Key takeaways: On Sept. 8, 2026, U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane ruled that Oregon negligence law imposed no legal duty on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to protect a 15-year-old girl from her adoptive father, who was later convicted of raping her. The lawsuit alleges church leaders were told again and…
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LaVar Withers (1936 – 2005) was a Mormon church member and physician in Rexburg, Idaho; accused of sexually abusing at least 133 women and children, some as young as 13 years old, over a period of 30 years or more; admitted to sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1996 to a single count of misdemeanor battery;…
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The Arizona Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that a Mormon bishop had no legal duty to tell police about a father’s confession of child sexual abuse – and that judges and juries may not second-guess how a church reads its own doctrine. The abuse continued for more than five years after that confession. PHOENIX –…
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BREAKING: A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that two insurance companies must keep fighting the Mormon church’s demand that they reimburse tens of millions of dollars the church paid to settle a West Virginia child sexual abuse lawsuit – reversing a lower court win the insurers secured last year. DENVER – The U.S. Court…
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Leo Lopshire (1945 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah, Iowa and South Carolina; arrested June 30, 2026 and charged with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; a source told FLOODLIT that the church excommunicated Lopshire in the 2010s. “He is still allowed to attend his ward and while the local leaders…
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Wade Christofferson, brother of Latter-day Saints apostle D. Todd Christofferson, has been convicted of federal crimes related to child sexual abuse. News reports are not telling the full story that FLOODLIT broke in 2025. Six LDS church officials allegedly received reports of abuse but didn’t tell police. Wade Christofferson (1953 – ) was accused, per…
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FLOODLIT has added another former Latter-day Saint ward primary worker to its database. Lisa Davis (1965 – ) was a Mormon church member in Othello, Washington and school teacher at Othello Elementary School; accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old student; pleaded guilty to in 2012 to first degree child molestation; sentenced 12 months in prison;…
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Dean Erickson (full name Dallas Dean Erickson) worked at a school in West Jefferson School District in Idaho. Erickson was sentenced in June 2026 to seven years fixed and 20 years indeterminate in prison after pleading guilty to felony lewd conduct with a child under 16 years old. If you have any information in regards…
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UPDATE: June 9, 2026 On June 3, former Utah charter school director Jared Dallan Buckley pleaded guilty to: PRODUCING CSAM DISTRIBUTING CSAM POSSESSING CSAM “In his plea, he admitted that he created a group on an end-to-end encrypted chat application, specifically for parents to share content involving their own daughters under the age of 10.…
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Michael Morris (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member and former bishop in Livermore, California; accused of sexually abusing 4 young men in his ward; arrested May 15, 2026 and charged with 18 felony counts related to child sexual abuse; due in court May 22, 2026. Michael Delar Morris case report 138 former Mormon…
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David John Keller (1970 – ) was a Mormon temple worker, Sunday school teacher and former stake presidency member in Paradise, Cache Valley, Utah; admitted in 2024 to child sexual abuse and was charged with seven related felonies; pleaded no contest in Feb. 2026 to two counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD 2nd…
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Bryan Randall Brown (1972 – ) was a former Mormon stake president 2009-2015 Corpus Christi, TX and active bishop in Copperas Cove, TX area when arrested in Jan. 2026 for alleged child sexual abuse; arrested in April 2026 in Utah for another case of alleged child sexual abuse (allegedly took place between 2020-2023); is being…
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Matthew Kennington (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher at Maeser Preparatory Academy in Lindon, Utah; was convicted of four counts of forcible sexual abuse in 2011; allegedly groomed and sexually abused one of his students; sentenced in 2011 to nine months in jail and three years of probation. Matthew…
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Dennis Crawford (1946 – ) was a Mormon church member in Twin Falls, Idaho and in Utah; convicted in 2022 of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD – 1st Degree Felony; sentenced to six years to life in prison; as of May 2026, is a prisoner at Utah State Correctional Facility. Dennis Alvin Crawford case…
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Dale Heckel (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in West Valley, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2009; is a registered sex offender living in West Valley, Utah as of May 2026. Dale Everett Heckel case report » Heckel was convicted of sexually abusing a woman he worked with in 2009. The woman…
