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- Brady Allen (1990 – ) was a Mormon church youth leader and Utah teacher in Davis County, Utah; admitted to trying to meet 13-year-old for sex; convicted; sentenced to 1-15 years in Utah State Prison
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- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Benjamin Alyk (1997 – ) was an LDS church member from Utah and a missionary in Dominican Republic; confessed to making child sexual abuse material (CSAM); LDS church leaders allegedly knew about but did not report his criminal behavior to law enforcement
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Cortney Andrew (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member and bishopric counselor in Logan, Utah; charged in 2023 in Utah with four second degree felony counts of enticing a minor by internet or text; pleaded guilty to reduced charges in December 2023; sentenced in January 2024 to 60 days in jail
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- Convicted: 2023,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Brandon Beckham (1975 – ) was a Republican candidate for Utah Senate; charged in 2022 with one second degree felony count of forcible sexual abuse; pleaded not guilty; as of January 16, 2024, the case was headed toward a final pretrial hearing on January 17
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- David Blackner was an LDS church member in or near Washington Terrace, Weber County, Utah; registered sex offender who used an alias while in leadership positions
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- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Donald Blanchard was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Ferrin Bodily (1944 – 2023) was a Mormon church member; convicted of sexual abuse; died in 2023
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Donnie Boring (1950 – 2017) was a former Mormon bishop and stake high council member in California / Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2017 to a felony charge of sexual abuse; died in December 2017
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- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Allen Brinkerhoff (1929 – 2019) was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019
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- Convicted: 2007,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- Rachel Brock was a Mormon church member in Arizona; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the same boy that her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of molesting
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
- Ronald Brockner (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; moved to Idaho; convicted in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison
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- Convicted: 2020,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Bromley was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Keith Brown was an LDS church member; father of five famous piano playing children; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his daughters when they were children; sentenced to a minimum of ten years and up-to-life in prison
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Paul Bryant (1968 – 2024) was an HOA president and former Mormon primary teacher in Lehi, Utah; was a branch president during an LDS mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; died by suicide in December 2024
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- Convicted: 2016,
- LDS positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Gerald Burgie (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; charged in 1981 with third-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
- Tony Burleson was an LDS church member; accused of a sex crime
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Timothy Butler (1959 – ) was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Robert Cervo (1976 – ) was an LDS youth leader and schoolteacher in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; agreed in 2015 to sign a peace bond (not a conviction, but an agreement to comply with certain conditions for a specified period) and the four criminal charges against him were stayed
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- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Mark Chapman (1971 – ) was an LDS church member, church janitor and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel
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- Convicted: 2022,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- John Conway was a Mormon church member in Cambridge, UK; accused of child sexual abuse after his twin brother Martyn Conway was convicted of child sexual abuse; in both cases, the victim was the same underage boy
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Allan Cook (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2020 to three second degree felony charges of aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in 2020
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- Convicted: 2020,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Gordon Crawford was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Robert Dahle (1937 – 2022) was an LDS church member, Utah Highway Patrol trooper; alleged rapist of a 13-year-old girl
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- LDS positions: Elders quorum, High priest, Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Prescott De Jean (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender
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- Convicted: 2013,
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Broch DeGraff (1985 – ) was an LDS church member and private school teacher at Liahona Preparatory Academy in Pleasant Grove, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2013 to up to 20 years in prison
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- Convicted: 2013,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Richard Doan (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member in Douglasville, Georgia; convicted of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Vernon, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Doe was a Mormon missionary in Ireland; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Doe was an LDS church member in Raleigh, North Carolina; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
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- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
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- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- John Doe was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse
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- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- John Doe was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Doe was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Dave Doe was a Mormon bishop in West Valley City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; excommunicated, but never prosecuted
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Alleged failure to report
- John Doe was an LDS church member in Cambridge, Massachusetts; accused of sexual abuse
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- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Michael Ehlert (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member and former BYU professor in Utah; convicted in 2017 in Guam of sexual abuse
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- Convicted: 2017,
- LDS positions: BYU,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Gary Erickson (1968 – ) was an LDS church member, boy scout leader and Mesquite, Nevada police detective; was arrested in 2018; in 2019, pleaded guilty in Utah to a charge of crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct
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- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Nicolas Faivre (1979 – ) was a former LDS bishop in Australia; charged with sending sexually explicit messages to a child
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
- David Farley (1958 – ) was a former doctor in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing more than 200 patients over a span of many years, during some of which Farley was an LDS stake high council member; in 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley; in October 2025, a grand jury indicted him on 11 felony sexual assault charges
