Below is a list of 269 California child molesters the Boy Scouts of America kicked out of Scouting in California because they sexually assaulted children. These names come from BSA’s own Ineligible Volunteer Files that have been unsealed by court order. For more information about these men or about other child molesters in Scouting not listed below, please contact us here at Dumas & Vaughn.
New Three-Year SOL Window Allows Claims in California
Starting January 1, 2020, anyone who was sexually assaulted when a child can file a civil lawsuit against a California child molester or the organization that allowed the abuse to happen. California has opened a three-year “window” in its statute of limitations for child sexual assault claims. For three years, starting January 1, 2020, anyone who was sexually assaulted as a child – no matter how long ago – can file a civil lawsuit, even if their claim was barred by the old statute of limitations.
This three-year window will allow men who were abused in Boy Scouts (and women who were abused in co-ed Explorer posts) to bring civil cases against the Boy Scouts of America for the sexual abuse they suffered as children. It is important to file a case as soon as possible after the California SOL window opens on January 1, 2020. Boy Scouts of America has said that it may file for “reorganization” bankruptcy, which would move all civil lawsuits into the bankruptcy case. Bankruptcy won’t prevent civil claims, but it will make them more complicated.
It also may be possible to bring civil lawsuits against the local Councils in California. Local Councils work hand in hand with BSA in running the Boy Scout program in California. Likewise, sponsoring organizations such as the Mormon Church, the Methodist Church, the Catholic Church, and others also may be sued if they knew about California child molesters and failed to protect children.
Boy Scout IV Files Track Child Abusers in Scouting
Since the 1920s, the Boy Scouts of America kicked out thousands of adult volunteers because they were accused of sexually assaulting children. BSA did not notify Scout families or the local communities about these dangerous predators. BSA kept track of the men it removed from Scouting by putting their names on an “Ineligible Volunteer List” and opening an “Ineligible Volunteer File” on each man. For decades BSA categorized the “IV Files” on men removed from Boy Scouts for sexually abusing children as “Perversion” files.
Here at Dumas & Vaughn, we have access to BSA’s IV Files dating back to the 1940s, which is as far back as they still exist. Some of these files were unsealed by court order and are available publicly because they were used as exhibits in a 2010 trial in Portland in which Gilion Dumas was one of the trial attorneys. In our other cases, courts have ordered BSA to give us other IV Files and many of these are available. More recent files from the 1990s to the present are not publicly available because court ordered them kept confidential.
Many Child Abusers in Scouting are Not in an IV File
Not all child molesters in Boy Scouts are in the Ineligible Volunteer Files. If you were abused or sexually exploited in Boy Scouts by an adult volunteer, a professional Scouter, or another Scout, the man who molested you may not be listed below. There are many reasons for this.
First, this is only a list of IV Files on California child molesters that are available to the public. Only existing files dating up to 1991 have been unsealed by courts and made public. No files created after 1991 are available to the public, although BSA has continued to keep these files right up to the present day.
Second, up until the 1980s, BSA destroyed an unknown number of files without keeping track of the names of the men in the destroyed files. There are no IV Files or for these men.
Finally, Boy Scouts of America only created an IV File on an accused abuser if the national headquarters of BSA learned of accusations against that man. For many decades, there was no policy or procedure for local volunteers to report accusations to the national office. So many – or even most – child molesters in Scouting were never reported to the national office and BSA never created Ineligible Volunteer Files on them.
269 California Child Molesters in BSA Files
No one knows how many men BSA removed from Scouting for sexually assaulting children. BSA’s existing, publicly available IV Files show BSA kicked out 269 California child molesters from Boy Scouts between 1956 and 1991.
The following list contains the names of these 269 men BSA kicked out of Scouting based on accusations of sexual abuse or other sexually inappropriate conduct with children in California. The list is organized by California county, year, and name. If the name is listed below, the file is available through our law firm.
We have access to additional files that are confidential because they are under court protective order. We have information on other California child molesters in Boy Scouts who are not in the IV Files. As discussed above, many or most child abusing Scout leaders are are not in the files.
Call us with questions about BSA’s IV Files, the names listed below, or questions about other child molesters in Boy Scouts. Our phone number is 503-616-5007. You can also contact us through our confidential contact form on this website.
