Alfred Francis Cote

UPDATE: As of March 8, 2024 Alfred F. Cote was sentenced to serve time in Jefferson Illinois Correctional Facility

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Alfred Cote (Fred Cote) was charged at least twice with sex crimes involving sexual abuse of children.

He worked in the Boy Scouts of America in the 1980s and possibly before. At the time of his crimes in the 1980s, Cote was an electronics instructor and ambulance service owner, according to his ineligible volunteer record with the BSA.

Cote was a scout leader in the LDS Nauvoo Ward in Nauvoo, Illinois in the 1980s.

He reportedly confessed to his local Mormon bishop to molesting at least four boys in his scout troops.

In 1986, Cote was apparently working as a scout leader in Indiana, after using a fake birthdate and altering his name on his registration application.

Despite being removed from the BSA and convicted of child sex abuse in New Hampshire in 1986, Cote was permitted to be a Mormon ward’s scoutmaster again in Illinois (Troop 107 in Chicago Heights) as of late 1986 or early 1987, according to FLOODLIT’s research.

In 1987 or 1988, a Mormon bishop allowed Cote to take several boys to the Hill Cumorah Pageant in New York, according to Cote’s “Perversion File” BSA record.

In 1989, Cote attempted to rejoin the BSA in Iowa but was rejected.

In 2019, Cote was charged again – this time with 15 counts of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault against a Child. He was accused of abusing two children between 2009 and 2016.

In 2020, Cote was convicted. He remains in prison in Illinois as of May 2026.

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11/27/84 New Hampshire

LDS Alfred Francis Cote was placed on the BSA Confidential File on November 28th,

1984 for “Immoral Acts with Scouts, combined with prescription from multiple vendors
causing hallucinations. In discussion with Mormon Bishop Paul Chapman, Chapman states
he has confronted Cote and Cote has agreed he has engaged in these acts with 4 members
of the above Scout Troops. Chapman has contacted N.H. Dept, of Welfare and LDS Social
Welfare Agency has already issued an opinion that Cote should not be associated with
young men. Scouts and families have been contacted by Chapman as confirmation
source:” “Paul Ernst (BSA National Office) “shared that Mr. Cote had several past
convictions for sexual assault” Cote worked in scouts in Manchester, NH troop 393; Derry,

NH Troop 412 (not officially registered) and Chicago, IL Troop 107