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived:
- Alleged crime city: OR - West Linn,
- Alleged crime county: OR - Clackamas,
- Alleged crime state: Oregon,
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Not convicted, Ongoing,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Frank was an LDS Sunday school teacher in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit against the Mormon church
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- LDS positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Shawn Frost (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Virginia; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse; in 2023, sued in $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; he was the victim's home teacher / ministering brother
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- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Other leader, Stake clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Settlement,
- Lawrence Gilbert (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and high priest group leader in California; convicted of sexually abusing three girls; sentenced to 10 years in prison
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- LDS positions: High priest,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Martin Gillen was a Mormon church member in Nevada and Colorado; in 2002, Gillen was convicted of sexual assault of a 6-year-old and sentenced to eight years in prison in Colorado; in 2016, arrested and charged again with child sex abuse, but case was dismissed
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- Convicted: 2002,
- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Scott Gollaher was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Luis Gonzales was a Mormon bishop in Sacramento, California; charged with 20 counts of child molestation, battery, rape, bigamy, stalking, and fraud; in 2002, was found guilty of bigamy, spousal abuse (battery) and child molestation
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- Convicted: 2002,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty,
- Alleged failure to report
- Stanley Green (1929 – 2009) was a former Mormon bishop in Athens, Texas (in or before 1998 to 1999 or later); accused of sexual abuse; convicted; died in 2009
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Matthew Hack was a Mormon church member and stake high council member in Oklahoma; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse; pleaded no contest to an amended charge of child neglect
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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal,
- Steven Hammock (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1983 to two counts of forcible sex abuse of a child and served six months in an inpatient treatment facility; the LDS church excommunicated him, but during a civil suit filed in 1989 by the victim, it refused to divulge information that Hammock gave to church officials; in 1997, a federal judge awarded $150,000 in damages to the victim
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- LDS positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- Alleged failure to report
- Eugene Hansen (1940 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in California; accused of child sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Jeffrey Hansen (1964 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; was bishop of a young single adults (YSA) ward; charged with distribution of pornography and stalking
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- William Hanson (1962 – ) was a Mormon youth leader who allegedly sexually abused children in several US states, including Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Utah, Texas, Wisconsin and New Jersey; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; in the 2000s, the Mormon church settled a civil lawsuit in which the victim accused it of failing to protect him
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin,
- LDS positions: High priest, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged failure to report
- Daniel Henshaw (1990 – ) was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl; sentenced to seven months in jail; arrested in 2023 and found competent to stand trial on charges of plotting to rape and murder a Logan, Utah woman
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- Convicted: 2019,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Lynn Hill was a Mormon scoutmaster in Utah; worked from 1976 to 1984 as a financial auditor for the LDS church, including in Japan and other Asian countries; sentenced in 2004 to up to five years in prison for sexually abusing a 17-year-old developmentally disabled girl; Hill molested her while driving her to an LDS church activity for disabled children, and at her home, according to charging documents
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- Crime: 2000s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: Utah,
- Convicted: 2004,
- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison, Released,
- Cecil Jacobson (1936 – 2021) was a Mormon church member and fertility doctor in Virginia; found guilty of secretly using his own sperm to artificially inseminate patients
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- William Jansen (1983 – ) was an LDS church member and police officer in Twin Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Bruce Jeppesen (1956 – ) was a Mormon elders quorum president when he sexually abused a child; sentenced to two concurrent terms of 15 years in the Utah State Prison
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- LDS positions: Elders quorum,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Larry Judd (1936 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; admitted to molesting 12 girls over a period of about 20 years; some of the alleged abuse took place at church and at church-sponsored summer camps
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Ronald Kerlee was a Mormon seminary teacher, Sunday school leader and youth leader in Corvallis, Oregon; convicted of Sodomy III (Class C Felony) for sexual abuse of a child; accused of sexually abusing multiple children; was also a licensed counselor in Oregon until his license was revoked in 2014 after he allegedly engaged in sexual activities with a male client
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- LDS positions: Seminary teacher, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Timothy Kimball (1979 – 2023) was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2022 with child sexual abuse; died by suicide in June 2023 while awaiting indictment
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- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Kristopher Kinkade (1966 – 2020) was a Mormon church member; accused of child sexual abuse; died in 2020
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Not convicted, Suicide, Unknown result,
- Christopher Kite was an LDS church member in Chicago, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Michael Larsen (1963 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; convicted in the 1980s of child sexual abuse; as of 2023, lives in Tooele, Utah
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Derek Layton was an LDS church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse in the late 1980s; convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison for "sexual conduct with minor and dangerous crimes against children"
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
- George Lee (1943 – 2010) was a Mormon general authority in Utah; member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1975 to 1989; in 1994, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a child, a third-degree felony; registered sex offender; died in 2010
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- LDS positions: General authority, Mission president, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Paul Lewis was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Seattle, Washington; accused of sexual abuse; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2006
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Frank Lind (1956 – ) was a Mormon church member in California; sentenced before the early 2000s to 30 years to life in prison for sexually molesting a child; in the 2000s, a Mormon bishop allegedly supported Lind's decision to be baptized into the LDS church despite his prior conviction; in 2022, again convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison
