Ex-Parsippany Scout Leader Indicted on Child Porn Charges

A former Parsippany Boy Scout leader from Morris Plains has been indicted on child pornography charges.

Stephen Corcoran, 45, was indicted Tuesday on charges including one count of second-degree distribution of child pornography and 10 counts of fourth-degree possession of child pornography.

Acting Morris Prosecutor Fredric Knapp said Corcoran showed an 18-year-old male friend child pornography in the fall of 2011. An investigation of Corcoran's computer revealed images of nude minor males as well as minor males engaged in sex acts, an affidavit on file at Superior Court states.

Corcoran was initially arrested on the charges Jan. 20, 2012.

The Morris Plains man was arrested again in December on charges that he molested two teenage boys in the 1990s. Corcoran was accused of one count of aggravated sexual assault, multiple counts of sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child. 

Additionally, in November, a 30-year-old filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, saying he was allegedly victimized as a teen by Corcoran in the 1990s. The suit had also named Patriots Path Council for placing Corcoran in charge of the scouts, the report said.

The alleged victim, now a grown man identified in court records as "Jack Doe," charges his former Scout leader with abusing him sexually on "hundreds" of occasions starting in 1993 while he was a member of Troop 173 at Littleton Elementary School in Parsippany.

Corcoran was an assistant Scout leader with Troop 173, which serves mainly Parsippany. He is still listed as manager of US Wintel Infrastructure Information Enterprise Services for Deutsche Bank on his LinkedIn profile.