Convicted Year: 2021

16 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

- Michael Antrobus 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Branch president, Missionary,
- Convicted: 2021, 2022,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1947
  Died: 2023
- Mission: 1966-1968 United States West Central States Mission (Montana, Wyoming, Idaho)
- Places lived: California, Indiana,
- Places when accused: California,
- Latest update: 2023-09-16: died by suicide in prison
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- Mathew Arrington 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1963
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Scott Darrington was a former LDS bishop and assistant school principal in Fallon, Nevada; convicted of possession of child pornography, spent a year in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1967
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- Robert Davis 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1949
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
- Latest update: Serving prison time in Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution
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- Larry Deutsch 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1966
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Missouri,
- Places when accused: Missouri,
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Adelaide, Australia; sentenced in 2021 to 10 years in prison for child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
- Latest update: 2021: sentenced to 10 years in prison for child sexual abuse
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- Anthon Ellsworth was an LDS bishopric counselor and returned missionary in Arizona; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and was sentenced to seven years in prison
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1982
- Mission: 2001-2003 Brazil Brazil [unknown]
- Places lived: Arizona, Brazil,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2023: in prison in Arizona
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- Melvin Hansen 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Other leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: is in prison in Utah
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- Elwood Haws 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
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Violated parole/probation,
- Church positions: Church employee,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1951
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: January 2023: violated probation
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- Hayden Hunter 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 2001
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Places when accused: California,
- Latest update: 2021: convicted in California of possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
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- Spencer Kartchner was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2009 and 2021
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Ward mission leader,
- Convicted: 2009, 2021,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1965
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- Eric Knight 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
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1968
- Mission: 1987-1989 United States California Ventura
- Places lived: New Hampshire,
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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
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- Matthew Shepard 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1974
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: Currently in DUCHESNE CO JAIL in Utah
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- Jason Smith 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
- Church discipline: No action,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Probation,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Indiana,
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- Christopher Warnock 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Stake seventy,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1950
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Kentucky, Wisconsin,
- Places when accused: Wisconsin,
- Latest update: In Oshkosh Correctional Institution, Oshkosh, WI, earliest eligibililty for parole 2024-05-18
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