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BREAKING: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints faces 91 new child sexual abuse lawsuits in California
BREAKING Oct. 12, 2024 – FLOODLIT.org has learned of a new wave of 91 child sex abuse lawsuits filed against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in California. Starting on Aug. 26, the Slater Slater Schulman LLP law firm filed 91 civil suits in 26 California counties, each on behalf of a different…
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1,000 Mormon Sexual Abuse and Sex Crime Cases – and Counting
We just reached a significant milestone: 1,000 published case reports. We will continue to shine a light!
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Mormon sexual abuse case news: lawsuit says LDS church leaders failed to report to stop child sex abuse
We’ve updated the Craig Harward case report with details from a lawsuit filed in California this week against the Mormon church and Harward. The plaintiff claimed that Harward repeatedly took her out of Sunday school classes and molested her in other rooms of their LDS church building between 2000 and 2001, when she was 12…
DetailsLDS Sexual Abuse Database UPDATE: 803 case reports, 530+ convicted sex offenders, 145+ former LDS missionaries, nearly 100 bishops, 150+ Scout/youth/Primary leaders, 18 former mission/stake presidents, 41 cases of alleged SA inside Mormon church buildings.
Please let us know what you think: https://floodlit.org/accused/ We aim to be the most comprehensive, useful resource we possibly can to help raise awareness about sexual abuse in the LDS church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). If you’d like to report a sex crime by a person who was an active LDS church…
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David Broadbent has been charged with forcible sexual abuse
Nearly 300 victims have come forward, but he’s not been charged … until now. Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/a038/
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She can’t quiet the memory of a childhood robbed from her.
In a Kansas case we reported on today, the abuser was a Mormon church member who allegedly preyed on girls for decades. He accepted a plea deal and pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, so that prosecutors would dismiss counts of rape and sodomy. The victim’s mother said during…
DetailsMormon Sex Abuse Case NEWS: Blackfoot, Idaho “avid church-goer” sentenced to 2 to 20 years in prison
Blackfoot, Idaho “avid church-goer” Eric Jones was sentenced on Mar. 26 to two to 20 years in prison after being found guilty by a jury of felony battery with intent to commit lewd conduct with a minor. He reportedly said he’d “just given into his urges” by touching a toddler. He admitted his crime to…
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Mitch McKee arrested: new LDS sex abuse case report
Case details: https://floodlit.org/a/a678/
Now over 100 Mormon sexual abuse coverup cases listed
See: https://floodlit.org/failure-to-report/
41+ Mormon sexual abuse cases currently ongoing in criminal courts
This list includes 6 former bishops, 2 stake presidents (+2 SP counselors), 1 branch president, 4 primary/youth leaders, 3 attorneys, 3 politicians, 1 police officer, 1 hospital CIO, & the man who inspired “Sound of Freedom” movie. Who are we missing? Complete list Rexburg, Idaho LDS church member accused of breaking and entering women’s apartments…
DetailsKen Richens, former hospital CIO in Utah, pleaded guilty to sex crimes
Details: Kenneth Merlin Richens
Updated homepage
More reports coming soon.
Updating our database
Going through over 100 case reports and updating details and source information.
Report Failure to Help Sex Abuse Victims by Mormon Leaders and Active LDS Members
We’ve added a new database of instances where Mormon church members failed or allegedly failed to help sex abuse victims. Failure Database Report a Failure
DetailsMormon Sexual Abuse in the News: A 2023 Timeline
We’ve added 2023 events to our timeline page.
Bob Stahn Sentencing Date: Dec 21, 2023
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a608/
Breaking news: Mormon church offered $300,000 to silence sex abuse victim: AP
Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/a866/ The AP’s Mike Rezendes has a new scathing report about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an apparent sexual abuse coverup. The Mormon church offered $300,000 to a child sex abuse victim in exchange for her agreement not to use her story as the basis of a civil lawsuit…
DetailsAnother Mormon bishop who was a sexual abuser: Eddie Padilla of New Mexico
Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/a852/
Scott Owen, Mormon former bishop/therapist, arrested in Utah – 2025 update: sentenced to prison
If you’re here from Reddit on Oct. 20, 2025, please say hello. We love and appreciate you! Scott Owen (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah. Owen was accused by at least seven former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a relative (alleged…
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Newly added Mormon sexual abuse case: Bryant Litchfield of Alberta, Canada
Bryant Litchfield case report: https://floodlit.org/a/a825/
1000 Mormon sex abuse cases by end 2023: Our publishing goal
We need to get about 450 more cases listed in order to reach our goal. We’ve got them all in “pending” status while we review details. If you’d like to help, please contact us.
