Case #12: Larren Bybee Arnold
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1935
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen (molested a nine year-old boy) in Idaho; convicted in October 1984; received a five year suspended sentence and three years probation.
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Case #15: Eric Patrick Avant
- AKA Ricky Avant
- Victims:10+, 2+, 20+, 5+,
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,000,000
- The accused was a Mormon church member and cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; was sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting eight boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims.
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Case #17: Bryan A Barner
- Victims:2+,
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in New York in the 1980s; scout leader, molested a 12-year-old boy and two 13-year-old boys; sentenced to no more than one year in prison.
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Case #403: David William Bennett
- AKA Dave Bennett
- Victims:5+, 8,
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Born: 1954
- Scout leader, Young men's president,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Add info
- Add info
- Guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case result unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member and scout leader in California and Korea; convicted in 1987 in California of child sexual abuse; moved to Korea; was assigned to be an LDS young men's president and scoutmaster; was accused of molesting several boys; disappeared in 1991; FLOODLIT is attempting to locate him.
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Case #25: Arthur Gary Bishop
- AKA Art Bishop, Roger Downs
- Victims:2+,
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Born: 1952
Died: 1988 - Missionary, Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Philippines - Philippine Islands / Philippines 1971-1973
- no
- Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988.
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Case #33: David James Borg
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader; pleaded guilty to molesting multiple boys; sentenced to 34 years in prison.
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Case #46: David Neil Brown
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader, Ward choir director,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years.
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Case #85: Luke Elbert Dalton
- AKA Lee Dalton; Luke Elbert Dalton Jr.
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1941
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison.
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Case #96: Richard Lloyd Dilley
- AKA Dick Dilley
- 2024: lives in Airway Heights, Washington
- Victims:5+,
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Born: 1959
- Scout leader, Sunday school teacher,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Convicted, Guilty, Pleaded guilty, Sentenced to prison,
- no civil case,
- The accused 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.
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Case #100: Alan Keith Dunn
- AKA Keith Dunn, Allan Dunn
- Victims:1,
-
Born: 1941
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- When accused: Scout leader,
- Add info
- Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Unknown,
- no civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Venice, California (Los Angeles); accused in 1978 of child sexual abuse; confessed to the police.
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Case #109: Dennis Joe Empey
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1957
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexually abusing many children; his stake president allegedly knew Empey was abusing kids; convicted of child molestation in May 1991; sentenced to two years probation.
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Case #119: Jayne Allen Furness
- AKA Allen Furness
- 1987: died
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1935
Died: 1987 - Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Add info
- Add info
- Found guilty, Guilty, Sentenced to prison,
- no civil case,
- He 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.
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Case #144: Dustin Hall
- AKA Dusty Rhodes, Dusty Hall
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Civil case result unknown,
- He was a Mormon church member in Washington state; accused of sexually abusing boys in the Shelton Ward near Olympia.
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Case #154: Jeffrey Lee Hardin
- AKA Jeff Hardin
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted of lewd conduct with a minor in October 1991.
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Case #163: Vance Paul Hein
- 2012: sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison for possessing child pornography
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1951
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Add info
- Add info
- Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison.
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Case #194: Stephen Kay
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1940
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member, school teacher and scout leader in Brisbane, Australia; charged multiple times with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1996 and was sentenced to prison.
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Case #217: Craig Ralph Mathias
- Victims:10+, 11, 2+, 5+,
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Born: 1960
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Add info
- Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty, Sentenced to prison,
- no civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Granada Hills, California; was in the Northridge ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting multiple boy scouts; sentenced to six years in prison.
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Case #218: Franklin Leon Mathias
- AKA Frank Mathias
- Victims:200+, 242,
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty, Sentenced to prison,
- The accused was a former Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in Oregon; had a career as a schoolteacher; accused in 1987 of sexual abuse; sentenced in 1988 to four years in prison for molesting a child; he said that he had 242 victims over a 30 year period.