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Jay Forscutt (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Nephi, Utah; convicted in 2022 of sexual exploitation of a minor; sentenced to eight months in jail and four years of probation; is a registered sex offender living in Nephi, Utah as of May 2026. According to a person familiar with Forscutt’s case, Forscutt…
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Jason Kilgore (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Mountain Green, Utah; charged in 2024 with four felony counts of aggravated child sexual abuse and four felony counts of sodomy upon a child. According to the P.C. Affidavit, Kilgore allegedly groomed and sexually abused a girl from around age 5 to 10. There…
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Daniel Scott Larsen (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Winslow, Arizona; convicted of sexually abusing 4 minors from ages 5-15, some dating back decades; convicted of sexual abuse related charges in 2023; is a prisoner in Arizona State Penitentiary as of May 2026. Daniel Scott Larsen case report » Floodlit.org has a…
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is appealing a federal court ruling that denied insurance reimbursement for a $32 million settlement paid to victims of child sexual abuse by church member Michael Jensen in West Virginia. The case involves allegations that church officials failed to protect multiple victims despite prior warnings. May 13,…
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Andrew Bowers (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD/2ND DEGREE FELONY in 2020; is a registered sex offender that is non compliant with his registration; has moved out of Utah and is not registered anywhere else as of April 2026. Andrew Jacob…
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Scott Bowers (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; April 2006 was convicted of 2 counts of: SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD/2ND DEGREE FELONY and August 2006 was convicted of 2 counts of: AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD/1ST DEGREE FELONY and 1 count of: RAPE OF A CHILD/1ST…
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Daniel Mooy (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty to two counts of lewdness and intoxication in April 2026; took off his clothes while shooting content for a luxury house that was to be listed for sale. Daniel Matthew Mooy case report »
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Gerald Salcido (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and police officer in Mesa, Arizona and in Provo, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse of at least five children; Mormon officials knew in 1995 of alleged abuse, and excommunicated Salcido in 2006, but allegedly never reported abuse to police; convicted in 2020, sentenced to…
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Arvid Oakley (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexually abusing several girls who were between 4 and 6 years old; one alleged instance of abuse took place during his LDS mission to Uruguay in 1963; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1998; as of April 2026, is in…
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Arthur Bishop (1952 – 1988) was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988. Arthur Gary Bishop case report »
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Douglas Bishop (1960 – ) was raised Mormon; arrested in 1983 and convicted in 1984 of three counts of sodomy on a child and one count of forcible sodomy. Douglas Dean Bishop case report »
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Jason Calder (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member and mental health counselor in Utah; accused of raping a teenage patient; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to seven years to life in prison. Jason Scott Calder case report »
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Kent Schank (1986 – ) was a Mormon church member in Henderson, Nevada; pleaded guilty to POSSESSION OF VISUAL PRESENTATION DEPICTING SEXUAL CONDUCT OF A CHILD in 2023; is a registered sex offender living in Henderson, Nevada. Kent Leroy Schank case report »
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Stephen McKean (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah and a BYU professor; arrested in April 2026 and charged with distributing material harmful to a minor (third-degree felony), and three counts of enticing a minor (class A misdemeanor); allegedly sent an explicit photo to an undercover police officer he thought was…
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Richard Morriss (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member and divorce lawyer in Meridian, Idaho; accused of rape in 2022; pleaded guilty in 2025 to a reduced charge of aggravated battery; sentenced to 30 days in jail. Richard Aaron Morriss case report
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Joshua Twelves was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted in 2016 of two second-degree felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; as of April 2026, is a registered sex offender in Magna, Utah. Joshua Matthew Twelves case report
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Jorge Cruz (1973 – ) was a former high school soccer coach in Logan, Utah; booked into the Cache County Jail in February 2026 after DNA evidence allegedly linked him to a 1999 sexual assault in Logan, according to police; Floodlit is seeking information regarding whether Cruz was ever a member of the Mormon church…
