Crime Year: 2010

12 LDS sex abuse cases found

Crime year: 2010

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- Paul Adams (1982 – 2017) was an LDS church member in Arizona; sexually abused two children for several years after confessing to his bishop; arrested and charged; died by suicide in 2017 while in custody awaiting trial; as of October 2025, a lawsuit against the church is ongoing
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Not active LDS, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Michael Angus (1944 – ) was an LDS church member in Star, Idaho; convicted of possession of sexually explicit images of minors in 2012; was accused of sexually abusing two young girls; had created and possessed CSAM of one of the victims; is a registered sex offender lives in Twin Falls, Idaho.
- Convicted: 2012,
- Positions: Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Daniel Bake (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member in Fernley, Nevada; in February 2021 was convicted of two counts of LEWDNESS W/CHILD, UNDER 14; is a registered sex offender living in Fallon, Nevada as of March 2026
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted: 2021,
- Positions: Young Mens Leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse,
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- Jacob Christensen (1974 – ) was a Mormon church member; convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child in Oct. 2018
- Convicted: 2018,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Scott Kidman (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member in Cache County, Utah; investigated in 2015-16 for alleged sexual abuse of multiple children, but charges were never filed; arrested in 2025 for alleged object rape; allegedly repeatedly sexually abused at least four young girls over a period of several years
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Alleged church actions: Financial support for victim,
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- Jason Kilgore (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Mountain Green, Utah; charged in 2024 with four felony counts of aggravated child sexual abuse and four felony counts of sodomy upon a child
- Positions: Sunday school teacher, Young Mens Leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Daphney Matthews (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; accused of sexual abuse
- Convicted: 2012,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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- Bryce Norton (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing four young karate students
- Convicted: 2011,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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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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- Bradley Spencer (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member and Middleton city councilman in Idaho; convicted in 2015 of sexual battery of a minor; sentenced to eight years in prison; registered sex offender
- Convicted: 2015,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Omale Uwa (1986 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Accra, Ghana; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2010 and sentenced to prison, along with his missionary companion, That Ayono Keeng; in 2011, an Accra High Court acquitted them, ruling that the trial court was wrong in convicting the missionaries
- Convicted: 2010,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Jared Wilson (1976 – ) was an LDS church member in Raleigh, North Carolina; convicted in 2011 of crimes related to child sexual abuse (six total counts of indecent liberties with a child); released from prison in 2015; no longer a registered sex offender as of 2025; in 2013, the alleged victims' mother sued the Mormon church, a stake president and two bishops; the case settled in 2015
- Alleged failure to report
- Church paid $unknown
- Convicted: 2011,
- Positions: ever-ward-missionary, Music leader, Sunday school, Sunday school teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn stake members, Stake official accused of failure to report, Stake official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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