LDS church member in Duluth, Minnesota sentenced to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse
Case details on Jeffery Lee Niemi: https://floodlit.org/a/g069/
Former Mormon missionary charged with rape of a minor in Idaho
Case details on Krew Zaugg, 21, of Idaho Falls, Idaho: https://floodlit.org/a/g070/
For 26 years (1963-89), LDS-BSA top execs knew of “perversion files,” but allegedly did not tell LDS church
Part of a series of Floodlit special reports on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse coverups by Mormon officials. 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…
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Uncovering the Mormon Church’s Knowledge of Child Sexual Abuse: The 1984 Lawsuit
Part of a series of Floodlit special reports on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse coverups by Mormon officials. 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,…
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Findings re: Mormon official’s declaration on church knowledge of sexual abuse
Part of a series of Floodlit special reports on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse coverups by Mormon officials. 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…
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Floodlit.org has discovered another alleged coverup of child sexual abuse by Mormon leaders
Floodlit.org has discovered another alleged coverup of child sexual abuse by Mormon church leaders: https://floodlit.org/a/g063/ Over a 28-year period starting in the 1950s, Mormon church member Edwin Ellis Dyer molested up to 15 boys. During some of those years, Dyer was their Boy Scout leader. For some reason, Ed Dyer’s name does not appear in…
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We just found $1,268,835.62 more in Mormon church child sex abuse costs
We (Floodlit.org) just discovered $1,268,835.62 more in Mormon church child sex abuse defense and settlement costs. Did you know Boy Scouts registration fees increased in the 1980s and 1990s to offset rising insurance premiums due in part to sexual abuse claims against the Mormon church? In 2003, the LDS church’s director of risk management, Paul…
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Dr. David Farley Mormon sexual abuse case update
On May 28, an Oregon judge refused to compel former Mormon family physician David B. Farley to answer questions about his church involvement. More than 150 women and girls are suing the former doctor and stake high council member for alleged sexual abuse. Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a113/
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Utah judge notes sex offender is “not yet a 75-year-old Mormon bishop”
Last week, a Utah judge replaced a child sexual exploiter’s prison sentence with 112 days in jail and 48 months probation, saying he was “not yet a 75-year-old Mormon bishop who is perpetrating on children and grandchildren.” FLOODLIT has found 30 ex-bishops convicted of CSA-related crimes in Utah. On May 20, 22-year-old Aidan Hoffman was…
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BYU football player accused of sexual assault in lawsuit
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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