FLOODLIT has found the following cases in which the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or LDS church, has settled out of court or paid settlements in response to allegations of or convictions regarding sexual abuse by LDS leaders or members.

Note: We haven’t included the $250 million that the Mormon church is reportedly going to pay as part of the BSA restructuring taking place as of 2023. Thousands of former Boy Scouts have alleged that they were sexually abused by an LDS scout leader. Source 1 | Source 2

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Some of the settlement amounts below are estimates only. We have not adjusted amounts for inflation.

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Settlements offered by the LDS church to sex abuse victims:

• $300,000 to the victim in John Goodrich’s case – the victim signed the agreement and accepted the payment
• $30,000 to a Jane Doe (FLOODLIT has obtained a copy of the NDA) – the victim rejected the agreement

• $995,000 - John Doe
• $1,100,000 - John Doe – Tacoma, Washington
• undisclosed amount - Chester Lewis Meek
• undisclosed amount - William Scott Hanson
• $350,000 - Timur Van Dykes
• $5,000,000 - Ralph Edward Neeley
• undisclosed amount - Mark Gum
• undisclosed amount - Michael Rex Shean
• undisclosed amount - Richard Kenneth Ray
• $2,000,000 - Eric Patrick Avant
• $3,000,000 - Franklyn Richard Curtis
• $100,000 - Todd Summers
• undisclosed amount - Larren Bybee Arnold
• $782,000 - John Phillip Misseldine
• $40,000 - Marcelo Moreno Pérez
• $4,000,000 - Charles John Blome
• $2,500,000 - Peter Taylor
• undisclosed amount - Christopher Michael Jensen
• $100,000 - John Doe – California
• undisclosed amount - James Francis Hogan
• $2,000,000 - Christian Robert Bearnson
• undisclosed amount - James F Adams

$21,967,000 is the total amount in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, that we estimate that the LDS church has paid out in the above listed settlements.