23 LDS sex abuse cases found

2024
  • Crime year: 2024
    • Nathaniel Strunk Barker
      • "[Barker] claimed that he was sick and on a lot of prescription medications and did not remember taking photographs of [redacted] or saving them onto his computer."
      — p.c. affidavit, 2019 criminal case
      "Nathaniel admitted to being sexually attracted to children" - 2025 p.c. affidavit
    • Nathaniel Barker (1989 – ) pled guilty in Utah to attempted forcible sexual abuse in 2019; arrested in 2025 and charged with 35 various charges related to sexual abuse of a minor; being held without bail in Utah County Jail
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2019,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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    • Samuel Arthur Baugh
      • "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
      A law enforcement officer called the case "one of the most twisted instances of grooming he’d ever seen"
    • 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
    • Church positionsPositions: Unknown position,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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    • Robert Virgil Dindinger
      • "You knew what you were doing and you did it anyway. And you caused harm."
      — 4th District Court Judge Tony F. Graf Jr.
    • Robert Dindinger (1970 – ) was an LDS church member, psychologist and pornography addiction book author in Orem, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Scotland 1995-97; worked at Brigham Young University; charged in 2025 with convincing child patients to undress so he could secretly record them; in 2018, his license was placed on probation after he "inappropriately touched" a 17-year-old during "masturbation satiation therapy"
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2025,
    • Church positionsPositions: BYU, Missionary,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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    • Dallas Dean Erickson
      • "It essentially stated that it’s not just Mr. Erickson’s fault, it’s the victim’s fault, and says punishment should be divided […] The court needs to, for the benefit of not only the victim but to send a message to society, deterrence of you, Mr. Erickson."
      — Judge Steven Boyce, commenting at sentencing on a letter of support for Erickson
    • Dallas Erickson (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member in Terreton, Idaho; pleaded guilty to felony lewd conduct with a child under 16 years old June 2026; sentenced 7 years fixed and 20 years indeterminate in prison; Erickson will have to register as sex offender
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2026,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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    • Douglas Melvin Hall
      • "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
      Hall allegedly assaulted a child hundreds of times, per Utah court documents
    • 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
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2025,
    • Church positionsPositions: Unknown position,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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    • Collin James Hawkins
    • Collin Hawkins (1997 – ) was a Mormon church member and adjunct Russian professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho; was a Mormon missionary in St. Petersburg, Russia from 2015 to 2017; arrested in 2025 on suspicion of 20 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; the charges were related to CSAM (child sexual abuse material)
    • Church positionsPositions: Missionary,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
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    • Robert Bruce Howell
    • Robert Bruce Howell
      • "Over the next several months Dr. Howell and the victim exchanged over a thousand text messages discussing personal and religious matters. This also included known phone calls where the two would read scriptures together. "
      — P.C. Affidavit
      Howell's website called him "A Dentist You Can Trust"
    • Robert Howell (1956 – ) was a Mormon church member and a professional dentist for over 30 years in New Jersey and Orem, Utah; arrested in June 2026 pending formal charges of object rape, a first-degree felony, and forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony, for allegedly manipulating and sexually abusing a high school student who was working as his intern
    • Church positionsPositions: Elders quorum ministering secretary, executive secretary, Missionary,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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    • Jared Lamb
    • Jared Lamb was a Mormon church member in Chorley, Lancashire, United Kingdom; 2024 attempted to meet with 5-year-old girl after chats online with person he thought was the girls father, it was the police undercover; arrested July 20, 2024 when he showed up in Sheffield to abuse the child; pled guilty;sentence 5 years & 6 years for "licence and made the subject of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order"
    • ConvictedConvicted: 2024,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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    • Colton Douglas Larsen
      • "Colton stated that if he is released he will be killed."
      — Colton Douglas Larsen, P.C. Affidavit
    • Colton Larsen (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member in Kearns, Utah; accused of sexually abusing two girls, ages 10 and 13 for the last five years; arrested and charged with 35 various counts related to child sexual abuse; court records state he is being held in jail with no bail; due back in court June 29, 2026
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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    • Spencer Merrell Pratt
      • "I wen [sic] to the Bishop on my own to start this process, and am accepting the consequences that come."
      — Spencer Pratt, in a 2024 text message to victims' relative, per probable cause affidavit
      Pratt received multiple letters of support in his criminal trial, including from his former LDS bishop to whom he allegedly confessed abuse
    • Spencer Pratt (1975 – ) was a Mormon church member and former bank vice president of a Zions Bank branch in or near Spanish Fork, Utah; arrested in January 2025 on suspicion of child sexual abuse; pled guilty to FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE - 2nd Degree Felony and AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD - 1st Degree Felony(amended to) - 2nd Degree Felony; sentencing December 31, 2025
    • Church positionsPositions: Primary teacher,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Church members wrote letters of support,
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