Four Mormon family members (two parents and two adult biological children) have been arrested in Florida after alleged abuse, including sexual abuse, of several Black foster/adopted children. One child was allegedly kept for long periods of time in a makeshift cage. Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/e997/ Four members of the Griffeth family, a Mormon family near Lake…
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Check it out!! We’ve just added 150 more names to our database! https://floodlit.org/recently-updated We now have more than 4,220 case reports of Mormon church members accused of sex crimes. In our latest update, we have added at least five former LDS bishops and 10 former bishopric counselors. We are continuing to work hard and will…
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Former Mormon missionary William James Purdy, 28, arrested on child sexual abuse charges. He allegedly sexually abused children during and after his mission in Tonga in 2017. At least 14 victims identified so far. Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/e993/ William Purdy was a Mormon missionary in Tonga in 2017. He was originally from Utah. In July 2025,…
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Floodlit.org has learned that two former LDS Social Services commissioners (who were also stake presidents) allegedly failed to report child sexual abuse. We’re looking for your stories if you’ve had any interactions with them or with LDS Social/Family Services. Larry Whiting and Harold Brown each led LDS Social Services for the Mormon church – Whiting…
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Court docs: In the 1980s, Alan Bassett confessed child sexual abuse to his Mormon bishop, who told the stake president, who called Kirton McConkie “about what ought to be done.” Several parents + a victim said they met w/ bishop; he denied meeting them. Bassett, charged in 2024, could now walk free. Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a780/ Floodlit…
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As 2025 reaches its mid-way point, Floodlit.org continues to report on sexual abuse in the Mormon church. Here is a quick summary of our work so far this year. A summary of Floodlit’s work so far in 2025: Published 77 case reports (now over 4,080 published) and updated hundreds more: https://floodlit.org/accused/ 11-part series of special…
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Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a720/ Former Mormon stake president and deputy district attorney, David McConkie, was sentenced today in Colorado to five years probation after a plea deal to avoid jail time for sexual abuse of a child. McConkie admitted child sexual abuse to an LDS bishop in 2008, but the bishop didn’t report to police. An abuse…
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We’ve updated our case report on Jake Retzlaff, former starting quarterback for the Brigham Young University football team. Today, a civil lawsuit against Retzlaff was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again. Thanks to your donations and support, Floodlit has obtained copies of Retzlaff’s answer to the civil complaint, which he filed on…
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Mormon sexual abuse news: Former Idaho high school football coach charged with sexual abuse of a teenager was a Mormon bishopric counselor twice from 2014 to 2019. Floodlit case report: https://floodlit.org/a/g082/ Dozens of LDS sex abuse cases involving teachers: https://floodlit.org/?s=Teacher&id=5740 Kip Erik Crofts, 59, was a high school football coach in Caldwell, Idaho for many…
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Did the Mormon church “grandfather in” known sex offenders in 1995, when it launched its abuse “help line” and started placing confidential annotations on membership records for child abuse? In other words, did the church tell its members about the abusers it already knew about? What did the church do in 1995 to combat child…
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Updated case details on Brandon Rex Brown: https://floodlit.org/a/a479/
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Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/a038/ Download: 2025 sexual abuse lawsuit v. Mormon OB/GYN David Broadbent FLOODLIT has covered the unfolding criminal and civil litigation against former Provo, Utah OB/GYN David Broadbent since we launched in 2022, about a year after a woman shared her experience as his patient during a December 2021 Mormon Stories podcast episode (When…
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Four Zaugg men – three convicted Utah sex offenders, one recently charged in Idaho. All raised Mormon. Two went on Mormon missions. All four added to our Mormon sexual abuse database yesterday and today. At least three are related to each other. Did you know any of them? Floodlit posted yesterday about Krew Zaugg, a…
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Case details on Jeffery Lee Niemi: https://floodlit.org/a/g069/
Case details on Krew Zaugg, 21, of Idaho Falls, Idaho: https://floodlit.org/a/g070/
Part of a series of Floodlit special reports on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse coverups by Mormon officials. Floodlit.org has learned that from 1963 to 1989 (26 straight years), five Mormon men who knew of the Boy Scout perversion files held the paid position of top liaison between BSA and LDS church. If an LDS official’s…
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Part of a series of Floodlit special reports on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse coverups by Mormon officials. Yesterday, we mentioned the disturbing case of Richard Kenneth Ray, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS church) who admitted to Arizona police in 1984 to molesting at least 33 children, three calves,…
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Part of a series of Floodlit special reports on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse coverups by Mormon officials. 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…
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We love to see courageous Latter Day Saints calling for safeguards in their church. This is what we at Floodlit hope for: safety, honesty, accountability and improvement. That is what this brave survivor is doing. May we all be this brave. -Jane Executive Director Floodlit.org Note: The original post by the abuse survivor was published…
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