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Eugene Wasson Ballantyne (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and middle school teacher; pleaded guilty in July 2012 to one count of attempting to entice a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity; as of 2026, is a registered sex offender living in Riverside, California. Eugene Wasson Ballantyne case report
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Daniel Bake (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member in Fernley, Nevada; in February 2021, was convicted of two counts of LEWDNESS W/CHILD, UNDER 14; is a registered sex offender living in Fallon, Nevada as of March 2026. Daniel Alfred Bake case report
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Corey Taylor (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Baltimore, Maryland; pleaded guilty to two felony counts related to sexual abuse of two minor children; in 2026, sentenced to 15 years in prison. According to one victim, Taylor was excommunicated. The victim spoke in court about her sexual abuse by Taylor and said…
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Floodlit’s LDS sexual abuse database has added another case. David Lee Boatwright was a Mormon church member in Providence, Utah; pleaded guilty to two counts of forcible sexual abuse in 2007; is not a registered sex offender as of March 2026; reportedly actively attends LDS church and is in good standing with church; lives in…
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Another child sexual abuse material (CSAM) case has been added to Floodlit’s growing Mormon sex abuse database. Gregory Weinand was a Cowley, Wyoming man; convicted in Texas in 2025 of two counts of possession with the intent to promote child pornography (now commonly referred to as CSAM). The person who reported Weinand to Floodlit said…
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Floodlit has added another Latter-day Saint child sexual abuser to our database. According to the Declaration for Arrest, Gordon Krengel was caught sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl when her mother walked in the room during the abuse in March 2019. The Declaration of Arrest states Krengel sexually abused three young girls in his care: a…
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Floodlit has added another LDS sex abuse case to our database. Adam Kelly of St. George, Utah was convicted in 2009 of second-degree felony child sexual abuse. As of March 2026, Kelly has two “Other Known Addresses” listed in his Utah sex offender registry profile: the St. George, Utah Temple and Red Cliffs Temple in…
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Floodlit has added another Latter-day Saints sex abuse case to our growing database. Details: Daniel Duke case report Daniel Duke (1987 – ) was a BYU student in Provo, Utah. In January 2006, Duke attempted to meet with a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sex, according to investigators. The person was an…
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Details: Cade Hilton Boyle Boyle told investigators he was sent home early from his LDS mission to Hawaii for starting an inappropriate conversation with a 15-year-old. Boyle was sentenced to prison in February 2026 for child sex crimes he perpetrated in Utah after the Mormon Church sent him home from his mission.
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Today, Mormon Stories Podcast published a recorded interview with Edward Nachel, a former Mormon stake high council member in Illinois. Nachel confirmed what Floodlit reported in November 2025: Wade Christofferson was excommunicated for child sexual abuse. If you have any information, please contact us. We’ve spoken with multiple survivors in this case.
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Case details: Robert David Adams
Alan Roman Andrus was sentenced Feb. 20, 2026 to 32 days in jail and probation after a California jury found him guilty of simple assault. Andrus was a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS / Mormon church) from 2004 to 2009 in the El Dorado Hills area. Full case report…
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UPDATE February 2026: Jeffrey Rock was sentenced to 18 months in Utah County jail for sexual battery February 2026. Family members of Jeffrey Butler Rock worry there are other victims, per 12 News of Arizona. If you knew Rock or a victim of abuse by Rock, please contact Floodlit. We have communicated with multiple abuse…
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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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Details: James Ricky Neumeyer Floodlit obtained copies of police records created by the Centerville Police Department in 2024. A police detective reported that in June 2024, they found evidence on Neumeyer’s cell phone that he had downloaded child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from “at least 99” websites. In September 2024, a police detective reported that…
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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 has updated our case report on Robert Tanner Lant of Utah, adding a timeline and details of allegations that Lant’s parents, both prominent members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, covered up child sexual abuse by Lant in the 1980s. Full case report Robert Lant was convicted in 2018 and in…
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Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a534/ Over 130 former bishops accused of sex crimes: https://floodlit.org/lpe/ever-bishop/
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Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/e995/ Jeffrey Rock (1955 – ) pleaded guilty in December 2025 in Utah to three charges of sexual battery; set to be sentenced on Feb. 3, 2026.
