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.
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Updated 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/
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New 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.
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LDS 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.
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New Mormon Sexual Abuse Case Report: Les Ernest Johnson AKA Les E Johnson
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a596/
Updated Case Report: Anthon Ellsworth
Thank you to our sources: https://floodlit.org/a/a107/
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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
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FLOODLIT.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…
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Upcoming 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…
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Updated 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…
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Updated LDS sexual abuse case: Keith Knutson
Added photo and case disposition details. Keith Benjamin Knutson
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Updated Mormon sexual abuse case: Anastasia Dawson
Hearing set for 2023-04-04. Anastasia Elizabeth Blansett Dawson
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Site 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
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Updated listing: David Farley
David Brian Farley We added a map marker too: https://floodlit.org/map/
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Updated 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/
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New: 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/
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Mormon 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…
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Added new records: John and Judith Tholen
https://floodlit.org/a/a490/ https://floodlit.org/a/a491/
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DiscussMormonism.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/
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Added case information: Paul Douglas Adams
Added a new AP article and other links to the Paul Adams case. https://floodlit.org/a/a003/
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New 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/
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New 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
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Oral 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
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Updated case info: Keith Robert Vallejo, former Mormon bishop
Keith Robert Vallejo
This project is very heavy
This project is very heavy. Yes, there’s the rush of discovery, the excitement of digging to get to the truth. But there is an ever-present sadness, grief, anger, frustration and emptiness. I appreciate the positive energy you bring. Light brings hope.
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Getting caught up on submissions backlog
Someone asked today about how quickly the database gets updated. We’re updating it multiple times a day. We’ve got a backlog of 100-200 cases to sift through and review for inclusion. Catching up! We estimate that if you submitted info when we launched on December 1, we’ll have that info reflected in the database by…
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Updated record: Maynard Scott McFarland
Thank you to Jennie Stevens, Scott’s daughter, for helping us flesh out the case record. https://floodlit.org/a/a226/ https://twitter.com/jennietheeditor
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You can use FLOODLIT during church
You can even add information to our map and database while sitting in church. Get Involved
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Archived Updates, 2022-11-30 to 2022-12-03
December 3, 2022 – Survivor stories area coming by Monday, Dec 5. YOU WILL BE HEARD. YOUR LIGHT WILL BE SEEN. December 2, 2022 – some of our team have not slept in over 40 hours. We will get through the approximately 100 submissions you anonymously submitted today, after some sleep. Please keep adding content!…
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Added: A dedication to the unknown survivor
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a000/
Adding dozens of records to the database this week
Thank you to all who are adding information to the map and database. Add information: Add Information Map: Map If you’d like to help our team, please contact us.
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Updated case information file: Maynard McFarland, confirmed Mormon sex offender
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a226/
Updated pages: Acknowledgements, Posting Policy
We’ve updated the following pages: Acknowledgements Posting Policy
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Updated case information: Hugh Nibley
His birthday was displaying incorrectly. Thank you, anonymous tip. https://floodlit.org/a/a262/
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Updated listing: Michael Clay, ex-BYU professor
Thanks to an anonymous tip, we’ve added details. https://floodlit.org/a/a068/
Updated listing: Robert Scott Musson
Added a bit of detail about his medical license being revoked in 2001. Thank you to the anonymous submitter. Sources included in the listing confirm that this occurred. https://floodlit.org/a/a453/
New listing: Adam Phipps AKA Adam Scott Phipps
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a455/ Thank you to the anonymous submitter who gave us the info we needed to get this case listed on FLOODLIT.
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NEW: View All Accused in a Compact List
Check it out: https://floodlit.org/accused-compact-list/
Thank you for the donation – our first
Today, we received our first donation from an anonymous supporter. FLOODLIT greatly appreciates it and you, and we’re going to use the money to to buy access to certain databases and records that will help us get more research done into the topic of sexual abuse as it relates to the Mormon church (LDS church).…
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Help Raise Awareness About Child Abuse by Submitting Your Story!
From Misty Griffin’s Facebook page: source Here’s the content of her Facebook post: Help Raise Awareness About Child Abuse by Submitting Your Story! I am working on a project for the Child Rights Act Petition (Link to petition https://www.change.org/ChildRightsAct). This project is meant to really tug at peoples heart strings and will be a consolidation…
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New page: public feedback
What people are saying about FLOODLIT: What People Are Saying About FLOODLIT Say what you want to say!
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NEW Mormon Sex Offender record: Gregory Scott Dew
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a454/ THANK YOU so much to the anonymous person who submitted information about Dew today! FLOODLIT depends on your support and help to grow our database of LDS sexual abusers.
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Michael Adam Davis, Convicted Mormon Sex Offender, Sentenced Today to 30 Years in Prison
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a089/
NEW database record: 453 – Robert Scott Musson
Just added today: https://floodlit.org/a/a453/
FLOODLIT is Live
The lights are now ON.