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| Ex-Boy Scout leader, accused of sex assaults, now indicted on child porn charges |
| 2013-04-25 |
| [NJ] A former Boy Scout leader from Morris Plains -- already accused of sexually assaulting two members of his troop -- has been indicted after allegedly showing a friend child pornography. You simply can't say anything about this stuff. You'll be dismissed as a homophobe. Boy Scouts start at the very ages when hormones start to kick in, and several years before judgment does. Letting wolves in among the adolescent sheep is way less than a good idea. If I was suddenly appointed Lord of the Boy Scouts, I'd spend full time concentrating on making things asexual and adult supervised. By asexual I mean that I'd pretend it didn't exist and dump any adult who even looked like he was going to "help someone" discover it. Kids get enough of that stuff watching TV. Stephen Corcoran, 45, of Morris Plains, was indicted Tuesday on one count of second-degree distribution of child pornography and 10 counts of fourth-degree possession of child pornography. He was arrested in January of last year after allegedly showing the pornography to a male, 18-year-old friend in October of 2011, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Chief Paul Philipps and Morris Plains Police Chief Scott Thompson said in a joint announcement. Authorities seized Corcoran's computers and after a forensic examination, found he was in possession of child pornography, the announcement said. Detective Carolina Moreno of the Morris County Prosecutor's Office, Detective Dan Cicala of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department and Sgt. Jason Kohn of the Morris Plains Police Department launched an investigation in November 2011, the announcement said. Authorities invterviewed the 18-year-old and were told Corcoran had allegedly distributed and possessed child pornography, the announcement said. Last year, the prosecutor's office filed other charges, accusing Corcoran of sexually abusing members of his troop more than a decade ago. Those charges allege he assaulted two members of Parsippany-based Boy Scout Troop 173 between 1997 and 1999 on multiple occasions. The investigation was prompted by two former members of Troop 173 coming forward, according to a statement from the prosecutor's office at the time. |
| Posted by:Fred |