Gerald Burgie (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; charged in 1981 with third-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child.
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Gerald Burgie was a Mormon church member in Utah.

He was convicted of “attempted sexual abuse (victim was a young boy).

On November 15, 1981, Burgie was placed in the Boy Scouts of America’s confidential “ineligible volunteer” files (commonly referred to as the “perversion files”).

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1 year in jail: suspended
5 years probation

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Sources

  1. Gerald W. Burgie, Utah.gov Archives, February 6, 2024.
  2. Gerald W Burgie - Perversion Files , LA Times, October 18, 2012.

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