8 LDS sex abuse cases found
1996
- Crime year: 1996
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- Mark Haws (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; accused of sexually abusing a girl for 14 years; convicted in 2010 of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; excommunicated; rebaptized in or before June 2025; as of March 2026, lives in Lehi, Utah as a registered sex offender
Convicted:
2010, 
Positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, 
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, - View report »
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- Albert Jackson (1906 – 2010) was a Mormon church member in Lewiston, Utah and Centerville, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2002 (at age 96) via plea agreement to two second-degree felony counts of sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to two concurrent prison terms of one to 15 years each
- Convicted:
2002,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"You're in pretty good health for a 99-year-old man. We don't want you touching anybody anymore, OK?"Was Utah's oldest prison inmate when released to home confinement at age 99 -
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- Richard James (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Potomac, Maryland; accused of sexually abusing a boy from 1995 to 1999 at billionaire Bill Marriott's home, an LDS church and other locations; pleaded guilty to reduced child abuse charges; sentenced to 10 years in prison (nine suspended); was a registered sex offender; the victim sued the church, Marriott and six others in 2024
Alleged failure to report- Convicted:
2002,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Arvid Oakley (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexually abusing several girls who were between 4 and 6 years old; one alleged instance of abuse took place during his LDS mission to Uruguay in 1963; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1998; as of April 2026, is in prison in Utah
- Convicted:
1998,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"He has abused so many children that he can't keep his victims straight."Investigators said Oakley inspected some naked children in a room in his house that he called "the tick room" as he operated a daycare -
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- Robert Peavey (1937 – ) was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara and Glenn counties, in California. Convicted of three counts of lewd & lascivious acts with a minor under 14 in 1996 and sexual batter in 2012. Is a registered sex offender living in Weiser, Idaho as of February 2026.
- Convicted:
1996, 2012,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Ronald Stone was a teacher at Hayden Meadows Elementary School in Coeur d'alene, Idaho; was convicted of two counts of LEWD CONDUCT in June 2022; sentenced to 30 years in prison
- Convicted:
2022,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Corey Taylor (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Baltimore, Maryland; pleaded guilty to two felony counts related to sexual abuse of two minor children; in 2026, sentenced to 15 years in prison
- Convicted:
2026,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Approved for rebaptism, Church member allegedly wrote to First Presidency in support of accused, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Morris Whitlock (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in American Fork, Utah; convicted of two counts of sexual abuse in the 2nd degree in 2001; convicted of sexually abusing 2 former students; Whitlock gave police 19 more names of students he confessed to abusing, ages 12-14 from 1978-2000; , is not a registered sex offender as of August 2026; Online records show Whitlock lives in Saratoga Springs, UT.
- Convicted:
2001,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Tabernacle Choir, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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