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122 Mormon sexual abuse cases found

Crime years: 1990s

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George Aaron
- was a former Mormon bishop in a college ward in Provo, Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters in the 1980s and early 1990s; found civilly liable in 2001 to have "inflicted emotional distress," "breached fiduciary duty," and behaved with "reckless disregard" toward his younger daughter; paid $25,000 in punitive damages.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Judgment for plaintiff,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
Dale Andreason
- was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; found guilty of three counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD a 1st Degree Felony and was sentenced 6 years to life.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Primary, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
Arlo Atkin
- was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, spent 132 days in jail.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Civil: Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
John Baca
- was an LDS church member in California; found guilty of LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Crime: 1990s, in California,
Bishop Baldwin
- was a Mormon bishop in Pittsburg, California in 1989; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly lasted from 1989 to 1997, when the victim was 5 to 13 years old; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,
Coy Ball
- was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; was charged with 11 various abuses to a child; pled guilty to 3 counts of Molestation of a child.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Crime: 1990s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
Christopher Bartle
- was a Mormon church member in Perth, Western Australia; accused of sexual abuse of four girls that allegedly took place between 1998 and 2007.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s,
Charles Blome
- was a Mormon church member and US Army veteran in or near Houston or Beaumont, Texas; admitted to sexually molesting at least five boys; pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child; sentenced to 15 years in prison; the LDS church was ordered to pay $4 million to a 13-year-old boy victim; Blome died in 2005.
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- Alleged coverup
- LDS church payment: $4,000,000
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Texas,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
David Broadbent
- was a Mormon and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; by 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward; in 2024, was charged with forcible sexual abuse, and the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the lawsuit could proceed; 2025: more criminal charges.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: Dismissed, Ongoing,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
Jimmy Brooks
- was a Mormon church member in Texas; charged with child sexual abuse in 1994.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Texas,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
David Brown
- was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Music leader, Scout leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Missouri,
John Burrell
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1990s, in Tennessee,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Raphael Caccioppoli
- was a Mormon church Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality).
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in New Zealand,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
Brett Candelaria
- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse on multiple occasions; sentenced in 2008 to two consecutive terms of 10 years to life in prison; later sentenced to 36 more years to life.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Colorado,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
William Carstensen
- was a Mormon church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; charged; died by suicide.
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- Criminal: Not convicted, Police investigation, Suicide, Unknown result,
- Civil: Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,
Max Cheatham
- was an LDS church member in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
Gerald Collingwood
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
Curtis Crittenden
- was a Mormon church member and LDS full-time missionary in Guatemala in 1993-1995; admitted to sexually abusing boys while on his mission and later when he was the head of 4-H in Tooele County; sentenced to prison in 2007 in Utah for child sexual abuse of several boys in his care as their 4-H leader.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
John d'Aquin
- was an LDS church member; convicted in 1994 in Louisiana of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles performing sexually immoral acts; convicted in 2007 in Louisiana of indecent behavior with juveniles.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, in Louisiana,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
Luke Dalton
- was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Montana, Ohio, Utah,
George Davis
- was an LDS church member in Rhode Island; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place in an LDS chapel.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Jury trial, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Rhode Island,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
Randall Deaton
- was an LDS church member in the Holmes Lake Ward, Lincoln Nebraska Stake; convicted in 2002 of attempted 1st degree sexual assault of a minor; the abuse took place before Deaton joined the LDS church; subsequently called as counselor in a YSA ward bishopric.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Nebraska,
John Doe
- was a Mormon church member in Lake Elsinore, California; arrested in 1997; pleaded guilty to committing lewd acts with a child under age 14; spent three years in state prison; in December 2022, the LDS church paid $995,000 to settle its part of a related civil lawsuit wherein a jury awarded the victim $2.28 billion.
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- Alleged coverup
- LDS church payment: $995,000
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
John Doe
- was a Mormon bishop in Pocatello, Idaho; an abuse survivor told FLOODLIT that Doe sexually abused them in his office at church in late 1999.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
Karl Elvik
- was a Mormon church youth leader in Glasgow, Scotland; admitted indecency offences against eight boys; was jailed for 18 months..
