was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Arroyo Grande, California; accused of sex abuse; found guilty of voyeurism charges in or before 1972, and found guilty of sexual abuse charges in 1976; sentenced in 1976 or 1977 to prison; died in 1987
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
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11/22/76 California
LDS Jayne Allen Furness “was tried and found guilty as a sex offender and is now incarcerated.” Furness was charged with 16 felony counts with children and, “did willfully and unlawfully have and accomplish as act of sexual intercourse with a female person, to wit (redacted) not his wife, who was than and there under the age of eighteen years, to wit, sixteen years.”
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- AKA Allen Furness
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Born: 1935
Died: 1987
- LDS mission: unknown
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime, lived in: California,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
- Latest update: 1987: died
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