LDS Position Ever Held: Scout leader - Page 2

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LDS position: Scout leader

- Gary Brown was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing one of his scouts
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Convicted: 2006,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1967
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Paul Bryant was an HOA president and former Mormon primary teacher in Lehi, Utah; was a branch president during an LDS mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; died by suicide in December 2024
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2016,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1968
  Died: 2024
- Mission: 1987-1989 Argentina Argentina Cordoba
- Places lived: Argentina, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: December 2024: died by suicide
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- Gerald Burgie was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; charged in 1981 with third-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1939
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- Michael Carnegie was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Kitsap, Washington; convicted in 2017 of one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation; sentenced to 30 days in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2014, in Washington,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
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- Mark Chapman was an LDS church member, church janitor and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Michigan, New York,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1971
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Michigan, New York,
- Places when accused: Michigan, New York,
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- Michael Clay was an LDS church member and BYU professor in Provo, Utah; charged with sexually abusing three students; entered a plea bargain in May 2023 in which he agreed to plead no contest to three class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery, complete 24 months of probation, do 50 hours of community service, and take a sexual boundaries course; sentenced in June 2023 according to the plea deal
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: BYU, Church employee, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1974
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: June 26, 2023: sentenced to two years of probation and no jail time after agreeing in May 2023 to a plea deal of three reduced misdemeanor charges of sexual battery
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- Dennis Collins was an LDS church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Washington,
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- Alfred Cote was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in New Hampshire and Nauvoo, Illinois; convicted in the 1980s and in 2020 of child sexual abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1958
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Illinois, New Hampshire,
- Places when accused: Illinois, New Hampshire,
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- David Curtis was a Mormon church member and middle school counselor in St. George, Utah; in 2025, pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1969
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: Mar. 27, 2025: Sentenced in Utah to 15 years to life in prison
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- Robert Dahle was an LDS church member, Utah Highway Patrol trooper; alleged rapist of a 13-year-old girl
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Church positions: Elders quorum, High priest, Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1937
  Died: 2022
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Luke Dalton 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1941
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Montana, Ohio, Utah,
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- Prescott De Jean was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Texas,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1955
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Texas,
- Places when accused: Texas,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender
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- Kay Denning was a Mormon church member in Montana; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Montana,
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- Larry Deutsch was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1966
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Missouri,
- Places when accused: Missouri,
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- Richard Dilley 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
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Scout activity,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Greece, Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Airway Heights, Washington
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Brisbane, Australia; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to 15 months in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Germany; accused of sexual abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Germany,
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member and Cub/Boy Scout leader in the United States; accused of child sexual abuse by a claimant in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) bankruptcy case filed in February 2020
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member and Cub/Boy Scout leader in the United States; accused of child sexual abuse by a claimant in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) bankruptcy case filed in February 2020
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- John Doe was a Mormon church member and Cub/Boy Scout leader in the United States; accused of child sexual abuse by a claimant in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) bankruptcy case filed in February 2020
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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