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Case #219: James R Matlock
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Case report »
Case #228: Melvin E McKinney
- AKA Mel McKinney
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Add info
- Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #230: Robert Gene Metcalf
- AKA Gene Metcalf
- Victims:2+, 3,
-
Born: 1949
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Guilty, Sentenced to prison,
- The accused was an LDS church member in California and Arizona; convicted three times of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1979 to 6 years in prison for sexually abusing a child; returned to the Mormon church after being released from prison, was made a scout leader and allegedly molested a scout on a campout in about 1987, according to a civil lawsuit; sentenced in Arizona in 1989 to 37 years in prison.
- Case report »
Case #240: Joseph Montanino
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member and scout leader in Massachusetts; had a career as a police officer; accused in 1982 of sexual abuse.
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Case #241: Daniel Montoya
- Victims:2, 2+,
- Missionary, Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- unknown -
- Add info
- Convicted, Guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Long Beach, California; pleaded guilty in 1986 to charges of child sexual abuse.
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Case #246: Scotty Hyrum Mortensen
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Unknown,
- no civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse.
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Case #704: Keven Brad Nelson
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- When accused: Scout leader,
- Add info
- Add info
- Never charged,
- He was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of grooming and/or sexual abuse by multiple boys in his scout troop; in 1988, his BSA registration was suspended.
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Case #261: Rand Darrell Newby
- AKA Mr. Newby
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1953
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Convicted, Guilty, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Sentenced to probation,
- no civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and scout leader in Washington, Oregon and San Francisco, California; had a career as a schoolteacher; charged in Oregon in 1986 with sexual abuse of two children; convicted of two counts, one class C felony and one class A misdemeanor; sentenced in 1987 to 5 years probation.
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Case #270: Thomas Opfar
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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Case #271: Dan S Overholt
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #281: Brian Richard Peterson
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Convicted, Guilty, Sentenced to prison,
- no civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and scout leader in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison.
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Case #294: Robert Scott Price
- AKA Scott Price
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse.
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Case #300: Gary Fuller Reese
- 2014: died
- Victims:2+,
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Born: 1938
Died: 2014 - Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Finland - Finland (unknown) 1961-1964
- no
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged,
- He was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy scoutmaster; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops.
- Reese's attorney in 2011, G. Perrin Walker, was a Mormon and BYU graduate who was called in 2001 to be an area authority seventy. Walker was serving at the time as a Boy Scout committee chairman..
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Case #304: Phillip Kowalewski Rimmasch
- AKA Phil Rimmasch
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1937
Died: 2009 - Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Add info
- Add info
- Convicted, Conviction overturned, Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah in the 1980s; had a 50-plus year career as a mortician; convicted of child sexual abuse; on appeal, the Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial in 1989.
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Case #305: Brian Robbins
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- When accused: Scout leader,
- Add info
- Add info
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Colorado; accused of child sexual exploitation.
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Case #318: Dennis Walter Schult
- 2024: registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
- Victims:2, 2+,
-
Born: 1935
- Scout leader, Young men's president,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, No contest, Sentenced to prison,
- no civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California.
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Case #336: Robert David Stillwell
- AKA Robert David Brotherson
- 1998: convicted of child sexual abuse
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1964
- Assistant scoutmaster, Missionary, Scout leader, Young men's presidency counselor,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- When accused: Scout leader,
- Taiwan - Taipei 1984-1986
- Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987; convicted in 1993 and 1998 in separate cases of child sexual abuse; reportedly, the local Mormon bishop became aware of the abuse but didn't take any church disciplinary action.
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Case #339: Bradley Grant Stowell
- AKA Brad Stowell
- 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Herriman, Utah
- Victims:20+,
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Born: 1972
- Missionary, Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- When accused: Scout leader,
- United States - Alaska Anchorage 1991-1993
- Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA.
- Case report »
Case #646: Thomas Frank Waitman
- AKA Tom Waitman
- 2023: registered sex offender living in Redmond, Washington
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1944
- Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Add info
- Add info
- Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member in Cupertino, California; convicted of felony child sexual abuse in 1995 in California; as of 2023, registered sex offender living in Redmond, Washington.
- Case report »
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