Alameda County:
1959: Paul E. Oas, Oakland
1960: Eugene Albert Hansen, Hayward/San Lorenzo, Troops 602 and 625
1966: Charles Bert Dohm, Oakland, Troop 201
1967: Tommie E. Coffee, Oakland, Troop 452
1973: George William Leavitt, Berkeley, Troop 20
1986: Robert Edward Cox, Livermore, Troop 999
1987: William Barney, Union City, Pack 273
1987: Tommie E. Coffee, Oakland, Troop 452
1988: Steven Monroe Kabeary, Berkeley, Troop 22
1989: Julian Adams, Berkeley, Troop 4
1990: Alfred Carl Whitacre, Berkeley, Troop 22
1990: Christopher Lawrence, Hayward
1990: David M. Simmons, Livermore
1990: Jonathan Tampico, Livermore
Butte County:
1967: David Alden Miller, Chico, Troop 6
1967: Gary Lester Graves, Oroville, Troop 33
Calaveras County:
1986: Dean Ray Von Aspern, Murphys, Troop 343 and 346
1987: George Richard Hooper, West Point, Troop 348 and Pack 348
Contra Costa County:
1966: Harold Arnold Jones, Richmond, Pack 132
1966: William Green, Walnut Creek, Pack 89
1969: Ronald D. Schlieper, Concord, Troop 495 and 465
1989: Douglas Howes, El Sobrante, Troop 146
1989: Robert S. Turner, Walnut Creek, Explorer Port 2811
El Dorado County:
1967: Nelson Enriquez, South Lake Tahoe, Troop 143
Fresno County:
1968: W. Gideon Gibson, Laton
1973: Alan Craig Dunlap, Fresno, Pack 98 and Troop 98
1985: Stanley J. Nakanishi, Fresno
1989: Charles Bryant, Fresno, Troop 268
Lassen County:
1967: Thomas Lorenz Chrisman, Westwood, Troop 65
Los Angeles County:
1957: William Halliday Baird, Norwalk
1958: Marvin Bittick, Burbank
1960: Gerald E. Terflinger, Long Beach, Troop 40
1961: Carl D. Smith, Lancaster, Troops 186 and 586
1961: Robert L. Harding, Los Angeles, Troop 212
1961: John D. Smith
1963: Gregory Marshall, Tujunga, Troop 12
1964: Joaquin Chavez, La Puente
1964: William D. Gamble, Baldwin Park
1965: Eugene W. Gray, Los Angeles, Troop 70
1966: James Delma Ward, Santa Monica
1966: Terrance Daniel Layman, Los Angeles, Troop 218
1967: Joel Elisla Houck, Compton, Troop 633
1967: William H. Newberry, Sierra Madre, Troop 372
1967: Thomas Lorenz Chrisman, Santa Monica/Beverly Hills, Troops 107 and 67
1968: James D. Hulett, Claremont, Camp Staff
1969: Wyman C. Blankenship, Palmdale, Troop 335
1969: Stephen I. Brown, Van Nuys, Troop 105
1969: Richard William Talt, Hollywood, Assistant District Scout Executive Los Angeles Area Council
1971: Norman James Pace, Long Beach, Pack 153
1974: Charles Walker, La Crescenta, District 3
1977: Alan H. Grossman, Santa Monica, Troops 22 and 222
1978: Alan K. Dunn, Venice, Troop 326
1979: Roger Gates, Arcadia, Troop 125
1981: David J. Carlo
1982: Richard Edward Wood, Van Nuys Troop 18
1983: Kevin Keen Morrison, Long Beach, Troops 14 and 61
1984: Samuel L. Jones, Los Angeles
1984: James David Taff, Downey, Troop 423
1985: Donnie Allen Idle, Norwalk, Troops 571 and 981
1985: Joel Lachica, Los Angeles, Troop 355
1985: Charles S. Vaughn, Pomona, Troop 421
1986: Donald F. Kennaday, La Crescenta, Pack 3305
1986: Keith Dale Meyer, Long Beach, Troops 140 and 35
1986: Ken Miller, Pacific Palisades, Troop 400
1986: Daniel Montoya, Long Beach, Troop 121
1986: Scott R. Slattery, Cerritos, Troop 1030
1987: Edward Dillingham, Pacific Palisades, Troop 85
