5 LDS sex abuse cases found

  • Crime year: 2006
    • 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
    • CrimeCrime: 2000s,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime county: UT - Utah,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime state: Rhode Island, Utah,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2008, 2025,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Not active LDS,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
    • Alleged failure to reportAlleged failure to report
    • "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."
      — Abuse survivor, 2025
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    • John Grandjean (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member that lives in Syracuse, Utah; In 2007 he was convicted of sexual abuse of a child, a 2nd degree felony, that occurred in Draper, Utah; is a registered sex offender
    • Alleged crimeAlleged crime: 2000s,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime county: Davis,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime state: Utah,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2007,
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    • Rene Rodriguez (1982 – ) 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
    • CrimeCrime: 2000s, 2010s,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime state: Idaho,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2020,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Elders quorum,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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