26 LDS sex abuse cases found
2020
- Year convicted: 2020
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- Scott Abraham (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member in Powell, Wyoming; set up a hidden camera in women's bathroom at work place; convicted in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Wyoming as a registered sex offender
Convicted:
2020, 
Positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, - View report »
"I was stupid enough to put a camera in the women's bathroom as an experiment, I guess you would say."An employee spotted the camera as she changed clothes-
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- Brady Allen (1990 – ) was a Mormon church youth leader and Utah teacher in Davis County, Utah; admitted to trying to meet 13-year-old for sex; convicted; sentenced to 1-15 years in Utah State Prison
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Andrew Bowers (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD/2ND DEGREE FELONY in 2020; is a registered sex offender that is non compliant with his registration; has moved out of Utah and is not registered anywhere else as of April 2026
- Convicted:
2020,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View report »
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- Ronald Brockner (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; moved to Idaho; convicted in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Bishop, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View report »
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- Paul Burdick (1972 – ) was an LDS bishop and drivers education teacher in Oregon; arrested in 2019 and charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to third-degree sex abuse involving underage female students in his job as a drivers ed teacher
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Bishop, Elders quorum president/counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- View report »
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- Samuel Butler (1995 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2020 to 15 years to life in prison for child sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- View report »
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- Allan Cook (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member in West Jordan, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2020 to three second degree felony charges of aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in 2020
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- View report »
"What we felt had happened, though serious, was nothing that warranted a felony charge."-
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- Alfred Cote (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in New Hampshire and Nauvoo, Illinois; convicted in 1986 (New Hampshire) and 2020 (Illinois) of child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in 2020 in Illinois; as of May 2026, is incarcerated at the Big Muddy River Correctional Center in Jefferson County, Illinois; Mormon church let him be scoutmaster despite prior conviction
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1986, 2020,
- Positions: Elders Quorum President, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
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- Adam Dimond (1987 – ) was an LDS church member and dancer in Farmington, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2020 to a second-degree felony charge of enticing a minor by Internet or text; sentenced to 40 days in jail and 4 years of probation
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Richard Fowler (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Sandpoint, Idaho; pleaded guilty to two felony counts of Children-Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in 20
- Convicted:
2020,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
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- Lincoln Gygi (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
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- Timothy Hallows (1958 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Kaysville, Utah when he perpetrated sex crimes; sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM); released in January 2023; as of February 2024, lives in Pleasant View, Utah
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
- View report »
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- Brad Isakson (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member; charged with various charges related to child sexual abuse in March 2020; convicted in October 2020; sentenced to 3 years to life for each of his two counts, to run concurrently; Isakson is a registered sex offender living in Salt Lake City, Utah as of May 2026
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View report »
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- Gordon Krengel (1951 – ) was a Mormon church member in Centerville, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing 3 girls, in 2020.
- Convicted:
2020,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- Brandon Manning (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2001, 2020, Unknown,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
- View report »
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- Robert Muttenthaler (1966 – ) was a Mormon church building representative in Welland, Ontario, Canada; arrested in 2014 and charged with 11 charges related to child sexual abuse and CSAM; convicted in December 2020 of possession of child pornography; reportedly convicted in April 2026 of multiple related charges; FLOODLIT is seeking court documents
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: ward building representative,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Aaron Nelson (1976 – 2020) was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; charged with 3 counts of Battery-Actual, Intentional and Unlawful Touching or Striking of Another Against their Will and 3 counts of Disturbing the Peace; accepted plea deal and found guilty of Disturbing the Peace; died 31 days after convicted
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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- Darin Ogden was a Mormon church member in Idaho; faced eight charges, including four counts of lewd conduct with a child younger than 16; in 2020, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- View report »
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- Jeffrey Olson (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted of first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child and was sentenced in 2020 to four consecutive terms of three years to life in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- View report »
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- Keith Peterson (1948 – 2020) was a Mormon church member and former high school teacher in Nampa, Idaho; accused in 1991 of inappropriate sexual contact; sentenced to 180 days suspended jail time and two years of probation; charge was dismissed in 1998 after he completed probation; pleaded guilty in October 2019 to one count of lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced in 2020 to 17 years in prison
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- View report »
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- Rene Rodriguez (1982 – ) was a Mormon elders quorum presidency member and sheriff in Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place from 2005 to 2014; faced criminal charges in multiple Idaho counties; in one, was acquitted by a jury; in another, was convicted in 2020 and sentenced to 14 to 28 years in prison
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Gerald Salcido (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and police officer in Mesa, Arizona and in Provo, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse of at least five children; Mormon officials knew in 1995 of alleged abuse, and excommunicated Salcido in 2006, but allegedly never reported abuse to police; convicted in 2020, sentenced to at least six years of probation
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2020,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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"I am angry. I feel like [church leaders] cover up a lot of things, and I honestly feel like that’s what happened. He went to his bishop. He was excommunicated. So why were the police never called?"-
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- Douglas Saltsman was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexual abuse; sentenced to jail and probation
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
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- Donald Tolman (1943 – ) was an LDS church member and former bishop in Provo, Utah (Provo 10th Ward, starting in 1975); convicted in 2020 of six felony counts related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2020 to 25 years to life in prison
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
- View report »
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- Timothy Turner was an LDS church member and middle school band teacher in West Virginia; convicted in 2020 of child sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Robert Wily (1979 – ) was an Mormon church member in Utah; in 2004, pleaded guilty to four class A misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; arrested in 2020 for allegedly possessing several child exploitation images; convicted of one felony count in 2022; sentenced to 365 days in jail and 48 months probation
- Convicted:
2004, 2020,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
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