1987: Craig Mathias, Saugus, Troop 585
1987: Donald Rosen, Pasadena, Troop 672
1987: Larry Van Dyke, Gardena, Troop 203
1988: Howard A. Day, Cerritos, Troop 72 and Pack 72
1988: Stephen D. Field, Santa Monica, Troop 11
1988: Donald S. Kyle, Venice, Troop 34
1988: James A. Martinez, Hacienda Heights, Troop 726
1988: Patrick William Nenno, Santa Monica, Pack 605
1988: John Henry, Bellflower
1988: Annabel West, Bellflower
1989: Joseph A. Colbert, Long Beach, Troop 9
1990: Charles M. Jones, Norwalk, Troop 379
1991: Samuel J. Becker, Canoga Park, Pack 3721
1991: Ross Cusimano, West Covina, Troop 453
1991: Kim Morgan Harper, Los Angeles/Buena Park, Troops 45 and 471
1991: Dennis Walter Shult, Chatsworth, Troop 535
Marin County:
1988: John Martin Nykamp, Novato, Camp Staff
1989: James G. Thomas, San Anselmo, Pack 3037
1990: Roderick Patrick Martinelli
Mendocino County:
1961: James O. Branscomb, Willits, Troop 70
1969: William Francis Elton, Philo, Troop 51
1985: Richard Hugh Williams, Ukiah, Troop 75
1989: James O. Branscomb, Willits, Troop 70
1989: Jeffrey H. Mumford, Glendale, District 1
Monterey County:
1969: R Glenn Salyers, Salinas
1984: Albert A. Polinski, Salinas, Troop 232
1987: Wayne Spowyer Booth, Salinas, Troop 45
1988: Sergio Serra, Salinas, Pack 3013
1991: John L. Kelleher, Monterey, Troop 178
Napa County:
1965: Harry Cecil Ingling Jr., Napa, Troop 96
1986: Harvey S. Hankin, Napa, Troop 3
1988: Charles Edward Lawrence, Napa, Troops 2 and 24
Orange County:
1960: John Rainhardt Ulvilden, Garden Grove, Troop 167
1962: Richard Arlie Hurt, Orange, Troop 157
1964: David John Hough, Anaheim
1965: Valente R. Montiel, Santa Ana, Pack 71
1965: Donald Clarence Drake, Santa Ana, Troop 371
1966: Leo Adrien Cormier, Orange, Troop 155
1972: Donald Jefferson, Santa Ana, Troop 123
1977: David W. Phillips, Yorba Linda, Explorer Post 733
1978: Norman R. Webb, Garden Grove, Troop 147
1979: Richard J. Turley, Fountain Valley, Troop 514
1982: Allen L. Fields, Tustin, Troop 235
1983: Walter D. Scott, El Toro, Troop 634
1984: Rex Harrison Spencer, Anaheim, Troops 1152 and 100
1984: Kenneth Steelmon, Westminster, Troop 216
1985: Daniel Wheeler, Orange, Troops 5 and 151
1985: Scott Lokken, El Toro
1987: Al LaBadie, Huntington Beach, Troop 226 and Pack 226
1988: Paul F. Hernandez, Santa Ana, Troop 28 and Pack 203
1988: Robert E. Kredel, Irvine, Explorer Post 24
1988: David Robert Negrette, Huntington Beach/Santa Ana, Troops 274 and 348 and 123
1989: Robert Taylor, Anaheim, Troop 581
1989: Kurt E. Van Hovatter, Orange, Pack 336
1990: Ed Rincon, Garden Grove, Troop 75
1990: Donald L. Wright, El Toro, Troops 628 and 728
1991: John Atwood, Orange, Troop 210 and Explorer Post 336
Placer County:
1967: Raymond L. Thomas, Roseville, Troop 14/Explorer Post 11
Riverside County:
1963: John C. Boyd, Riverside, Troop 13
1966: Gary Edison Busher, Idyllwild, Troop 99
1967: Carl Robert Jones, Riverside
1973: Gilbert A. Reinbold, Riverside
1975: Melvin E. McKinney, Norco, Troops 433 and 33
1983: Richard H. Ardrey, Riverside, Troop 171
1988: Jerry Henson, Desert Hot Springs, Pack 59
1988: Rex Scott, Lake Elsinore, Troop 36
1988: Gary James Stevens, Hemet, Pack 310