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Mormon Sexual Abuse Podcast: Raise Awareness – 500+ Cases, 36 Hours!
Watch or listen to this 36-hour MARATHON podcast hosted by Maven, with volunteers from around the world reading cases from the FLOODLIT.org database live on air!
LDS Sex Abuse Report: David McConkie, former stake president
Case details Case report video on TikTok
DetailsMormon Sex Abuse Cases: Weekly Report, September 1, 2023
546 Mormon sex abuse cases. 15 new this week. FLOODLIT weekly report September 1, 2023. Kenny Parcell, president of the National Association of Realtors and former bishop’s counselor, resigned after sexual harassment accusations. Nearly 300 women have accused LDS doctor David Broadbent of physical or sexual abuse during office visits. No criminal charges yet. New…
DetailsMormon Sex Abuse Cases Weekly Report: August 25, 2023
Details: FLOODLIT Reports: Facts and Insights About Sexual Abuse in the Mormon Church LDS sexual abuse weekly report August 25, 2023. New abuse case developments this past week: A Mormon convicted for child pornography use said he was trying to help Operation Underground Railroad. Older abuse cases we’ve just added: A Utah temple…
DetailsMormon sex abuse cases: weekly report for 2023-08-18
It’s live! https://floodlit.org/reports/ 524 documented cases so far. Idaho LDS man arrested for alleged sexual contact with a toddler. Salt Lake Tribune piece accused a former Mormon bishop in Texas of sex abuse of 4 boys in 1980s. FAIR 2023 presentation defended LDS bishops keeping sexual abuse secret.
DetailsLDS Sexual Abuse Cases: Weekly Report 2023-08-11
Floodlit.org weekly report on Mormon church sexual abuse cases. As of August 11, 2023, we’ve published 520 cases of alleged or confirmed sex abuse by LDS members, with 200 more under review. The Mormon church sued its insurance providers demanding they pay its costs in a CSA lawsuit settlement. Roselle Stevenson, age 70, was arrested…
DetailsUpdated LDS sex abuse cases: David Hamblin and Roselle Stevenson (ex-spouses) of Utah
David Lee Hamblin case details Roselle Anderson Stevenson case details (formerly Roselle Hamblin) Ritualistic sex abuse cases involving LDS church members
DetailsMormon sex abuse reports: weekly episode 1 coming August 11
COMING THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 11: our weekly report about new developments in LDS sex abuse cases.
Scott Owen case details updated
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a272/
HELP NEEDED for Sexual Abuse Victims of LDS perpetrators: Lawyers, victim advocates, therapists, etc.
Help Wanted for Sexual Abuse Victims of LDS perpetrators: Lawyers, victim advocates, therapists, etc. We are trying to connect SA survivors with qualified help. Please contact us at https://floodlit.org/contact/ if you or someone you know can help sex abuse victims who were abused by LDS leaders/members. As we’ve added case information at floodlit, we’ve talked…
DetailsSetting up a research team for LDS sex abuse cases
If you’d like to help us research abuse cases, contact us.
LDS sex abuse cases: Catching up on a backlog
We have dozens – actually well over a hundred – Mormon sexual abuse cases we’re reviewing. Thank you for your patience.