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Scotland, United Kingdom,
Dennis Empey
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Blackfoot, Idaho; accused of sexually abusing many children; his stake president allegedly knew Empey was abusing kids; convicted of child molestation in May 1991; sentenced to two years probation.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
Matthew Faerber
- was an LDS church member and high school choir director in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1990 or 1991 to two counts of attempted sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in February 1991 to six months in jail (two of those months under house arrest) followed by three years of supervised release.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation, Released,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Frank Ferrara
- was a Mormon church member and doctor in Northern Virginia; convicted in 1997 of four counts of forcible sodomy.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Crime: 1990s, in Virginia,
Richard Freeman
- was an LDS church member and high school teacher in Fresno, California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; moved to Provo, Utah.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in California,
Michael Fritchen
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison twice for child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Utah,
Rex Furness
- was a former Idaho state senator and Mormon bishop in Idaho; in 1996, pleaded guilty to sexual battery for fondling an underage girl; was sentenced to 60 days in jail; given a withheld judgment: if he did not violate the terms of his probation, the felony conviction would be kept from his record.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
Thomas Gibbons
- was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton, Utah; worked as a police officer; pleaded guilty to two felony charges of forcible sex abuse; sentenced in 2000 in Utah to prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Primary,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
David Gomez
- was a former LDS bishop and department of corrections administrator in Utah; arrested in 2004 and charged with 125 counts of sexual abuse; charges were dropped in 2005 due to issues related to the statutes of limitations.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Charges dropped,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Kenneth Good
- was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of molesting 4 underage girls; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1991 to 8 years in prison; released on parole in December 1993; as of 2023, lives in Taylorsville Utah.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Georgia,
Shawn Gooden
- was an LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Prison, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
Alan Grant
- was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in August 1998 to two months in jail.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Positions: Primary,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Perpetrator's home,
Gene Guinn
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: High priest,
- Crime: 1990s, in Texas,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,
Douglas Hall
- was an LDS bishop and retired Utah Highway Patrol sergeant in Monticello, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2001 to two third degree felony counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2002 to one second degree felony count of sex abuse of a child.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
Ronald Hall
- was an LDS church member and former Mormon Tabernacle Choir member in Utah and Washington; accused of sexually molesting three underage girls in 1997 or 1998; acquitted in 2000; accused of sexual abuse of a fourth victim, an underage girl, in approximately 2003; convicted in 2005 of third degree felony attempted child sexual abuse; sentenced; passed away November 11, 2023.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Found not guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Seminary teacher, Tabernacle Choir,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
David Hamblin
- was a Mormon church member and former elders quorum president in Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse in three separate cases; investigated along with ex-wife Roselle Stevenson (arrested in 2023) for alleged ritualistic sexual abuse; in 2025, a court dismissed one case with prejudice after "discovery issues;" one case remained as of March 2025.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Elders quorum,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace, Public, Recreational trip/outing, Victim's home,
Jeffrey Hardin
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted of lewd conduct with a minor in October 1991.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
William Harding
- was an LDS church member and former Mormon bishop and ward clerk in Tasmania, Australia and Queensland, Australia; charged in or before 2023 with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor in two states in Australia.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop, Ward clerk,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Australia,
Marvin Harker
- was an LDS bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 2016; reportedly confessed to his mission president in 1987 to sexually abusing multiple children; also reportedly confessed to his bishop; both leaders told him not to report to police, according to records in a 2016 criminal case; convicted in 2019 (alleged abuse 1986-93); sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison; registered sex offender.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Canada,
Kenneth Harper
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in California,
Lynn Harrison
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, No contest,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah, Weber County (Utah),
Devin Hartman
- was an LDS church member in Mableton, near Atlanta, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; given two consecutive sentences of life in prison.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Georgia, Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Craig Harward
- was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in California,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,
Vance Hein
- was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Canada, Pennsylvania,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity,
David Herget
