2025 WA Lawsuit: Jane Doe #1, Jane Doe #2 v. Mormon church re: alleged child sexual abuse by Francis “Mickey” Cochran
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URL: https://floodlit.org/complaint-2025-cochran/
Description: Civil complaint
Case title: Jane Doe #1, Jane Doe #2 v. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints et al.
Case number: 2:25-cv-01797
Court: Washington Western District
Date filed: 2025-09-17
Pages: 22
Changes made by FLOODLIT.org: None
Document summary
This is a copy of a civil complaint originally filed on Aug. 18, 2025, in the Superior Court of the state of Washington for King County (Case No. 25-2-23864-4 SEA) and filed on Sept. 17, 2025 in a related federal lawsuit in the Western District of Washington.
Francis Cochran (1921 – 2005) was a Mormon high priest in the Seattle 6th Ward in Seattle, Washington in the 1980s; convicted twice in the 1980s of crimes related to sexual abuse of multiple children; allegedly assaulted multiple young girls on LDS property, including during church meetings; a 2025 lawsuit (Floodlit broke the story) said a Mormon stake president and multiple ward bishops covered up allegations against Cochran.
Case details: https://floodlit.org/a/b355/
Floodlit broke the story on Sept. 18, 2025 that the LDS church was facing this lawsuit; mainstream news publications began to publish stories on the suit Sept. 19.
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