15 LDS sex abuse cases found
2025
- Year convicted: 2025
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- Nicholas Alahverdian (1987 – ) was an LDS church member in Rhode Island and Orem, Utah; allegedly sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in Rhode Island in 2006; she told Floodlit in 2025 that she reported to Mormon officials, and that two missionaries overheard; Alahverdian was convicted in two rape trials in 2025
Crime: 2000s, 
Crime county:
UT - Utah, - Crime state:
Rhode Island, Utah,
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- Convicted:
2008, 2025,
LDS positions: Not active LDS, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, - Alleged failure to report
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Crime county:
Crime state:
"The guilt is heavy because [...] I may have been one of the first of his victims, if not the first. [...] He is a monster. It sickens me that not only did everyone turn a blind eye, but he went on to become a member at other LDS churches when the whole point of alerting the church was to excommunicate him and that hadn't been done."
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- Michael Andrew (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member, former LDS church employee and part-owner of a children's gymnastics academy in or near Prescott, Arizona; accused in 2024 of child sexual abuse; convicted via a plea agreement in 2025; set to be sentenced Oct. 29
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Arizona,
Convicted:
2025, 
LDS positions: Church employee, Youth leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Alan Andrus (1963 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Placerville, California; was a bishop from at least 2005-2007 (El Dorado Hills Ward, El Dorado Stake); in 2020, arrested and accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2019; in 2025, found guilty by a jury of one misdemeanor count of simple battery; as of January 2026, a civil lawsuit against him was ongoing
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Crime city:
crime-city-ca-el-dorado-hills, UT - Provo,
- Crime county:
crime-county-ca-el-dorado, UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
California,
Crime city:
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Found not guilty, Jury trial, Civil case(s): Ongoing, Convicted in 2025 by a jury of misdemeanor simple battery
"You know what’s great? Is I can't wait until it [Ambien] kicks in, because then you do what I say. If I say you dance with a pencil, you're going to dance with a pencil. [...] It would be like if someone spiked your drink, you didn't know you were drinking alcohol so there is no sin."
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- Brandon Brown (1978 – ) was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused in 2024 of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately at a mall in Chubbuck, Idaho; also accused of inappropriately touching a third teenage girl; in 2025, entered Alford pleas to felony and misdemeanor counts of sexual battery of a child; a judge rejected the plea agreement
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, -
- Candon Dahle (2003 – ) was a Mormon BYU baseball pitcher in Utah; in 2025, charged in two Idaho counties with crimes related to child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in Fremont County in May 2025; sentenced to 180 days in jail for sexually assaulting a young girl for five years; set for early jail release Jan. 21, 2026; not required to register as sex offender; Floodlit.org is seeking court documents
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Multiple Mormon church members wrote letters of support after Dahle pleaded guilty
"You forced me to keep your secret for seven years. I sat through your baseball games, I watched the world cheer for you. I watched you achieve every church standing and be celebrated, all while I screamed inside because I knew the truth."
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- Robert Dindinger (1970 – ) was an LDS church member, psychologist and pornography addiction book author in Orem, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Scotland 1995-97; worked at Brigham Young University; charged in 2025 with convincing child patients to undress so he could secretly record them; in 2018, his license was placed on probation after he "inappropriately touched" a 17-year-old during "masturbation satiation therapy"
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Alleged crime city:
Orem,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: BYU, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, "You knew what you were doing and you did it anyway. And you caused harm."
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- Douglas Hall (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and real estate agent in Idaho; pleaded guilty in 2025 to first-degree felony object rape in Utah, and to lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16 in Idaho; other charges in both cases were dropped via plea agreements; sentenced to five years to life in prison in Utah, and to eight years to life in prison in Idaho, per court documents
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime city:
UT - St. George,
- Crime county:
UT - Washington,
- Crime state:
Idaho, Utah,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Hall allegedly assaulted a child hundreds of times, per Utah court documents
"Doug [...] would use religious manipulation to pressure [the victim] to stop listening to heavy metal music, promising her that if she stopped listening to inappropriate music, 'Heavenly Father and Jesus would help her forgive him.'"
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- Russell Harbin (1974 – ) was a Mormon church member in Polson, Montana; convicted of sexual intercourse without consent with an 11-year-old child; the alleged abuse lasted from 2022 to 2024; he allegedly was assigned to be a Primary teacher sometime after the abuse began; sentenced in 2025 to 40 years in prison; the judge suspended 20 years of the 40-year term
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Montana,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Primary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Brent Johnson (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member in Cedar Hills, Utah; charged in 2024 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; police said they found three videos of Johnson in 2013 where he was recording himself sexually abusing an 11-year-old child while she was sleeping
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime city:
Cedar Hills,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Unknown result, -
- Paul Mayer (1975 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Sandy, Utah; accused of recording a 16-year-old in a bedroom and bathroom on a GoPro; charged with 19 counts related to sexual abuse of a minor; pled guilty to aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and voyeurism; sentenced in 2025 to 1-15 years in prison and 0-364 days in jail
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime city:
Sandy, Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Charles Merrell (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member in Wyoming; was reportedly an LDS Primary teacher as of approximately 2019; criminally charged in the 2020s with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; found guilty by a jury in 2025 of two third-degree felony counts of sexual abuse of a minor
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime county:
crime-county-wy-lincoln,
- Crime state:
Wyoming,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Primary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, -
- Jeffery Niemi (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member in Duluth, Minnesota; convicted in 2016 and again in 2025 of felonies related to child sexual exploitation; sentenced in 2025 to 30 years in prison
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Minnesota,
Convicted:
2016, 2025, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, -
- Scott Owen (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in Nov. 2023; sentenced in 2025 to prison
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Jeffrey Rock (1955 – ) was an LDS church member in California, Utah, Fiji and Thailand; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in December 2025 to three charges of sexual battery; set to be sentenced on Feb. 3, 2026
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime county:
United States,
- Crime state:
California,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Nursery, Primary, Scout leader, Stake high council, temple liaison, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Found guilty, Pleaded guilty, -
- Justin Zierke (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member and middle school teacher in Idaho Falls, Idaho; Zierke accepted a plea deal and pled guilty of injury to a child; received 30 days in jail and 2 years probation; lost teaching license
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2025, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Filters
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