6 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Crime year: 2007
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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,
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- William Pingel (1971 – ) was a Mormon church member in Tremonton, Utah; convicted of two counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD in 2024; sentenced to 10 years in prison; is in Sevier County Jail as of February 2026
- Convicted:
2024,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2025,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Elders quorum president/counselor, Nursery, Primary, Scout leader, Stake high council, temple liaison, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Counseling/therapy for victim, Disfellowshipped, High-level official accused of failure to report, Officials allegedly gave the accused a church duty after admission of wrongdoing, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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"Myself, my mom and my sister reached out to the LDS Church for help. He lied to them. They protected him with misguided mercy."Mormon officials were accused of failure to report Rock’s sexual abuse of children-
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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
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Brad Scoffield (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member; convicted of sex abuse of a child under 16 years in 2007; served 80 days in jail; is a registered sex offender that lives in Pocatello, Idaho
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2007,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Stake official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- Murray Stubbs (1965 – ) was a Mormon church member in Canberra ACT Australia; accused of grooming a child using the internet because of sexually explicit texts; was found guilty in 2010 of using the internet in an offensive way
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2010,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Hung jury,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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