16 LDS sex abuse cases found
2021
- Year convicted: 2021
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- Michael Antrobus (1947 – 2023) was a former Mormon branch president (similar to a bishop) and bishop in Connersville, Indiana for 10 years (approximately 1974-84); convicted of child sexual abuse charges (9 counts, 6 victims) in Sacramento County, California in 2021-2022; sentenced to 8 years in San Quentin State Prison; died by suicide in prison in September 2023; allegedly had at least a dozen victims
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Convicted:
2021, 2022, 
LDS positions: Bishop, Branch president, Missionary, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - Alleged failure to report
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- Mathew Arrington (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member and foster child advocate in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2021 to 15 years in prison
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- Crime: 2010s,
Crime state:
Arizona,
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- Convicted:
2021,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
Crime state:
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- Scott Darrington (1967 – ) was a former LDS bishop and assistant school principal in Fallon, Nevada; convicted of possession of child pornography, spent a year in prison
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Nevada,
Convicted:
2021, 
LDS positions: Bishop, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Robert Davis (1949 – ) was a Mormon church member in Eugene, Oregon; convicted of 5 counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree and sentenced to 75 months in prison
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Oregon,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Larry Deutsch (1966 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime county:
AZ - Maricopa,
- Crime state:
Arizona, Missouri,
Crime county:
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- John Doe (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in Adelaide, Australia; sentenced in 2021 to 10 years in prison for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime country:
Australia,
Crime country:
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Anthon Ellsworth (1982 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor in Arizona; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and was sentenced to seven years in prison
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Arizona,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Melvin Hansen (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member, school music teacher and former Tabernacle Choir member in Utah; convicted in 2021 in Utah of first degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; also accused of sexual abuse in Arizona
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- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Crime city:
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Other leader, Tabernacle Choir, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Police investigation, -
- Elwood Haws (1951 – ) was an employee and vice president of an LDS church-owned trust company in Utah; charged in 2020 with 13 second degree felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor (related to possession of child pornography); admitted that he viewed child pornography 3-4 times a week over a 3-4 year span; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three counts and was sentenced to 180 days in jail; in 2023, violated probation
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- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Church employee, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Violated parole/probation, -
- Hayden Hunter (2001 – ) was a Mormon missionary in California; he was from Pleasant Grove, Utah; arrested in 2020 for distribution of child sexual abuse material (child pornography) while on his mission; convicted of possession of CSAM in 2021
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
California,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Released, -
- Spencer Kartchner (1965 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2009 and 2021
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- Crime: 2000s, 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2009, 2021, LDS positions: Ward mission leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Eric Knight (1968 – ) was an LDS church member; former physician; pleaded guilty in 2021 in New Hampshire to two felony counts of second-degree assault in a plea deal that would allow him to get his medical license back and avoid the sex offender registry
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
New Hampshire,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, -
- Joseph Neipp was a former LDS bishop in San Jose, California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of convicted Mormon child sexual abuser Samuel Neipp
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- Convicted:
2021,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Matthew Shepard (1974 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; In October of 2019 chatted with online 13year old persona to try and meet for sex; found guilty to 3 counts of entice a minor by internet or text; currently in jail in Duchesne, Utah
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, -
- Jason Smith (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Indiana; in 2019, confessed to sexually abusing a child; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2021 to 728 days of probation for battery against a child under 14 years old
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Indiana,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Probation, -
- Christopher Warnock (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Waukesha County, Wisconsin; pleaded guilty to two counts of 1st Degree Sexual Assault of Child and one 2nd Degree Sex Assault-Intoxicated Victim
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Wisconsin,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Stake seventy, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Alleged failure to reportFilters
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