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Case summary
Add info | Back to top01/15/79 Norfolk, VA
LDS Eric Patrick Avant “was a church cub scout leader. He sodomized eight boys. He had
a prior conviction for sodomy, but the church never checked him out and never registered
him with Boy Scouts of America which would have run a background check .The LDS
Church settled in May 1992 for an undisclosed amount.” “According to the suit, Avant was
convicted in 1979 of similar offenses, something the Boy Scouts could have easily
discovered. The suit alleges that the Scouts and the church were negligent in not checking
on Avant’s background.”
AVANT-Eric Patrick “Ricky” Avant 1 .pdf
“The families who initiated prosecution said they had cooperated with police in compiling a
list of 41 victims from the Webelos den and church.”
AVANT-Eric Avant 3 BSA Confidential Files.pdf
https://www.hiahbeam.com/doc/1P2-1219714.html
http://www.oocities.org/wsimister/ldscourt.htm
http://documents.latimes.com/eric-patrick-avant/
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LDS/Mormon church membership history
Add info | Back to topLDS mission information
The accused did not serve a full-time LDS mission.
LDS temple marriage information
FLOODLIT is not aware whether the accused was married in a Mormon temple.
Alleged victim(s)
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- Average age of alleged victim(s) at time of alleged crime(s):
LDS church response(s)
Add info | Back to top- Alleged failure to report by local LDS leaders? no
- Alleged misconduct by local LDS leaders? no
- Alleged misconduct by global LDS leaders? no
Settlement amount paid by LDS church (in US dollars): $2,000,000
