4 LDS sex abuse cases found

2023
  • Crime year: 2023
    • Samuel Arthur Baugh
    • 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
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      • A law enforcement officer called the case "one of the most twisted instances of grooming he’d ever seen"
    • 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,
      • "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
    • Craig Scott Capron
    • Craig Capron (1965 – ) was a podiatrist; Mormon branch president in Macy, Nebraska (1999-2002), then a stake/ward executive secretary in Wyoming; allegedly sexually abused at least five children over a span of 20-plus years, despite LDS officials allegedly knowing of the first victim and prohibiting Capron from teaching kids; convicted in 2024 in Wyoming; sentenced to six to 12 years in prison; convicted again in 2025
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      • Mormon officials allegedly assigned Capron to leadership positions despite forbidding him from teaching children - more than 20 years prior to his conviction
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2024,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Branch president, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
      • "I just want what's best for you."
      — Craig Capron (allegedly), to Jane Doe, abuse survivor, while he was abusing her
    • Douglas Melvin Hall
    • Douglas Hall (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and real estate agent in Idaho; pleaded guilty in 2025 to first-degree felony object rape in Utah, and to lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16 in Idaho; other charges in both cases were dropped via plea agreements; sentenced to five years to life in prison in Utah, and to eight years to life in prison in Idaho, per court documents
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      • Hall allegedly assaulted a child hundreds of times, per Utah court documents
    • CrimeCrime: 2020s,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime city: UT - St. George,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime county: UT - Washington,
    • Alleged crime scenesCrime state: Idaho, Utah,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2025,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Unknown position,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
      • "Doug [...] would use religious manipulation to pressure [the victim] to stop listening to heavy metal music, promising her that if she stopped listening to inappropriate music, 'Heavenly Father and Jesus would help her forgive him.'"
      — a victim's relative, in a January 2025 letter requesting continued withholding of bail
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