DetailsSeveral newly updated cases, including recent sentencings
Check it out: https://floodlit.org/recently-updated/ Examples: Michael Clay Wade Schvaneveldt Michael Lister
DetailsLDS Sex Abuse Case Update: Judge Issues Warrant for Arrest of Former Sunday School Teacher and Utah Valley Symphony Director
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a352/
Updated case details: Michael Clay of Utah (former BYU professor)
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a068/
Newly found Mormon sexual abuse case: Matthew Faerber, former Utah high school music teacher
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a612/
New survivor story: Branch President went to trial for abuse, acquitted, kept molesting young boys for many years
Details: Read this Mormon sexual abuse survivor story
New abuse survivor story: in the chapel, by a Primary teacher
Details: Read the story
New page: upcoming court dates
Details: https://floodlit.org/upcoming/
Updated case details for John Doe, related to $2.28 billion civil lawsuit
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a610/ Thank you so much for supporting FLOODLIT and helping us shine a light.
DetailsUpdated case: Stephen Wold
Thank you to our anonymous sources. https://floodlit.org/a/a587/
New page added: Find sex offenders in any LDS ward/branch
Details: https://floodlit.org/find-sex-offenders/
New charges in Buckland Darrell case
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a586/
Why FLOODLIT exists
Details: https://floodlit.org/posting-policy/ and https://floodlit.org/about/
Added a former Motab member sex offender
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a592/
NEW Page: 68+ Mormon “failure to report” sexual abuse cases
Details: https://floodlit.org/failure/
New abuse story: Missionary in Guatemala abuse
Details: Missionary in Guatemala Abuse Curtis Crittenden case: https://floodlit.org/a/a598/
DetailsNew Mormon Sex Abuse Survivor Story: High Priest Pervert
Read the story here: Story: High Priest Pervert FLOODLIT wishes to thank, from the bottom of our hearts, this abuse survivor, and all survivors, who have shared their stories with us. We hope they help you find healing and a sense that you’re not alone.
DetailsLDS Sexual Abuse Survivor Story: I went to my bishop when I was 13 to confess what I thought was sexual sin – when in reality, I’d been groomed and sexually abused by an adult man.
Details: Read the Mormon abuse survivor’s story
Updated Robert Berchtold Case Details
Link: https://floodlit.org/a/a023/ FLOODLIT would like to thank Jan Broberg for replying to us on Facebook and giving us additional details to add to Berchtold’s listing.
DetailsNew Mormon Sexual Abuse Case Report: Les Ernest Johnson AKA Les E Johnson
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a596/
Various records updated
Details: https://floodlit.org/recently-updated/
Added a former LDS bishop: Donnie Boring
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a576/
Hi exmormon.org
Just saying hi and yeah, that’s us replying. Exmormon.org link 1 Exmormon.org link 2 Reddit link
DetailsFLOODLIT.org now has the 1986 LDS Directory of General Authorities and Officers
Thank you to the anonymous person who mailed it to us. This 348-page directory contains names of all LDS church (Mormon church) leaders from 1986 – worldwide! We will use it to help us research court cases and allegations of sexual abuse involving church members and leaders. If you’d like to send us things by…
DetailsUpcoming Remote Hearing in David Lee Hamblin Case
Date of hearing: 2023-03-22 2023-03-15: There is an upcoming remote hearing in this case, on 2023-03-22. The public may attend online. We hope everyone joins this call!
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LDS sexual abuse cases: 9+ Mormon bishops who were convicted of sex crimes committed WHILE they were bishops
also posted on Reddit Index: https://floodlit.org/lpc/crime-bishop/ If you’re looking for a list of former Mormon bishops who were ever publicly accused of sex crimes (regardless of when the alleged criminal acts took place), that’s here: https://floodlit.org/lpe/ever-bishop/ Have you ever heard LDS church members say something like, “That abuse doesn’t really count, because he didn’t do…
DetailsUpdated Ryan Whitaker’s listing: at least 2 alleged victims
We got a tip from an anonymous person and updated Whitaker’s case details: https://floodlit.org/a/a418/
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20 letters to a Utah judge in support of a Mormon bishop who was arrested in a human trafficking sting: 3 takeaways
Case details: https://floodlit.org/a/a248/ The 20 letters aren’t posted there, but I might redact them and do that if there’s enough interest. They’re from family and friends of a man who was busted on Valentine’s Day in 2019, trying to solicit undercover cops for sex. At the time of his arrest, he was serving as bishop…
DetailsUpdated LDS sexual abuse case: Keith Knutson
Added photo and case disposition details. Keith Benjamin Knutson
DetailsUpdated Mormon sexual abuse case: Anastasia Dawson
Hearing set for 2023-04-04. Anastasia Elizabeth Blansett Dawson
DetailsSite Updates
Improved advanced search page, much faster name search, new page about mission presidents, and more!
