Bryan Barner (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in New York in the 1980s; scout leader, molested a 12-year-old boy and two 13-year-old boys; sentenced to no more than one year in prison.

Bryan Barner was a Mormon church member in New York in the 1980s.

“A boy Scout official from Tully will serve no more than a year in prison for sodomizing a 12-year-old boy last year. When Barner was arrested in May, the state police identified him as unit commissioner with the Boy Scouts.”

“The authorities said the victims were two 13-year-old boys Barner met through the Boy Scouts.”

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Sources

  1. Bryan A Barner - Perversion Files , LA Times, December 12, 2012.

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