New article: Uncovering the Mormon Church’s Knowledge of Child Sexual Abuse: The 1984 Lawsuit
floodlit.org/uncovering-kno… 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, and a dog over two decades.

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/90s to offset rising insurance premiums due in part to SA claims against the Mormon church? Floodlit.org


In 2003, the LDS church's director of risk management, Paul Rytting, wrote a four-page letter to Mark Dama, claim manager for the Boy Scouts of America.

Floodlit obtained a copy of the letter and is sharing it in full here.

A Mormon bishop in California sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl in his office while telling her, "This is how you can become closer to your higher power … This is how you can have eternal life," a new lawsuit says.
FLOODLIT case report:
1/floodlit.org/a/b116/ The alleged abuse continued at church for 8 years.

Today marks the third day in a row we’ve broken news of a recently filed civil lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse by a Mormon bishop in the bishop’s office at church.
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Have you seen this map of Mormon churches in the Salt Lake City area?

Each white circle is an LDS ch--

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