Ex-Scout Leader Indicted on Sexual Assault Charges

A Morris Plains man and former Parsippany Boy Scout leader of Troop 173 was indicted Thursday on charges that he sexually assaulted three boys in his troop, NJ.com reports

Stephen Corcoran, 45, was accused in January 2012 of showing child pornography to a boy and was arrested again this past December on charges he molested two teenage boys in the 1990s, according to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.

A Morris County grand jury added the third alleged victim into the indictment on Thursday as well.

Corcoran’s attorney, Peter Gilbreth, says Corcoran maintains his innocence, nj.com reported.

Corcoran faces four counts of aggravated sexual assault and five counts of sexual assault.

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