Harvey Wright was an LDS church member and scout leader in Flagstaff, AZ; in 1988, pleaded guilty to "Attempted Sexual Abuse/Dangerous Crimes Against Children" and was sentenced to 90 days in jail and four years probation; placed in the BSA Confidential Files ("Perversion Files").

08/29/88 Flagstaff, Arizona

LDS church member and Scout Leader Harvey Dee Wright, from Flagstaff, AZ was placed on the BSA Confidential Files in 1988 after pleading Guilty to “Attempted Sexual Abuse/Dangerous Crimes Against Children in the Second Degree”. He received 90 days in jail and 4 years probation. “Harvey’s daughter, xxxx, went to her religious leader and told him that her father was touching her. When the father was confronted he admitted that for a period of over two years at a rate of about three to four times a month he had been touching his daughter on her brests (sic) and genital area.”

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Sources

  1. Harvey Dee Wright - Perversion Files , LA Times, September 20, 2023.
  2. Boy Scout Registration Service Record Sheet, Boy Scout sexual abuse, October 20, 2023.

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