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Michael Nef case report Todd Nef case report (Michael’s son)
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To read more, please visit: https://floodlit.org/a/b159 Spencer Pratt will be sentenced tomorrow for forcible sex abuse and aggravated sex abuse of a child in Utah. Spencer Pratt case report
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Did you know that right now there are convicted child sexual abusers in leadership positions in the Mormon church? Men and women (but likely at least 95% men) upon whom the church has placed a stamp of approval to be around, teach or even go on overnight trips with children, despite the fact that they’ve…
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY FLOODLIT Floodlit.org acknowledging 3 years of documenting sexual abuse in the Mormon church Floodlit launched three years ago today. In our effort to help shine a light on the sexual abuse problem in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we (Floodlit.org) have listed 4,132 documented cases of alleged abuse, written 221…
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URGENT: Please contact Floodlit.org if you are a survivor or know a survivor of alleged sexual abuse by Wade Christofferson, if you have any information about his leadership/membership history in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or if you knew him personally. We (Floodlit.org) are currently helping several abuse survivors to assemble information…
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URGENT: Please contact Floodlit if you are a survivor or know a survivor of alleged sexual abuse by Wade Christofferson, if you have any information about his history in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or if you personally knew him. Thank you so much! contact Floodlit.org BREAKING NEWS FROM FLOODLIT.ORG Nov. 25,…
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UPDATE Nov. 26, 2025 – For further updates in this developing story, please see Floodlit’s case report on Wade Christofferson. Wade Christofferson case report » — FLOODLIT.ORG NEWS Nov. 25, 2025, 2:52 pm ET – On Nov. 20, Floodlit.org broke the news that Wade Christofferson, 72, of Dublin, Ohio, was being held in the Salt Lake…
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UPDATE Nov. 26, 2025 – For further updates in this developing story, please see Floodlit’s case report on Wade Christofferson. Wade Christofferson case report » — BREAKING NEWS FROM FLOODLIT.ORG Nov. 20, 2025, 11:32 pm ET – Wade S. Christofferson, brother of LDS First Presidency member Todd Christofferson, is in jail on suspicion of child sexual…
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Russell S. Tolbert from Rigby Idaho was caught in a sting operation in 2018 and charged with felony enticement of a minor under 16. Due to a plea agreement, his charges were reduced to felony injury of a child and he did not have to register as a sex offender. https://floodlit.org/a/b420
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James Bryan Knudsen from Nampa, Idaho was convicted of child sex abuse of a child under 16 years of age in 2015. https://floodlit.org/a/b421
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Shannon Noel Clifton of Warrensburg, Missouri was charged with 19 counts related to child sexual abuse in 2022. Accepted the plea deal and pled guilty to four child sexual abuse-related charges and was sentenced to 30 to 40 years in prison. https://floodlit.org/a/b422/
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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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Bravo’s series, Surviving Mormonism, features stories of people who experienced various kinds of trauma and abuse in Mormonism. We recognized two of them on sight in a 30-second teaser; their father, a convicted sexual abuser, is listed in our database at Floodlit. They are heroes to us. Since the show’s announcement, many Latter-day Saints have…
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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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Logan Cornwell, a Mormon church member and dentist in the Gilbert-Mesa, Arizona, area, has been accused of child sex trafficking and misconduct involving weapons. Floodlit case report: https://floodlit.org/a/b418/ A review of Cornwell’s social media profiles indicated that he was married in a Mormon temple and was active in the Mormon church as of 2022. Floodlit…
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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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Timothy Phelps AKA Tim Phelps was convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 16 in Pinellas County, Florida. According to the Kentucky sex offender registry, the victim was 12 years old. Phelps is currently living in Morgantown, Kentucky and the person that reported him to Floodlit said he is attending church meetings…
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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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BREAKING NEWS – Oct. 8, 2025: David Farley is now facing 11 felony sexual assault charges after a grand jury indictment. He is expected to be arrested, booked and arraigned on Friday, Oct. 10 at the Clackamas County Courthouse. (KGW article) FLOODLIT needs to raise money to be able to access court documents in Farley’s…
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Floodlit.org has just listed 25 more convicted Mormon sexual abusers, bringing our total to 4,370. Latest updates https://floodlit.org/accused/ – full database Each report contains links to available news sources and/or court documents, made possible by your support. You can report a Latter-day Saint sex abuse perpetrator at: https://floodlit.org/report-abuse/ Report an Abuser Newly added Mormon…
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Floodlit has obtained court documents in the case of former Utah judge Kevin Christensen, who recently requested to be released from custody as he continues to face child sex crime charges. Prosecutors say Christensen got a young child’s photo from his LDS church directory and sent it to an adult while discussing a rape fantasy.…
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We’ve discovered 27 more convicted Mormon sexual abusers in Utah alone, including a former LDS bishop, a former branch president, a man who was at one time the oldest known prison inmate in the United States, multiple former LDS temple workers, and the former director of the Utah Division of Investigations. (links to case reports…
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Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/a879/ Craig Andrew (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member, former LDS church employee and part-owner of a children’s gymnastics academy in or near Prescott, Arizona; accused in 2024 of child sexual abuse; convicted via a plea agreement in 2025; set to be sentenced Oct. 29. In 2025, Andrew pleaded guilty. Sentencing…
