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 FLOODLIT’s sources, of sexually abusing up to 12 children in Illinois, Ohio and Utah between 1985-2025, including while in bishopric; excommunicated in 1996 for child sexual abuse; rebaptized in 1997, was bishopric counselor 2006-11, 2016-19; charged in 2025 (alleged abuse between 2016-25); his brother, apostle Todd Christofferson, knew by around 2020 of abuse; convicted in 2026.
