Wade Christofferson, brother of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apostle D. Todd Christofferson, pleaded guilty to child abuse. Six church leaders knew first. None called police.
This episode traces the Wade Christofferson case chronologically: the earliest documented abuse allegations in a Crystal Lake, Illinois ward in 1985, two bishops who heard direct disclosures four years apart, the 1996 excommunication and confidential membership record annotation meant to bar him from children, its unexplained removal between 1998 and 2006, and the five church leadership callings he held in Ohio afterward. We cover what apostle D. Todd Christofferson knew starting around 2020, the Area Seventy told in early 2025, the coded language in letters to a Utah child, and Wade's July 2026 guilty plea in federal court. Six officials knew before his arrest. None called police.
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This episode discusses child sexual abuse in detail, including coded language used against child victims. Listener discretion advised.