanor charge of lewd conduct in a public place; sentenced to serve 30 days in county jail, plus three years probation
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
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- Curtis Ware was a Mormon church member and football coach for Grantsville High School in Utah; convicted in June 2018 of one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, all class A misdemeanors; also pleaded guilty to class B misdemeanor tampering with a witness in a separate case
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1968
- Mission: 1988-1990 United States Minneapolis
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: Was convicted in 2018 one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, all class A misdemeanors. He also pleaded guilty to tampering with a witness in a separate case, a class A misdemeanor that was then reduced to class B misdemeanor, after court documents say he pressured the victim into changing her disclosure.
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- Alexander Winward was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to 4 felony counts of child sex abuse, with all victims under the age of 7
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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