FLOODLIT.org is announcing the launch of a new volunteer-driven project to locate, compile and index information about instances of sexual abuse or other sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by leaders or active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/Mormon Church). We recently surpassed 4,000 published case reports, and we need help adding…
DetailsWe need help compiling information from court documents and news articles. If you would like to help, please contact us right away. Thank you so much. It’s time.
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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 abuse survivor who says a…
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We just reached a significant milestone: 1,000 published case reports. We will continue to shine a light!
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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…
DetailsPlease 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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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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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…
DetailsBlackfoot, 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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Case details: https://floodlit.org/a/a678/