Floodlit.org has broken numerous stories on sex abuse in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often providing details and access to court documents not included in subsequent mainstream news reports. Examples:
- BREAKING: Mormon church excommunicated alleged child sexual abuser, rebaptized him, put him in bishoprics, per multiple alleged victims who told Floodlit.org that church officials, including an apostle (the accused’s brother), kept abuse secret for years
- BREAKING: Mormon church accused of omitting 19 pages of evidence in “deeply disingenuous” attempt to stop sexual abuse lawsuit after rejected $250M immunity bid
- BREAKING: “There is no ‘sexual abuse’ file,” Mormon church risk manager declared in 2023 lawsuit
- Rinse & Repeat: Mormon church trying to force BSA victim to dismiss sex abuse lawsuit
- $59 million, five years: what Mormon officials spent to stop a sex abuse lawsuit
- Timeline: LDS church sued insurers to collect $90 million, after settling 5-year-long child sex abuse suit
- Where are the letters? Alleged sex abuse coverup by Mormon First Presidency
- Findings re: Mormon official’s declaration on church knowledge of sexual abuse
- Uncovering the Mormon Church’s Knowledge of Child Sexual Abuse: The 1984 Lawsuit
- For 26 years (1963-89), LDS-BSA top execs knew of “perversion files,” but allegedly did not tell LDS church
- BREAKING: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints faces 91 new child sexual abuse lawsuits in California
- BREAKING: Washington lawsuit says Mormon church covered up child sexual abuse by convicted priest
- BREAKING: 211 plaintiffs file new lawsuit against Provo, Utah Mormon OB/GYN David Broadbent
- BREAKING: Mormon Church Nears Massive Settlement of Over 100 Sexual Abuse Claims
- BREAKING: Mormon church files appeal after losing civil suit against sex abuse insurers
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Wade Christofferson arrest and charges, November 2025: Floodlit.org broke the news and united survivors; no mainstream coverage for five days
On Nov. 20, 2025, Floodlit.org broke the story that Wade Christofferson, brother of Mormon church apostle Todd Christofferson, was arrested pending federal charges for alleged child sexual abuse.
We also broke the story that the church excommunicated, then rebaptized Wade Christofferson and placed him in at least three bishoprics, according to multiple reports to Floodlit by abuse survivors or their relatives, and according to church records obtained by Floodlit.
While the mainstream media remained silent for five days, we spoke with several alleged victims and their relatives, and gathered information about the allegations against Wade Christofferson, and about what Mormon officials knew and did in response.
On Nov. 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice, Southern District of Ohio announced that Wade Christofferson had been “charged federally with sexual exploitation crimes against minors.” Floodlit.org then published another update on its website, almost a full hour before mainstream news outlets begin to cover the story.
Mainstream news articles published on Nov. 25 did not mention allegations of additional victims or abuse prior to approximately 2010, or any alleged failures by several Mormon officials over a 35-year period to report abuse to civil authorities or prevent Wade Christofferson from having access to children at church.
Later on Nov. 25, Floodlit released another breaking news report on Wade Christofferson, complete with a timeline of alleged events: BREAKING: Mormon church excommunicated alleged child sexual abuser, rebaptized him, put him in bishoprics, per multiple alleged victims who told Floodlit.org that church officials, including an apostle (the accused’s brother), kept abuse secret for years
Floodlit’s reporting featured in 2025 docuseries: Surviving Mormonism
In November 2025, Floodlit’s work was featured in the docuseries Surviving Mormonism with Heather Gay.
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