3 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

  • Crime years: 2014
    • Michael Carnegie was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Kitsap, Washington; convicted in 2017 of one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation; sentenced to 30 days in jail
    • 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
    • Rene Rodriguez was a Mormon elders quorum presidency member and sheriff in Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place from 2005 to 2014; faced criminal charges in multiple Idaho counties; in one, was acquitted by a jury; in another, was convicted in 2020 and sentenced to 14 to 28 years in prison