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Full case report on Doug Hall of Idaho: Douglas Melvin Hall
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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Samuel Baugh (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Kingston, Idaho; charged in 2025 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; allegedly molested two children for many years; his defense attorney noted Baugh was active in the church while requesting a reduction in the bond amount; Floodlit is seeking court documents. Samuel…
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Details: Dennis Joe Empey case report Empey’s alleged sex crimes span at least 44 years (1981 – 2025). “This man has molested so many children that it involved four Bishops from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” — Joe Empey’s neighbor, pre-sentencing letter to Utah County judge George Ballif, Sept. 13, 1991 If…
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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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We have been covering the Idaho Mormon sex abuse case of Candon Dahle, a former BYU baseball pitcher. Dahle was recently sentenced to 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to reduced charges related to child sexual abuse of a girl from the age of 7-12. We reached out to the Fremont County court and…
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(pictured above: Francis “Mickey” Cochran, convicted child sexual abuser and Mormon high priest in the 1980s) Paul Diehl, the Seattle stake president during the alleged coverup, was promoted by the Mormon church to a Quorum of the Seventy from at least 1997 to 2000. Floodlit.org obtained a copy of the lawsuit. Read the full details:…
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To read the full case report please visit: https://floodlit.org/a/b354/ Scott Kidman, a Mormon and former Ogden, Utah fireman, was arrested in September 2025 on suspicion of three counts of object rape, a first-degree felony. Thanks to your donations, Floodlit has obtained a copy of a police probable cause affidavit in Kidman’s case. Floodlit recognizes the…
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Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/b352/ In 2011, Todd Tanner was convicted in Colorado of one count of attempted sexual assault on a child, and one misdemeanor count of sexual contact with no consent. Thanks to a plea agreement, Tanner wasn’t required to serve jail time. Instead, a 48 month jail sentence was deferred and he was sentenced…
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Full case report: Dan Workman Mormon sex abuse case Dan Workman is a Mormon church member and school bus driver in St. George, Utah. On Sept. 3, Workman, 44, was charged with 20 counts related to child sexual exploitation. Workman is being held in the Washington County Jail. Floodlit is seeking a copy of the…
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Floodlit.org is looking for information to help verify statistics of sexual abuse in the Mormon church. If you have information, send it to us: Contact We hope our work will lead to impactful change to protect the littles and vulnerable from abuse.
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Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/b345/ Jacob Fisher (Jake Fisher) was a Mormon church member and ward young men’s leader in Eagle Mountain, Utah. Fisher was arrested in August 2025 for allegedly sending explicit videos of himself to, and attempting to meet to sexually assault, a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl (but was actually an undercover…
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Case report: Russell Kenneth Gatrell Russ Gatrell was raised in the Mormon church in Utah. In 2025, Gatrell was charged in Utah with felonies related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM). “Gatrell admitted to viewing, downloading, and sharing child sexual abuse material from his residence. Gatrell admitted to storing the child sexual abuse material on…
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Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/b343/ Tyson Green was a Mormon church member and firefighter in Murray, Utah. In August 2025, Green was arrested on two second-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. A person familiar with Green told Floodlit that Green was a stake high council member in the Layton Utah West Stake at…
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Her statement at today’s sentencing moved us to tears. Note from Jane the executive director of Floodlit: We at floodlit.org are so proud of this brave survivor of childhood sexual abuse. We wish her complete healing and hope she continues to be a strong voice of support and advocacy for others who have experienced abuse.…
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Last week, we here at Floodlit.org added former Mormon bishop Joseph Walker of Utah to our growing database of reports of sexual abuse in the Mormon church. Walker, 70, was the initial editor in 2008 of MormonTimes.com (see https://web.archive.org/web/20080225160640/http://mormontimes.com/contact.php), a publication of the church-owned Deseret News. In 2021, Deseret Book published a biography of then-apostle…
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Joseph Walker was a former Mormon bishop, stake presidency counselor and LDS Public Affairs employee in Utah; charged in 2025 with three third-degree felony counts related to child sexual exploitation; allegedly “engaged in several sexually explicit conversations within which he sought or attempted to seduce, lure, and entice [a 14-year-old girl] into engaging in multiple…
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Richard Mallard was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; charged in July 2025 with 41 felony counts related to child sexual exploitation; in August 2025, was released on bond, despite initially being held without bail; several LDS church members sent the court letters of support on Mallard’s behalf prior to his detention hearing. Full…
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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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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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Full list: https://floodlit.org/failure-to-report/ Floodlit.org, an independent organization reporting on sexual abuse in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon/LDS), has now surpassed 400 documented instances where bishops or branch/mission/stake presidents allegedly sexually abused children or failed to report child sexual abuse to law enforcement. A Crisis Uncovered This is *not* a comprehensive…
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly known as the Mormon church) has long positioned itself as a leader in handling abuse, with officials claiming its approach is the “gold standard” and that “no religious organization has done more.” But a startling discovery from a 2023 lawsuit challenges that narrative. A System…
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