7 LDS sex abuse cases found

  • Crime year: 2011
    • Samuel Baugh (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Kingston, Idaho; charged in 2025 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; allegedly molested two children for many years; his defense attorney noted Baugh was active in the church while requesting a reduction in the bond amount; Floodlit is seeking court documents
    • Alleged crimeAlleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime county: ID - Shoshone,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime state: Idaho,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Unknown position,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • A law enforcement officer called the case "one of the most twisted instances of grooming he’d ever seen"
      "He has never been in trouble before. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; he attends church every Sunday at the ward in Pinehurst."
      — Baugh's defense attorney Trish Espelund
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    • Larry Harmon (1932 – 2012) was a Mormon in Utah; sentenced to jail and probation in 2005 for aggravated sex abuse of a child; charged in 2012 with first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child; according to police, Harmon was allowed to be around children at an LDS ward Christmas party (where the alleged abuse took place in 2011) despite being a registered sex offender; died in 2012, so the charge was dismissed
    • CrimeCrime: 2000s, 2010s,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime city: UT - Orem,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime county: UT - Utah,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime state: Utah,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2005,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Missionary, Senior missionary, Temple worker,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Died awaiting trial, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
    • According to police, Harmon was allowed to be around children at an LDS ward Christmas party despite being a registered sex offender
      "[T]he defendant was at his LDS Church building in Orem assisting members of the ward in setting up for a Christmas party. He located the 12-year-old female victim alone in the kitchen of the church."
      — 2012 police probable cause statement
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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
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Unknown position,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
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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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