Convicted Year: 2022

27 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

- Mark Aitken was a Mormon church member in Falkirk, Scotland; found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl after allegedly sending her manipulative and threatening messages
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Born: 1982
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Scotland, United Kingdom,
- Places when accused: Scotland, United Kingdom,
- Latest update: In prison for 7 years for rape in Glasgow, Scotland; sentenced September 2022
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- Darcy Anderson was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl; sentenced in 2022 to serve a minimum of 16 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1951
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- 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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- Gary Bell was an LDS church member and former prosecutor in Utah; pleaded guilty in December 2022 to four second degree felony charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in January 2023 to one to 15 years in prison; in June 2023, was convicted of 15 counts of 2nd degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of class B misdemeanor voyeurism; no additional prison time was added
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: July 2023: in prison in Utah
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- Mark Chapman was an LDS church member, church janitor and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Michigan, New York,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1971
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Michigan, New York,
- Places when accused: Michigan, New York,
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- Kami Chesnut was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Clark Crookston was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishop, High priest, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1949
- Mission: 1968-1970 Germany West German Mission
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: March 2024: in prison at the Central Utah Correctional Facility (offender number 254115) in Gunnison, Sanpete County, Utah
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- Michael Davis was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Elders quorum, Other leader,
- Convicted: 2003, 2006, 2022,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1985
- Mission: United States
- Places lived: Minnesota, Utah,
- Latest update: March 2024: appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction, claiming ineffective counsel and a violation of his constitutional rights
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- Stephen Goode was a Mormon church member in Gresham, Oregon; arrested in 2019 and accused of sexually abusing a child during a trip in 2018; in 2022, found guilty in a jury trial of four felony charges; sentenced to 8.5 years in prison and 20 years supervision
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Probation,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1981
- Mission: 2002-2004 Philippines Philippines Ilagan Mission
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- Cory Grint was a Mormon church member in Vernal, Utah; pleaded guilty to lewdness involving a child; sentenced to 364 days in jail, with a suspended jail sentence of 364 days and 36 months of probation; as of 2025, lives in Vernal, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Crime: 2014, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1982
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: Found guilty in 2022 of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD a Class A Misdemeanor; is a registered sex offender living in Vernal, Utah.
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- Frank Lind was a Mormon church member in California; sentenced before the early 2000s to 30 years to life in prison for sexually molesting a child; in the 2000s, a Mormon bishop allegedly supported Lind's decision to be baptized into the LDS church despite his prior conviction; in 2022, again convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2022: convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison
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- Boyd Lords was a Mormon church member in Winnemucca, Nevada; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2022 to one felony count of lewdness with a child under the age of 14; was sentenced to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: High priest, Missionary, Ward executive secretary,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: United States Indiana Indianapolis
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: as of 2023, Lords's father is a stake patriarch in the Winnemucca, Nevada area; the Lords family was a pillar in their local LDS community
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- Leonard Loschen was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2022 to prison in Utah for sexually abusing LDS missionaries
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1948
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- David Matlock was a Mormon church member; arrested and convicted in 2022 of open and gross lewdness
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1969
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nevada,
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- David Millett was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced in 2022 to prison for first-degree felony sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1976
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Luis Morales Silva was an LDS church member in Lehi, Utah; in 2022, pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree felony sex abuse of a child; sentenced to one to 15 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1987
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: Serving prison time in Utah Correctional Facility
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- Marcelo Moreno Pérez was a former Mormon church young men's leader in Argentina; arrested in 2021 for alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in 2017; sentenced in 2022 to 13.5 years in prison; the Mormon church allegedly paid the victim's parents 4.5 million pesos (approximately $40,000) to keep the abuse secret
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $40,000
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Argentina,
- Places when accused: Argentina,
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- Shawn Mortensen was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency member in Albuquerque, New Mexico; in February 2021, admitted to police that he had sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in January 2021; convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to prison in New Mexico
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1965
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: New Mexico, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: New Mexico,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: September 2022: sentenced to prison in New Mexico for child sexual abuse
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- Eneudo Petit was a Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; while bishop, allegedly sexually abused a child; accused of molesting another child before becoming a bishop; allegedly avoided arrest warrant for child sexual abuse by fleeing the US to Venezuela; arrested in Texas in 2021; convicted in Utah in 2022 and sentenced to prison; as of July 2024, is in the Uintah County Jail
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Venezuela,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: in prison in Utah
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- Scott Phister was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Wyoming; later moved to Utah and worked as a massage therapist; pleaded no contest in 2022 to two class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery for touching a female massage client in a sexual manner
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Wyoming,
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