was an LDS church member and scout leader in Burien, near Seattle, Washington; dishonorably discharged from the Navy in 1983 after admitting to abusing boys in a Scouting program in Athens, Greece; pleaded guilty in 1990 to one count of third degree child rape and five counts of child molestation for "repeated" offenses over two years of the scouts in his LDS troop; sentenced to 9 years in prison

Case report

Richard Lloyd Dilley was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Burien, near Seattle, Washington.

In 1983, Dilley was dishonorably discharged from the US Navy for sexually abusing boys while a scoutmaster in Athens, Greece.

Despite this, Dilley became a licensed foster parent. At one time, Dilley’s home held five children, ages 1 to 8.

In 1990, Dilley pleaded guilty to one count of third degree child rape and five counts of child molestation for “repeated” offenses over a two year period of two boys in his LDS sponsored scout troop.

Court documents indicate that Dilley allegedly sexually molested three boys a total of at least 40-50 times over a two to three year period.

Dilley may have failed to register as a sex offender in Montana and Utah.

Case facts

Case information sources

  1. Scout Leader Gets 8 Years For Raping, Molesting Boys -- 'Abuse Of Trust' Pushes Sentence Past Guidelines
    view source details | 15 Dec 1990 | Seattle Times

Case information source details

Browse the Mormon Sexual Abuse Database

FLOODLIT.org has a free public database of hundreds of reports about people who committed or allegedly committed sex crimes, including sexual abuse, while they were active Mormon church members. You can browse the entire database in all sorts of ways, including by LDS church position, number of victims, places where crimes took place, or criminal/civil case result.

View the Mormon Sexual Abuse Map

International map of locations where active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints perpetrated or allegedly perpetrated sexual abuse or other sex crimes, or where LDS leaders failed or allegedly failed to help abuse survivors.

 

Add information

Search the Mormon Sexual Abuse Database