was a Mormon church member and cub scout leader; was sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting eight boys
Details

Personal information

  • Avant, Eric Patrick
  • Alias(es): Ricky
  • Gender: Male

Case summary

Add info | Back to top

01/15/79 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/

Support FLOODLIT.org

Donate to help FLOODLIT cover our research expenses, including obtaining court records and police documents.

LDS/Mormon church membership history

Add info | Back to top

LDS 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.

LDS church positions ever held by the accused: Scout leader
LDS church positions held by the accused at the time of the alleged crime(s): Scout leader
LDS church positions held by the accused at the time of being publicly accused:

Alleged crime(s)

Add info | Back to top

Alleged victim(s)

Add info | Back to top
  • Number of alleged victim(s) - note if approximate:
  • Average age of alleged victim(s) at time of alleged crime(s):

Arrest(s)

Add info | Back to top

Criminal charge(s)

Add info | Back to top

Criminal verdict(s)

Add info | Back to top

Criminal sentence

Add info | Back to top

Prison time

Add info | Back to top

Other court cases

Add info | Back to top

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

View all Mormon sexual abuse settlements

 

"*" indicates required fields

Share details to help us improve our records. To report an unlisted abuser, email us at tips@floodlit.org. We'll keep you anonymous unless you tell us otherwise. Anything you share via this form will be privately reviewed by the FLOODLIT team to see if it's something we can publish.
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.