1989: Arthur C. Evans, Idyllwild/Riverside, Pack 8601
1989: Edward P. Kuper, Moreno Valley, Pack 100
1989: Richard W. Shaffer, Indio, Pack 252
1990: Chris J. Beers, Riverside, Pack 7
Sacramento County:
1968: Frank Richard Cowling, Rio Linda, Pack 233
1969: Charles Fl Bryan, Citrus Heights, Troop 372
1973: David E. Cates, Sacramento, Troop 576
1973: David B. Pease, Sacramento, Troop 255
1973: Gregory Alan Pilkington, Fair Oaks, Troop 215
1985: Lawrence Stephen Jones, Carmichael, Troop 386
1985: Terrance J. Maddock, Sacramento, Troop 226
1985: John Norman Olson, Sacramento, Troop 226
1986: Hank A. Jones, Sacramento, Pack 38
1988: David A. Peat, Galt, Troop 119 and Pack 3084
1989: Jerry Lee Sparks, Sacramento
1991: Carleton Benjamin Willey, Sacramento, Troop 291
San Bernardino County:
1959: Melbourne S. Hamilton, San Bernardino
1968: Bruce C. Smith, Upland/Alta Loma/Ontario, Troops 644 and 325
1968: James C. Smith
1980: William Holdsworth, Twentynine Palms, Troop 82
1986: John Graham, Barstow, Troop 60
1987: James J. Nahodyl, Victorville, Troop 1058
1988: James J. Buxton, Wonder Valley, Troop 341
1988: David A. Reed, Wonder Valley, Troop 1341
1988: Brian West
1988: John Henry West, Bellflower
1990: James McCormick, Baker, Explorer Post 265
1990: Thomas J. Pike, Redlands, Pack 9
San Diego County:
1960: Victor James Peterson, Encinitas, Sea Scouts 776
1961: Clifford H. Anglin, San Diego
1963: Alfred (Al) Pfanstiehl, San Diego, Sea Scouts 511
1963: Leo Patrick McDonald, San Diego
1963: Owen Herbert Barkley, San Diego, Troop 877
1964: William P. Dessert, El Cajon, Troop 375
1965: Robert Drake, San Diego
1965: Robert Pine, San Diego
1966: Verner Pybala, San Diego, Pack 909
1967: David Robert Metzger
1969: Robert Louis Barrett, Coronado, Troop 801
1970: William Dale Adams, Chula Vista, Troop 897
1975: Richard E. Humphrey, Chula Vista, Troop 811
1976: Judith A. Tercey, San Diego, Pack 279
1976: Franklin K. Tercey, San Diego, Pack 279
1976: Raymond L. Weeks, San Diego, Troop 295
1984: Max C.W. Kelly, San Diego
1988: Richard A. Schaeffer, San Diego, Pack 8653
1988: William Oliver, Imperial Beach
1989: Kirk O. Immel, San Diego, Troop 201
1990: Rodney F. Stark, San Diego, Troop 622
1990: Merlin Edward Mundy, Bonita, Troop 804
1990: Fremont “Bud” Shaver, Vista
1990: Jerry B. Frazier, El Cajon, Pack 301
1991: Thomas R. Wood, San Diego, Troop 59
1998: Clyde H. Means, Imperial Beach
San Francisco County:
1957: John P. Wilson, San Francisco
1958: John H. Bell, San Francisco
1962: Jon Joseph Rubin, San Francisco
1964: Melvin G. Verneuy, San Francisco, Pack 111
1970: Walter Lee Fisher, San Francisco, Troop 121
1988: James Allen Baxley, APO San Francisco, Troop 310
San Joaquin County:
1975: Dan W. Meeks, Lodi, Troop 226
1988: Herbert Henry Falk, Stockton, Troop 148
1988: Daniel Meadows, Stockton, Pack 3100
1990: Terry Blackwell, Lathrop, Pack 493
1990: Ronald Kelly Pugh, Lathrop, Troop 4935 and Pack 4935
San Luis Obispo County:
1959: Charles Maurison Cobb, San Luis Obispo
1961: Carlisle J. O’Neal, Atascadero, Pack 53
1963: Paul Denton Rogers, San Luis Obispo, Troop 411
1967: Gary Mitchell Nabors, Paso Robles, Troop 62
1973: Richard D. Lee, Arroyo Grande
