4 LDS sex abuse cases found
1998
- Crime year: 1998
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- Earl Bleak (1936 – 2000) was an LDS bishopric counselor and physician in Tempe, Arizona; accused in 1998 of sexual abuse of a 36-year-old patient and friend; charges were dismissed in 1999 due to mental incompetence; Bleak died in 2000 of complications from a form of dementia
Alleged crime: 1990s, 
Alleged crime state:
Arizona,
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LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, - Criminal case(s): criminal-result-dismissed-incompetence, Not convicted,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
Alleged crime state:
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- Ryan Ellsworth (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lakeside, Navajo County, Arizona; accused in 1998 of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2000; sentenced to two consecutive terms of six years in prison; released in 2010; violated probation in the 2010s; as of 2025, registered sex offender living in Show Low, Arizona
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Arizona,
Convicted:
2000, 
LDS positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation, 
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- 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
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2010, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -
- Corey Taylor (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Baltimore, Maryland; pleaded guilty of sexually abusing to minor children; pleaded guilty; sentenced to 15 years prison as of 2026
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Maryland,
Convicted:
2026, LDS positions: Boyscouts, Criminal case(s): Convicted, convicted pleaded guilty, Alleged church actions: Approved for rebaptism, Excommunicated, repaptized, Filters
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