7 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Crime year: 2006
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- 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
Crime: 2000s, 
Crime county:
UT - Utah, - Crime state:
Rhode Island, Utah,
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- Convicted:
2008, 2025,
LDS positions: Not active LDS, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, - Alleged failure to report
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Crime county:
Crime state:
"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."
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- Mark Cram (1956 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor, and city manager in Riverton, Utah; charged in 2006 with voyeurism; admitted climbing a 9-foot wall at a tanning salon to watch a 16-year-old girl undress; pleaded guilty; plea was held in abeyance; he completed the terms set by the court, charge was dismissed and case was expunged in 2008; as of February 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah
- Alleged crime: 2000s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishop, Church employee, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, 
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Expunged, Not convicted, Pleaded guilty, 
Alleged failure to report-
- 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
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime county:
Davis,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2007, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, -
- Robert Matthews was a Mormon church member and singer in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; arrested in 2006, after police received evidence that he swam naked with four young boys during a trip in July 2006; he allegedly took pictures of the nude swim and later processed the images on his computer; charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and lewdness involving a child; convicted
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2007, LDS positions: Tabernacle Choir, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, -
- Richard McClung (1943 – 2026) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Rockford, Illinois in 2006; convicted in 2007 and 2014 of charges related to child sexual abuse; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl on church property in 2006 despite facing criminal charges at the time and remaining in the bishopric; died in plane crash Feb. 14, 2026 in Poplar Grove, Illinois
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime city:
Rockford,
- Crime county:
crime-county-il-winnebago,
- Crime state:
Illinois,
Crime city:
Convicted:
2007, 2014, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Jeffrey Rock (1955 – ) was a former Mormon branch president and U.S. State Department employee; lived in California, Utah, Fiji and Thailand; pleaded guilty in 2025 to three charges of sexual battery; sentenced in February 2026 in Utah to 18 months in jail; the Mormon church knew about alleged child sex abuse but failed multiple times over years to alert civil authorities, according to Rock’s relatives
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime city:
crime-city-thailand-bangkok, UT - Provo,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
California, Utah,
- Crime country:
Thailand,
Crime country:
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Elders quorum, Nursery, Primary, Scout leader, Stake high council, temple liaison, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Alleged failure to reportMormon officials were accused of failure to report Rock’s sexual abuse of children
"Myself, my mom and my sister reached out to the LDS Church for help. He lied to them. They protected him with misguided mercy."
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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
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2020, LDS positions: Elders quorum, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Filters
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