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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Boy Scout leader gets 10 years in prison for sexually abusing kids in his troop

2019-01-20

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[NYPOST] A former Boy Scout leader from New Jersey who admitted to sexually abusing at least three kids in his troop was reportedly sentenced on Friday to 10 years in state prison.

Stephen Corcoran, 51, of Morris Plains, is already serving a seven year sentence for child pornography ‐ and will now be tacking on three more, according to NJ.com.

His latest sentence is going to run concurrent with the old one, which was handed down in 2017.

Corcoran pled guilty back in August to four counts of sexual assault after being accused by three of his former scouts. The victims said they were abused between 1997 and 1999.

"Every interaction he had with me and my family was for his ultimate goal of molesting me," explained Christopher Malcolm, speaking to news hounds in August 2017. "He wasn’t there to be my friend. He was there for his own sexual desires."

The victims later sued the Boy Scouts of America organization, saying the abuse had a serious effect on their adult lives.

"The boy scouts basically gave (Corcoran) shelter and cloaked in secrecy the abuse that was occurring," alleged one of their lawyers.

While an amount was never reported, the former scouts were said to have been "very pleased" with what they got.

Posted by:Fred

#9 Well, he was already serving time for kiddy-pron, so charges against him for diddling "off the books" is not surprising. The 19-years for them to come forth, however, is disturbing.

I have fond memories of Mr. Beebe, my Scoutmaster, around whom I never felt uncomfortable. He was a great guy and did a wonderful job of herding his charges. Greased Watermelon...good times.

Why so many bad apples these days? Is it that the Scouts are looked upon as a feeding ground for these animals, and they can make it through the vetting process? Is there a vetting process? If so, what is it? Is it reliable? Who conducts it? Etc. Or is it just too invasive to really know who is taking care of your kids?

Sickening....

Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2019-01-20 22:25

#8 I didn't believe them.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-01-20 16:32

#7 People used to assure me this would never happen if we allowed homosexuals to be scoutmasters.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-01-20 16:32

#6 What Frank G said.

Posted by: Tom 2019-01-20 13:55

#5 Frank, me too. Always at least one parent at every practice and game or I was out of there.

Posted by: Fat Bob Glaise8594 2019-01-20 10:48

#4 abused between 1997 and 1999. Back then, all boys.

I coached my daughter's female sports teams, and I made sure there was also a woman around at all times, and told the parents up front of my policy. Most seemed to appreciate it

Posted by: Frank G 2019-01-20 10:43

#3 re: the gay part........were his victims male or female?

Things have changed in the 60+ years since I started scouting and I've heard that it's now coed, no?

Posted by: AlanC 2019-01-20 10:18

#2 But never oppose Gay Scout Leaders.

and why is this concurrent with his 7 year child pr0n sentence? Hopefully he won't make it through either

Posted by: Frank G 2019-01-20 09:34

#1 Someone should have pointed out to Corcoran that if he'd become a dem bundler first this never would have happened to him...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-01-20 09:33

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