The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has not published a list of LDS sex offenders. FLOODLIT has found:

  • 4,070+ Mormons accused of sexual abuse
  • $52 million paid after alleged failures
  • 365 times Mormon officials allegedly hid abuse
  • 119 ongoing civil lawsuits
  • 85 ongoing criminal cases
  • 75 convicted former Mormon bishops
  • 75 alleged sex crimes in an LDS church or temple

Mormon sexual abuse news

  • June 11, 2025: Uncovering the Mormon Church’s Knowledge of Child Sexual Abuse: The 1984 Lawsuit – In 2012, a Mormon official stated that the first sex abuse lawsuit against the church was filed in 1989. Yesterday, Floodlit discovered two such lawsuits filed prior to 1989 – one in 1986 (see Trent Rogers), and the lawsuit related to Kenneth Ray, which we knew was ongoing in 1988. However, we wanted to find out when it was initially filed, so we kept investigating. Today, we learned it was filed on July 5, 1984. Our findings raise further questions about the church’s institutional memory and accountability.
  • June 10, 2025: Findings re: Mormon official’s declaration on church knowledge of sexual abuse – Floodlit.org has learned that in 2012, LDS church risk management director Paul Rytting declared under penalty of perjury, “the first lawsuit against the Church relating to sexual abuse was brought in 1989.” But we found two prior lawsuits (1986, 1988) directly contradicting his statement. Did he know?
  • June 3, 2025: Brigham Young University-Idaho adjunct Russian professor Collin James Hawkins arrested in Tremonton, Utah on suspicion of child sexual exploitation
  • June 2, 2025:Floodlit.org has discovered another alleged coverup of child sexual abuse by Mormon leaders, who asked Ed Dyer to resign as scoutmaster but did not tell police or prosecutors. 15 victims over 28 years. The church paid one victim $200,000 to drop a civil action against it and the BSA. See case report: Ed Dyer
  • May 31, 2025: We (Floodlit.org) just discovered $1,268,835.62 more in Mormon church child sex abuse defense and settlement costs. Did you know Boy Scouts registration fees increased in the 1980s and 1990s to offset rising insurance premiums due in part to sexual abuse claims against the Mormon church?
  • May 30, 2025:Oregon judge refuses to compel former Mormon family physician David Farley to answer questions about his church involvement; more than 150 women and girls are suing the former doctor and stake high council member for alleged sexual abuse
  • May 29, 2025: Utah judge says sex offender is “not yet a 75-year-old Mormon bishop”
  • May 22, 2025: BYU football quarterback Jake Retzlaff (not Mormon) accused in lawsuit of sexual assault. We got the complaint and share details for public clarity.
  • May 19, 2025: Bill Harding, former Mormon bishop in Tasmania, newly charged with child sexual abuse; Harding was also convicted in Queensland, Australia in 2024
  • May 4, 2025: My response to hate mail
  • May 1, 2025: FLOODLIT discovers $2 million in Mormon sex abuse settlements

Timeline: LDS church sued insurers to collect $90 million, after settling 5-year-long child sex abuse suit

 

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