- was a Mormon church member in Washington; convicted of child rape and child molestation in 1993; spent time in jail and was labeled a level-1 sex offender (least likely to re-offend); arrested in 2004 or 2005 and charged with child sex abuse; detectives identified at least seven victims; one child estimated that Herget abused him 1,400 times; in 2005, died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Prison, Registered sex offender, Suicide,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: High priest,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Washington,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
Grant Hildreth
- was an LDS church member in Montana; sentenced to prison in 1992 for felony child sexual abuse; in 2011, pleaded guilty to two class A misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; died in 2022.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Montana,
Darrell Howe
- was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit; the minor abuse victim and his mother filed suit against the LDS church and its officers deemed responsible; upon appeal, the judgment of the court again ruled against the plaintiff.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Washington,
Roy Hunt
- was a Mormon church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; former city manager in Snowflake and Holbrook and a public finance banker at the National Bank of Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse in 2004; pleaded guilty in 2005 to a reduced charge; sentenced to prison in Arizona in 2005.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
Loren Hurd
- was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender as of 2023; lives in Ogden, Utah.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
Ronald Jenkins
- was a former Mormon scout leader, bishopric counselor and stake high council member in Idaho; worked as a high school teacher; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1996 of 10 counts of lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to 17 years in prison.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
Carl Johnson
- was a former mayor of West Bountiful, UT; former Mormon bishop in Utah; arrested for and charged with sexually abusing several children; pleaded guilty in January 2023 to four felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in March 2023 to prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,
Stephen Kay
- was a Mormon church member, school teacher and scout leader in Brisbane, Australia; charged multiple times with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1996 and was sentenced to jail.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in Australia,
Lon Kennard
- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in November 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
Keith Knutson
- was a Mormon church member in Seattle, Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges in 1995; a Mormon bishop allegedly failed to report abuse allegations to police.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Crime: 1990s, in Washington,
Jason Larsen
- was an LDS missionary from Idaho in Bakersfield, California; accused in 1997 of sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl at a school; as of 2024, lives in Meridian, Idaho.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Victim's school,
Robert Larsen
- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD in 1993, and SEX ABUSE CHILD in 1998, as well as POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in 2009.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Kelly Mangrum
- was an LDS church member and dentist in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual misconduct, prescribing medications for a drug addict for sex.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Utah,
Brandon Manning
- 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.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Georgia, Scotland, United Kingdom, Utah,
Edwin McClellan
- was a Mormon bishop in Cottonwood, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing 3 female family members from the 1980s-2000s.
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- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Arizona,
Timothy McCleve
- was a former Mormon bishop in Harrisville, Utah when he was charged with sexually abusing three children; some of the abuse took place while he was bishop; sentenced in 2008 to up to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 2024, charged in Utah with threatening a witness in a parole violation investigation.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
Steven McDill
- was an LDS church member in Tippecanoe County, Indiana; found guilty of child molestation; sentenced to 9 year/5 suspended in July 1996.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1990s, in Indiana,
David McGhie
- was an LDS church member; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted; an LDS bishop was accused of failing to report the abuse.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
Russell Millsaps
- was an LDS church member and retired police sergeant in Arizona; sentenced in 2016 to 323 years in prison for child sexual exploitation.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Brian Mitchell
- was a Mormon church member and temple worker in Utah; abductor, with Wanda Barzee, of Elizabeth Smart.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
Burrell Mohler
- was an LDS church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse; criminal charges dropped; civil case in 2013, results unknown.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Charges dropped, Unknown result,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Missouri,
Thomas Monson
- was an attorney for the LDS church's law firm, Kirton McConkie; In 1989, Monson paid a $75 fine and was placed on probation after he pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting sex from a prostitute; sued in the 1990s for sexual harassment; reached a settlement with the victim; was a Mormon bishop in Utah in 2008.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Eustacio Munioz
- was an LDS ward religious and missionary class leader in the Brownsville, Texas area; in 2011, was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy; the victim, as an adult, filed a lawsuit against the LDS church and won.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Positions: Other leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Texas,
Scott Musson
- was an LDS church member in Ontario, Canada; arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Canada,
Ralph Neeley
- was an LDS church member in the Beaumont, Texas area; was sentenced in January 1994 to life in prison in Texas for repeated sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl in an LDS chapel during church meetings and in other locations; died in prison in 2020; the Mormon church reportedly paid several million US dollars in a settlement to the victim.
