A new lawsuit has been filed against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Arkansas. According to the lawsuit, in 1993 G.S. was criminally convicted of sexual abuse of a minor in the 3rd degree. The lawsuit states G.S. abused the victim from 1981-1993, from ages 4-15 years old, for around 12 years…
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Floodlit recently added two men to our database. Dick Jensen was a Mormon dentist in McMinnville, Oregon. Douglas S. Smith Jr. was a Boy Scout executive in Oregon when he suspended Jensen’s BSA registration after Jensen attempted to register despite a prior conviction for sexual abuse around approximately 1980. According to hand written notes on…
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An academic researcher (a survivor herself) is seeking LDS participants to interview who have experienced patriarchal violence in the LDS Church (interpersonal/institutional or both). – Purpose of the Study: This interdisciplinary study critically investigates the paradoxical interplay between spiritual empowerment and structural violence within the rituals/practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
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Floodlit.org has learned that Candon Dahle is about to be released from jail. Details: https://floodlit.org/a/b168/ Candon Dahle full case report Dahle, 22, was a starting pitcher for the Brigham Young University (BYU) baseball team at the time of his arrest in February 2025 for alleged sexual abuse of a girl spanning five years, beginning when…
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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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Predatory or a good defense? Ex-BYU baseball pitcher Candon Dahle was convicted in an Idaho child sexual abuse case. Then, he got letters of support from the three places the victim had found worth living for, after years of SA. School, dance and her child advocacy center. Does this re-victimize the victim? “It was never…
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case report on Jake Retzlaff: https://floodlit.org/a/g062/ We’re aware he is Jewish, not Mormon. We’ve been asked multiple times to provide clarity in this case.
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More reports coming soon.
Going through over 100 case reports and updating details and source information.
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a608/
COMING THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 11: our weekly report about new developments in LDS sex abuse cases.
Help Wanted for Sexual Abuse Victims of LDS perpetrators: Lawyers, victim advocates, therapists, etc. We are trying to connect SA survivors with qualified help. Please contact us at https://floodlit.org/contact/ if you or someone you know can help sex abuse victims who were abused by LDS leaders/members. As we’ve added case information at floodlit, we’ve talked…
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We have dozens – actually well over a hundred – Mormon sexual abuse cases we’re reviewing. Thank you for your patience.
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Just saying hi and yeah, that’s us replying. Exmormon.org link 1 Exmormon.org link 2 Reddit link
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Keith Robert Vallejo
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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His birthday was displaying incorrectly. Thank you, anonymous tip. https://floodlit.org/a/a262/
DetailsThanks to an anonymous tip, we’ve added details. https://floodlit.org/a/a068/
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/
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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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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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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DetailsDetails: 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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Just added today: https://floodlit.org/a/a453/
The lights are now ON.