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- Convicted: 2022,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Douglas Lovell (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a woman he murdered, Joyce Yost; Lovell claimed the LDS church meddled in his 2015 trial by discouraging a former prison bishop from testifying in his defense
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Melvin MacNeil (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Martin MacNeill was a former Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2014; convicted of murdering his wife
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- Convicted: 2014,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- James Matlock was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Miguel Michel was an LDS church member in Buenos Aires, Argentina; accused of child sexual abuse in or around 2000; allegedly sexually molested three children ranging in age from five to eight years old
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Ronald Mills was an LDS church member in Orange, New South Wales, Australia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced in or around 1982 to 3 years in jail
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Trevor Milton (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and former technology billionaire (Nikola) in Utah; accused in a 2020 lawsuit of sexual assault of two minors
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Daniel Montoya was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Long Beach, California; pleaded guilty in 1986 to charges of child sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Jared Murray (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Rexburg, Idaho; pleaded guilty in 1989 to a child sexual abuse charge
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Matthew Nash was a former Mormon missionary from Utah who served a mission in North Carolina in 1999; accused in 2001 of sexually molesting 11 girls while on his mission; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Joseph Neipp was a former LDS bishop in San Jose, California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of convicted Mormon child sexual abuser Samuel Neipp
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- Convicted: 2021,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Kim Nelson was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse and was sentenced to prison; LDS leaders allegedly knew about the abuse and failed to report to police
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- Hugh Nibley (1910 – 2005) was a prominent LDS scholar in Utah; in 2005, was publicly accused by his daughter of childhood sexual abuse against her; died in 2005 in Provo, Utah; was never charged with a sex crime
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- LDS positions: BYU, Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Brent Noorda (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member and chiropractor in St. George, Utah; arrested in 2019 and accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Eric Olsen (1977 – ) was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Bakersfield, California; admitted to Ontario, California police that he had sexually abused between 200 to 300 girls, with as many as 30 victims in Kern County; convicted in 2007 in California of 6 felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced to five years in prison; lifetime registered sex offender; as of 2023, lives in Brigham City, Utah
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- Convicted: 2007,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Spencer Palmer (1927 – 2000) was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; lived in Utah; posthumously accused of child sexual abuse by his grandson
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- LDS positions: Bishop, BYU, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Temple president,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Raymond Parkin (1950 – ) was an LDS church member in Mansfield, England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced in 2009 to prison for 18 years for serious sexual offenses against two young girls
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- Convicted: 2009,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Leslie Paul (1943 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona; charged with child sexual abuse; found guilty on 32 counts; sentenced in about 1989 to over 400 years in prison
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Ronald Phelps was an LDS bishop and stake executive secretary, and attorney, in Oklahoma; arrested for indecent exposure before becoming an LDS bishop; accused of child sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly covered up the abuse
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- LDS positions: Bishop, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Alleged failure to report
- Carl Pratt (1930 – 2006) was a Mormon bishop in San Manuel, Arizona; allegedly sexually abused a boy in his ward, in the bishop's office at an LDS chapel; died in 2006
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- LDS positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alberto Reyes was a Mormon bishop in Argentina who sexually abused a child; allegedly sexually abused the victim for at least nine years; convicted in 2004
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- Convicted: 2004,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
- James Robinson was an LDS bishop in Utah; accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl; charges were dropped
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped,
- Alleged failure to report
- James Samuels (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Thornton, Idaho; found guilty of LEWD COND WITH A MINOR CHILD U/16 Date : 03-18-1980
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty,
- Kyle Saucier was a Mormon missionary in Utah; charged in 2007 with aggravated sexual abuse of a child, but the charges were dropped after prosecutors said they could not proceed due to "witness problems"
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Not convicted,
- Dennis Schult (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived:
- Crime state: California,
- Convicted: 1991,
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged failure to report
- Richard Simcock was an LDS church member in the United Kingdom (UK); accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2013 to 10 years in prison
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- Convicted: 2013,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Robert Stahn (1958 – ) was an LDS church member and therapist in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused in April 2023 of sexual abuse; once served as clinical director of Operation Shield, counseling child sexual trauma survivors; pleaded guilty in October 2023 to felony sexual abuse or exploitation of a vulnerable adult
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- Convicted: 2023,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Edward Stone was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Mark Thomas was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse; a plaintiff sued the LDS church
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
- David Tupou was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- unknown unknown was a Mormon church member in Massachusetts; accused of sexual abuse
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- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Kay Walker (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member and Nauvoo Inn owner in Nauvoo, Illinois; charged with sexually abusing his employees; entered an Alford plea in 2004, resulting in a conviction while maintaining his innocence before the court; January 2024: lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho
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- Convicted: 2004,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted,
- Mark Webster was a branch president in New Mexico; accused of rape in a civil lawsuit
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- LDS positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report

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