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- Alleged coverup
- LDS church payment: $3,000,000
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arkansas, Texas,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
Bruce O'Dell
- was a Mormon bishop and dermatologist in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona; in 1999, was charged with 48 counts of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Jeffrey Olson
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; found guilty 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.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
Dan Overholt
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Colorado,
Grant Packer
- was an LDS church member in Idaho; served a full-time mission to Canada in 1946-48 and two senior missions to Atlanta, Georgia and San Bernardino, California; charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation; died in 2008.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Terry Parker
- was a former Mormon bishop and school teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington; in 1996, two former students filed a civil lawsuit against the school district, Parker and the school's former principal, saying Parker sexually abused them; they said they reported to the school district, which then allegedly did nothing to protect them; the suit was dismissed with prejudice in Feb. 1998.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Dismissed with prejudice,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Washington,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
John Parkinson
- was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- Positions: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
Curtis Payne
- was a Mormon church member and elementary school teacher in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2019 of child sexual abuse and sentenced to four consecutive terms of 15 years to life in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
James Penrod
- was a Mormon church missionary in Pennsylvania in 1997; originally from Utah; sent home to Utah from his mission and arrested in July 1997 and charged with child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison for sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, in Pennsylvania, Utah,
Keith Peterson
- 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Idaho,
Arthur Phillips
- was a Mormon church member in Arizona; sexually molested a 14-year-old girl; sentenced to prison for one year and placed on probation for four years.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1990s, in Arizona,
Adam Phipps
- was an LDS church member in Manassas, Virginia; accused of taking indecent liberties with children; charged and convicted in 1993; registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1990s, in Virginia,
Errol Pilling
- was a Mormon bishop and licensed psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; went on an LDS mission to England in the early 1960s; pleaded guilty in 1988 and in 1994 to charges of sexual misconduct; in September 1994, his registration as a chartered psychologist with the Psychologists Association of Alberta was cancelled; in 1994, was excommunicated; as of February 2024, lives in Twin Falls, Idaho.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Canada,
Byron Poelman
- was a bishop and stake president in Utah and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church; arrested in 1994 for soliciting a prostitute; pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Crime: 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Lloyd Pond
- was a Mormon church spokesman and leader of an LDS church radio program in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1996 to one count of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 1997 to prison; died in 2019.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Robert Price
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity,
Shonn Ricks
- was an LDS church member in Benson, Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; found guilty by a jury in 1997; served about 14 months in prison; attempted to serve a Mormon mission and was supported by his stake president, Jerry Toombs; his mission call was withdrawn.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
Lowell Robison
- was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Mexico,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Eldon Saling
- was a Mormon church member in California and Utah; convicted in 1987 in California and in 1993 in Utah of charges related to sexual abuse; as of 2024, lives in Burley, Idaho as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California, Utah,
James Schmidt
- was an LDS church member and scout leader, with multiple charges of child sexual abuse over six years; convicted in the late 1990s in Maryland; as of 2024, registered as a sex offender.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Idaho,
Darran Scott
- was a Mormon church member and filmmaker in Archies Creek, Victoria, Australia; pleaded guilty in 2017 to 16 charges related to the sexual abuse of 11 boys over a 25-year period; sentenced in 2017 to 10 years in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Australia,
Orin Searle
- was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2013 but was deemed incompetent to stand trial; a victim said that Searle's predatory behavior began as early as the late 1950s, and that several family members, and multiple members of the LDS 44th Ward (Mount Ogden Stake), knew that Searle was a child molester but did nothing to stop him; died in 2014.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
Eric Senior
- was an LDS church member in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse in the 1990s; convicted; sentenced to prison; lost an appeal with the California Supreme Court; as of March 2024, lives in Provo, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Crime: 1990s, in California,
Timothy Shoemaker
- was a Mormon church member in Newnan, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; as of 2024, lives in Newnan, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in Georgia,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Scout activity, Vehicle,
Stewart Singley
- was an LDS church member in Ohio; convicted in 1975 of child molestation that occurred in 1974; in 1997, convicted and sentenced to one year in jail or prison; as of 2024, is a registered sex offender; lives in East Waterford, Pennsylvania.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1970s, 1990s, in Ohio,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Allen Stailey
- was an LDS church member in Colorado and Utah; convicted in 1999 in Colorado of sexual assault on a child.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1990s, in Colorado,
Roselle Stevenson
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused in August 2023 of child sexual abuse; ex-wife of ritualistic abuse suspect David Hamblin.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
Terry Stidd
- Terry Alan Stidd was an LDS church member in Kearns, Utah; in 1998, pleaded guilty to rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree and was sentenced to 10 years in prison; as of 2024, is out on parole and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Arthur Stout
- was a Mormon church member in Littlerock, California; in 2024, a civil lawsuit said he sexually assaulted a girl "on a weekly basis" from 1991 to 1997, starting when she was 5 years old; some of the alleged abuse took place in an LDS church building.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in California,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Vehicle, Victim's home,
Bradley Stowell
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
Todd Summers
- was an LDS church member and videographer for local children's events in Costa Mesa, California; accused of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in a Mormon chapel and other locations; a 2009 civil suit against him ended with a $100,000 settlement payment by the Mormon church to the plaintiff.
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- Alleged coverup
- LDS church payment: $100,000
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in California,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Public, Victim's home,
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- Criminal: Convicted, Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result,
- Crime: 1800s, 1900 to 1949, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
Peter Taylor
- was a Mormon church member in Washington; confessed to sexual abuse of his two underage stepdaughters; convicted; Mormon church lost a civil lawsuit and was court ordered to pay the victims $2.5 million; the church appealed and the amount was reduced to $1.2 million.