1974: Emilio A. Gomez, San Luis Obispo, Troop 350
1976: Jayne A. Furness, Arroyo Grande, Troop 432
San Mateo County:
1982: Craig Markinson, Daly City
1987: Robert Smith, Redwood City, Troop 199
1988: Robert Kenneth Auleb, Pacifica, Troop 264
1989: Richard C. Stenger, Menlo Park, Sea Scouts
1989: Robert Wong, San Mateo, Troop 44
1989: Melvin F. Roseveare. Menlo Park, Camp Staff
1990: Gail D. Fisher, San Mateo, Troop 31
Santa Barbara County:
1961: John Reed Kendrick, Santa Barbara
1962: Paul Doner, Carpinteria, Troop 55
1968: Kenneth K. Knutson, Goleta, Pack 14
1968: John L. Brady, Vandenberg, Troop 392
1972: Herbert Lewis Sullivan, Santa Barbara, Explorer Post 4
1989: Garth E. Ratliff, Santa Barbara, Pack 3075
1991: Richard H. Wolfersteig, Santa Maria, Pack 77
Santa Clara County:
1961: Edward Troy Smith, Sunnyvale/San Jose, Troops 438 and 233
1962: Charles Newville, San Jose, Pack 251
1966: Thomas Burton Watson, Los Gatos, Troop 501
1967: Richard Montgomery Hiltner, Sunnyvale
1967: Samuel Lynn Reid, San Jose
1969: Jon Clifford O’Bryon, San Jose, Troop 652
1969: Richard Paul Huntsinger, Saratoga, Troop 500
1971: Charles McCrery, Sunnyvale, Troop 463
1972: Ronald S. Wentworth, Palo Alto, Sea Scouts 146
1980: Craig D. Hartley, Los Altos, Troops 30 and 36
1987: Nathan Albert Clark, San Jose, Pack 278
1987: Thomas Sowers, San Jose, Pack 3214
1988: David E. Keyes, San Jose, Troop 400
1988: Gordon Reade, Palo Alto, Explorer Post 152
1989: George Butler, San Jose, Troop 295
1990: Donald K. Carpontier, Milpitas, District 8633
1990: Gary A. Carson-Hull, Los Altos, Troop 33
1990: Robert Graham Ney, San Jose, Troop 266
Shasta County:
1985: David William Moeller, Anderson, Troop 75
Siskiyou County:
1986: William Burke Cope, Dorris, Troop 70
Solano County:
1972: Carl P. Spalding, Vallejo, Troop 60 and Explorer Post 4
1984: Curtis H. Knarich, Travis AFB, Troop 150
1988: William E. Roberts, Vacaville, Pack 180
1988: James Albert Swasey, Pack 101 and Sea Scouts 129
Sonoma County:
1965: Joseph D. Boudreaux, Santa Rosa
1968: Samuel Joseph Withrow, Santa Rosa
1969: Mark Verloop, Santa Rosa, Troop 123
1984: Richard Wargo
1986: Paul Gilbert Smith, Santa Rosa, Troop 125
1987: Daniel Ray Brotherton, Cloverdale
1988: Donald J. Schauer, Petaluma, Sea Scouts 1
Stanislaus County:
1965: Albert Ross Marshall, Riverbank
1983: Henry Paugh, Modesto, Troops 39 and 139 and Pack 39
1987: Kenneth L. Hanigan, Modesto, Troop 77 and Packs 56 and 5
Tulare County:
1966: Charles Henry Hicks, Tulare
1975: Malcolm F. Money, Tulare, Troop 202
Tuolumne County:
Mark E. Stahl, Jamestown, Troop 60
Ventura County:
1956: Alfred G. Forrester, Port Hueneme
1968: John Allen McClure, Ventura
1970: Warren K. Ungles, Santa Susana, Troop 606
1984: Allen James Garver, Oxnard, Troop 239 and Pack 3207
1985: Edward Bruce Bartholomew, Oxnard, Troop 254
1988: Stephen D. Field, Filmore, Troop 411
1989: Willis Dale King, Santa Paula, Troop 309
1989: Norbert M. Kinsler, Ventura, Troop 119 and Pack 8601
Yuba County:
1988: John F. Roberts, Marysville, Pak 3077
Yolo County:
1968: Edward George Silvius, Davis
1986: Charles William Robb, Davis, Troop 193 and Pack 193
1990: Robert E. Halferty, Davis, Troop 111