New case added: Mathew Legrand Arrington
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a527/
New case profile: Anastasia Dawson
details: https://floodlit.org/a/a522/
New listing: Dennis Joe Loveless
details: https://floodlit.org/a/a521/
Updated case details: Kevin G Sykes
Sykes has pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse. https://floodlit.org/a/a074/
NEW PAGE: LDS sexual abuse cases settlements
Visit the Settlements page for more information about times the LDS church has paid settlement amounts in response to allegations of sexual abuse by its members.
Updated case profile: Christopher Michael Jensen
Added photo, settlement info: https://floodlit.org/a/a183/
Updated case report: Lee Dalton
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a085/
Updated case report: Francis Heber Fuller, former Mormon bishop
Profile: https://floodlit.org/a/a118/
Updated profile: Dennis Joe Empey
Added details, photo: https://floodlit.org/a/a109/
New case profile: Alan Roy Willey, former teacher of the year in Utah
Convicted child molester: https://floodlit.org/a/a515/
Added more records
Now we’re at 170-plus published. Reviewing hundreds of others.
Updated several records
We updated several records today.
Updated: Gabe Ryan Gilbert
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a125/
Update: Guilty Plea, Carl Matthew Johnson
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a186/
New listing: Charles John Blome
https://floodlit.org/a/a031/
Sentencing: Gary Lee Bell
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a022/
Traffic spike from Reddit
FLOODLIT showed up in a popular comment thread on Reddit yesterday, sending hundreds of visitors here for the first time. Database of accused persons
DetailsUpdated listing: David Farley
David Brian Farley We added a map marker too: https://floodlit.org/map/
DetailsUpdated profile: Robert David Stillwell
Here: https://floodlit.org/a/a336/
Added a dozen new records
https://floodlit.org/accused/
Updated listing: Robert David Stillwell
https://floodlit.org/a/a336/
Updated homepage, added some records
We revised our homepage to make it easier to find what you’re looking for. Newly updated record: Joseph Smith https://floodlit.org/a/a329/ Newly updated record: Sterling Van Wagenen https://floodlit.org/a/a408/
DetailsNew: Videos section on each case information page
Examples: https://floodlit.org/a/a187/ https://floodlit.org/a/a339/ Our main videos page: https://floodlit.org/videos/
DetailsMormon sex abuse in 2022: timeline of some key events, arrests, sentencing
Our Mormon sex abuse database is tracking hundreds of public instances of sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by LDS church leaders or members. Here are few related events from 2022: January – former BYU professor charged with additional counts of sexual abuse April – Former bishop is sentenced for sexual abuse June – former LDS primary…
DetailsAdded new records: John and Judith Tholen
https://floodlit.org/a/a490/ https://floodlit.org/a/a491/
DetailsDiscussMormonism.com is chatting about FLOODLIT
Over here: https://discussmormonism.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=156832
New bishops added
Eneudo Petit https://floodlit.org/a/a284/ Gregory Scott Dew https://floodlit.org/a/a454/ Errol Kent Pilling https://floodlit.org/a/a488/
DetailsAdded case information: Paul Douglas Adams
Added a new AP article and other links to the Paul Adams case. https://floodlit.org/a/a003/
DetailsNew case information record: Norman Arthur Maxfield
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a475/
New record: Connor Hammond
church member, former BYU student, pleaded guilty to rape of a child https://floodlit.org/a/a472/
DetailsNew record: Jason Buford Smith
New record: alleged Mormon sexual abuser Jason Buford Smith LDS church member in Indiana, confessed to sexually abusing a child, placed on probation for battery against a child under 14 years old
DetailsOral Argument – 2 CA-SA 2022-0047, THE CORPORATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
from Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two re: Paul Douglas Adams Paul Douglas Adams
DetailsUpdated case info: Keith Robert Vallejo, former Mormon bishop
Keith Robert Vallejo