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- Alleged coverup
- LDS church payment: $1,200,000
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: Judgment for plaintiff, Settlement,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Washington,
Brent Taylor
- was the Utah Valley Youth Symphony orchestra director and an LDS Sunday school teacher; accused in 2018 of sexually abusing multiple boys; a judge ruled in 2023 that he had exaggerated his health issues to avoid trial; pleaded guilty in June 2024; sentenced twice to prison in two separate child sex abuse cases in 2024.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
Keele Taylor
- was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; convicted for possession of child pornography; In July 2019, accepted plea deal to possession, so the distribution charge was dropped.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Online,
Glendon Templeton
- was a Mormon bishop, Sunday school teacher and scout leader in Arizona; was bishop of the Maryvale Ward in West Phoenix from 2014 to 2019; excommunicated in 2019; also was a volleyball coach for high school-aged girls; accused numerous times and arrested, but never prosecuted for alleged sex crimes; sued in 1997 for alleged sexual abuse; allegedly sexually assaulted multiple teenage girls.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop, Sunday school,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
Kelly Teters
- was an LDS church member; in 2001, accused of sexual abuse; in 2002, found guilty of sexual intercourse without consent.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1990s, in Montana,
George Tilson
- was a Mormon church member in the Salt Lake City, Utah area (including Holladay); pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in the 1990s; alleged coverup by Mormon leaders.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Positions: High priest, Scout leader,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
James Tolman
- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah and Cheyenne, Wyoming; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE in 1994 in Utah and SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE in Wyoming.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah), Wyoming,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Jay Toombs
- was an LDS church member and private investigator in Benson, Cache Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; allegations of his abuse were reportedly known to three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother), who never reported it to police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Robert Tubbs
- was an LDS scout leader in Slaterville, Weber County, Utah; admitted he told a Mormon bishop in the early 1970s he had molested multiple boys; Tubbs said the bishop kept the abuse secret; nearly 20 years passed and Tubbs molested others; in the 1990s, Tubbs pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced to six years to life in prison; paroled in 2000; violated parole; released in 2008.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
Sterling Van Wagenen
- was a co-founder of Sundance Film Festival and director of some Mormon temple endowment videos; publicly accused of sexual abuse of two children in two separate instances; sentenced to prison in 2019 for child sexual abuse.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: BYU, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in Utah,
Thomas Waitman
- was an LDS church member in Cupertino, California; convicted of felony child sexual abuse in 1995 in California; as of 2023, registered sex offender living in Redmond, Washington.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Positions: Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- Crime: 1990s, in California,
Matthew Wallis
- was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Louisiana,
Christopher Warnock
- was a Mormon church member in Waukesha County, Wisconsin; found guilty of two counts of 1st Degree Sexual Assault of Child and one 2nd Deg. Sex Assault-Intoxicated Victim .
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Stake seventy,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
Ryan Whitaker
- was an LDS church member and divorce lawyer in Vancouver, Washington; charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in his Sunday School class during church meetings; convicted in 2013 and sentenced to prison; registered sex offender.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Missionary, Primary, Sunday school,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Washington,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
Alan Willey
- was a Mormon church member and schoolteacher in Utah; honored as teacher of the year twice at local schools; sentenced to prison in 2007 for sexually molesting a child who was one of his students; accused of sexually abusing many other little children in his classes.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
LaVar Withers
- was a Mormon church member and physician in Rexburg, Idaho; was accused of sexual abuse by at least 133 women and children (some as young as 13 years old) over a period of 30 years or more; admitted to sexual abuse; found guilty of misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 to 60 days in jail and two years probation; the Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend; died in 2005.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Idaho,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment,
Timothy Wright
- was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara, California; convicted in 1994 of one or more felonies related to child sexual abuse; a 1994 civil lawsuit against the Mormon church said he molested a boy between 1989 and 1992, when the boy was 14 to 17 years old (actions for which he was convicted); the suit was dismissed in 1995 for failure to appear by the plaintiff's attorneys.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Civil: Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Mitchell Young
- was an LDS missionary in Canada; in 1980, sent home after allegedly molesting children; convicted in Arizona (1985) and Utah (1988) of child sexual abuse; in 1993, sentenced in Utah to 15 years in prison for molesting a child for five years; a 2002 lawsuit against the LDS church accused Mormon leaders of providing a safe harbor for him; as of 2024, lives in Ogden, Utah; registered sex offender.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona, Canada, Utah,

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