Former Salt Lake City fire battalion chief arrested, accused of possessing hundreds of child sexual abuse images (CSAM)
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- 391 times church officials allegedly hid abuse
- 197 lawsuits against the LDS church
- 131 accused former Mormon bishops
- 87 reports of abuse in LDS churches/temples
- $52.2 million paid after alleged failures
- 256 ongoing criminal cases and civil suits
- 33,475 documents
Mormon Sexual Abuse News
Lawsuit: Arkansas Mormon officials failed to protect victim after 11 years of child sexual abuse
A new lawsuit has been filed against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Arkansas. According to the lawsuit, in 1993 G.S. was... Read more »
Boy Scout official who suspended SA perpetrators, was later convicted of possessing and distributing CSAM
Floodlit recently added two men to our database. Dick Jensen was a Mormon dentist in McMinnville, Oregon. Douglas S. Smith Jr. was a Boy Scout... Read more »
A survivor is looking for academic study participants: women who experienced patriarchal violence in the LDS church
An academic researcher (a survivor herself) is seeking LDS participants to interview who have experienced patriarchal violence in the LDS Church (interpersonal/institutional or both). –... Read more »
A temple’s tale: Years after child sex abuse lawsuit, Mormon stake president accused of coverup became temple president, abuser attended
BREAKING NEWS FROM FLOODLIT.org: A Floodlit investigation has revealed that after a stake president in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/Mormon church)... Read more »
Updated Mormon sex abuse case report: James Ricky Neumeyer, Utah
Details: James Ricky Neumeyer Floodlit obtained copies of police records created by the Centerville Police Department in 2024. A police detective reported that in June... Read more »
New federal lawsuit accuses former Mormon bishop John Goodrich of sexual abuse of another child
Floodlit.org has learned of a newly filed federal lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over allegations of child sexual abuse by... Read more »
Candon Dahle, a Mormon and former BYU baseball pitcher, 180-day jail sentence to END EARLY; after 5 years of alleged child sex abuse, he WON’T have to register as a sex offender, thanks to a plea deal
Floodlit.org has learned that Candon Dahle is about to be released from jail. Details: https://floodlit.org/a/b168/ Candon Dahle full case report Dahle, 22, was a starting... Read more »
Victim: LDS Primary general president (2005-10) covered up son’s alleged CSA in 1980s; he was convicted in 2018, 2023 of crimes related to CSA of two children
Floodlit has updated our case report on Robert Tanner Lant of Utah, adding a timeline and details of allegations that Lant’s parents, both prominent members... Read more »
Seeking info re: Nathaniel Barker, Utah sex offender
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