BREAKING NEWS FROM FLOODLIT.org: A Floodlit investigation has revealed that after a stake president in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/Mormon church) was accused in a lawsuit of covering up child sexual abuse, the church then promoted him to be a seventy and temple president. The church settled the lawsuit in 2015.…
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Floodlit.org has learned of a newly filed federal lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over allegations of child sexual abuse by former Mormon bishop John Goodrich. The lawsuit, filed on Dec. 24, 2025 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, names the church and its Victorville California…
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Floodlit is looking for information about Jess Hurtado of Utah, who was accused of child sexual abuse and was convicted of lewdness, due to a plea agreement. Our case report https://floodlit.org/a/e989/ We are looking for the names of two Mormon bishops accused in a 2016 lawsuit of failing to protect a victim. As well as…
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Floodlit, an independent newsroom reporting on sexual abuse in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has obtained documents revealing a legal battle in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, as part of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) bankruptcy proceedings. This article is part of a series of Floodlit special…
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Floodlit has obtained a copy of a civil lawsuit filed on Oct. 6 against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints regarding convicted sexual abuser David Herget (1943 – 2005). In the lawsuit, four men say Mormon church officials allowed Herget to access them repeatedly between 2001 and 2005 in their Mountlake Terrace congregation…
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Today, the Washington State Attorney General’s office announced that clergy in Washington will remain mandatory reporters under stipulations filed today by the AG‘s office and the plaintiffs (two religious organizations) in lawsuits against Washington over Senate bill 5375, which passed in May 2025. The new agreement protects Catholic priests from having to report abuse they…
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Floodlit.org is releasing docs from ONGOING lawsuit. In 1979 criminal case, LDS Bishop said he knew a ward member was convicted child molester when calling him as Scoutmaster. The man said bishop left him alone for months, then assigned 2nd convict as Assistant. Floodlit.org has obtained documents from an ongoing California child sexual abuse lawsuit…
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Floodlit case report: Richard Kent James Complaint: John Doe v. LDS Church, Bill Marriott, Mormon officials John Doe Objection to LDS Church Motion, BSA Bankruptcy, July 21, 2025 BREAKING: Mormon church accused of omitting 19 pages of evidence in “deeply disingenuous” attempt to stop sexual abuse lawsuit after rejected $250M immunity bid – Nov. 5,…
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Utah judge: “This court is gonna do just exactly whatever Mr. McConkie says.” Listen to Kirton McConkie co-founder (a Mormon apostle’s brother) tell a story in 2017 of working to prevent a bishop from testifying in court case, possibly re: child sexual abuse. How long have Utah judges deferred to the Mormon church’s lawyers? Kirton…
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Yesterday, the Arizona Court of Appeals reinstated a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Mormon church, citing the church’s leadership handbook, which says prevention of “serious injury” is a justifiable reason for a bishop or stake president to “disclose confidential information without first seeking guidance.” Read the ruling: https://www.appeals2.az.gov/Decisions/CV20230293Memo.pdf From page 11 of the ruling: “Section…
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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 2012 statement is true, none of them informed the church. Could the church have done more? This…
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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, and a dog over two decades. This article is part of a series of Floodlit special reports…
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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 (1986, 1988) directly contradicting his statement. Did he know? This article is part of a series of…
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Did you know there is a current lawsuit accusing the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of aiding a sex abuse coverup? This case involves allegations of child sexual abuse in Santa Maria, California in the 1980s and 1990s. If you attended church there, please contact us. This article is…
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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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