Instances where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints paid victims after Mormon leaders were accused of sex crimes or failure to report sexual abuse.

Mormon sex abuse settlements: Statistics

$50,954,500 is the total amount we estimate the Mormon church paid in the 15 instances listed above where a reported or estimated amount is known.

In 12 instances, we do not know the payment amount.

In all, FLOODLIT is aware of 27 instances where the Mormon church made a payment of some kind to sexual abuse victims.

Amounts listed above are estimates only, in USD ($), not adjusted for inflation.

LDS sex abuse settlements: other related instances

  • $250 million that the Mormon church proposed to pay as part of the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy/restructuring in the 2020s. In July 2022, a judge rejected the church's proposed settlement, saying "it went too far in attempting to protect the church from abuse claims that only were loosely connected to scouting activities" (see source 3). source 1 | source 2 | source 3 | source 4
  • $30,000 offered by the LDS church to a victim (FLOODLIT has obtained a copy of the NDA); the victim rejected the agreement.
  • Unknown amount paid by the LDS church in out-of-court settlements to three separate victims who alleged Jack Loholt abused them. The church lost a civil suit filed by a fourth victim and was ordered to pay him $87,500 (listed above).

Latter-day Saints sex abuse settlements: about this database

FLOODLIT continues to report on civil lawsuits, criminal cases and other instances where LDS church leaders were accused of failing to provide proper support or protection to sexual abuse victims/survivors.

Our information regarding settlement payments made by the Mormon church in sex abuse cases, including child sexual abuse cases, comes primarily from public court documents and news reports.

Public disclosure of such payment amounts is rare, and such amounts are typically protected by confidentiality agreements or non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).

Please contact us with any tips or corrections.

You can also report abuse anonymously.