Logan Cornwell, a Mormon church member and dentist in the Gilbert-Mesa, Arizona, area, has been accused of child sex trafficking and misconduct involving weapons. Floodlit case report: https://floodlit.org/a/b418/ A review of Cornwell’s social media profiles indicated that he was married in a Mormon temple and was active in the Mormon church as of 2022. Floodlit…
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Floodlit has obtained a copy of a civil lawsuit filed on Oct. 6 against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints regarding convicted sexual abuser David Herget (1943 – 2005). In the lawsuit, four men say Mormon church officials allowed Herget to access them repeatedly between 2001 and 2005 in their Mountlake Terrace congregation…
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Timothy Phelps AKA Tim Phelps was convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 16 in Pinellas County, Florida. According to the Kentucky sex offender registry, the victim was 12 years old. Phelps is currently living in Morgantown, Kentucky and the person that reported him to Floodlit said he is attending church meetings…
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Today, the Washington State Attorney General’s office announced that clergy in Washington will remain mandatory reporters under stipulations filed today by the AG‘s office and the plaintiffs (two religious organizations) in lawsuits against Washington over Senate bill 5375, which passed in May 2025. The new agreement protects Catholic priests from having to report abuse they…
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BREAKING NEWS – Oct. 8, 2025: David Farley is now facing 11 felony sexual assault charges after a grand jury indictment. He is expected to be arrested, booked and arraigned on Friday, Oct. 10 at the Clackamas County Courthouse. (KGW article) FLOODLIT needs to raise money to be able to access court documents in Farley’s…
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Floodlit.org has just listed 25 more convicted Mormon sexual abusers, bringing our total to 4,370. Latest updates https://floodlit.org/accused/ – full database Each report contains links to available news sources and/or court documents, made possible by your support. You can report a Latter-day Saint sex abuse perpetrator at: https://floodlit.org/report-abuse/ Report an Abuser Newly added Mormon…
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Floodlit has obtained court documents in the case of former Utah judge Kevin Christensen, who recently requested to be released from custody as he continues to face child sex crime charges. Prosecutors say Christensen got a young child’s photo from his LDS church directory and sent it to an adult while discussing a rape fantasy.…
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We’ve discovered 27 more convicted Mormon sexual abusers in Utah alone, including a former LDS bishop, a former branch president, a man who was at one time the oldest known prison inmate in the United States, multiple former LDS temple workers, and the former director of the Utah Division of Investigations. (links to case reports…
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Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/a879/ Craig Andrew (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member, former LDS church employee and part-owner of a children’s gymnastics academy in or near Prescott, Arizona; accused in 2024 of child sexual abuse; convicted via a plea agreement in 2025; set to be sentenced Oct. 29. In 2025, Andrew pleaded guilty. Sentencing…
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Full case report on Doug Hall of Idaho: Douglas Melvin Hall
Floodlit.org is releasing docs from ONGOING lawsuit. In 1979 criminal case, LDS Bishop said he knew a ward member was convicted child molester when calling him as Scoutmaster. The man said bishop left him alone for months, then assigned 2nd convict as Assistant. Floodlit.org has obtained documents from an ongoing California child sexual abuse lawsuit…
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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. Samuel…
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Details: Dennis Joe Empey case report Empey’s alleged sex crimes span at least 44 years (1981 – 2025). “This man has molested so many children that it involved four Bishops from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” — Joe Empey’s neighbor, pre-sentencing letter to Utah County judge George Ballif, Sept. 13, 1991 If…
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Floodlit case report: Richard Kent James Complaint: John Doe v. LDS Church, Bill Marriott, Mormon officials John Doe Objection to LDS Church Motion, BSA Bankruptcy, July 21, 2025 Hotel magnate Bill Marriott’s home was the first place John Doe remembers being sexually abused by Richard Kent James. It was early 1995. James, a 28-year-old financial…
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We have been covering the Idaho Mormon sex abuse case of Candon Dahle, a former BYU baseball pitcher. Dahle was recently sentenced to 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to reduced charges related to child sexual abuse of a girl from the age of 7-12. We reached out to the Fremont County court and…
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(pictured above: Francis “Mickey” Cochran, convicted child sexual abuser and Mormon high priest in the 1980s) Paul Diehl, the Seattle stake president during the alleged coverup, was promoted by the Mormon church to a Quorum of the Seventy from at least 1997 to 2000. Floodlit.org obtained a copy of the lawsuit. Read the full details:…
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To read the full case report please visit: https://floodlit.org/a/b354/ Scott Kidman, a Mormon and former Ogden, Utah fireman, was arrested in September 2025 on suspicion of three counts of object rape, a first-degree felony. Thanks to your donations, Floodlit has obtained a copy of a police probable cause affidavit in Kidman’s case. Floodlit recognizes the…
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Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/b352/ In 2011, Todd Tanner was convicted in Colorado of one count of attempted sexual assault on a child, and one misdemeanor count of sexual contact with no consent. Thanks to a plea agreement, Tanner wasn’t required to serve jail time. Instead, a 48 month jail sentence was deferred and he was sentenced…
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Predatory or a good defense? Ex-BYU baseball pitcher Candon Dahle was convicted in an Idaho child sexual abuse case. Then, he got letters of support from the three places the victim had found worth living for, after years of SA. School, dance and her child advocacy center. Does this re-victimize the victim? “It was never…
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