Myers, Elmer Earl
Ineligible Volunteer File on Elmer Earl Myers
Added August 12, 1968
In around 1920, soon after the Boy Scouts of America (“BSA”) was formed, the organization began keeping files on adult leaders and volunteers who were alleged to have committed various crimes and offenses. The files are known today as the “Ineligible Volunteer” or the “I.V. Files.”
The I.V. Files are made up of six categories of offenses including Perversion, Morals, Financial, Leadership, Theft and Criminal. By far the largest category is the Perversion Files, or “P Files” as the BSA internally refers to them. The Perversion Files contain the names of adult leaders who have been accused of, or convicted in a criminal court of, molesting or otherwise sexually abusing Boy Scouts.
Disclaimer: The information contained in each of the I.V. files was created solely by the Boy Scouts of America. The I.V. files for the period 1965 through 1985 were made public pursuant to a court order. By the terms of the court’s order, the names and contact information of persons identified as victims of sexual abuse and those that reported the abuse were redacted. If the person identified as the reporter of alleged abuse was a professional Scouter, i.e., an individual employed by the Boy Scouts of America or an affiliate, then the person’s name was not redacted. In 2012, the I.V. Files for the period 1986 through 1991 were made available to the public through the Los Angeles Times.
The information in the Perversion Files concerns allegations of child sexual abuse. In a number of the cases, the allegations were later substantiated by court proceedings. However, in a great many cases no such substantiation ever occurred.
The first page of each I.V. File is a “Confidential Record Sheet,” which provides basic background information on each individual. The information includes the individual’s date of birth, daytime job, and most importantly, his troop number and the basics of the allegations of abuse.
The following information was taken directly from the Ineligible Volunteer file of Elmer Earl Myers. If you continue to scroll down on this page, you will be able to view the entire file and/or download the entire file. If you have any problems downloading or viewing the file, please contact us.
Elmer Myers
In 1966, while serving as Scoutmaster of Troop 127 in Rushville, Indiana, Elmer Myers was charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors based on an allegation involving four young boys. He was found guilty of sodomy and sentenced to 2-14 years in the Indiana State Reformatory, based on the allegations involving the four boys.
Despite this conviction, on January 6, 1978, Myers was allowed back into scouting on a “probationary basis” as Scoutmaster of Troop 82 in the Denver, Colorado area.
In 1986, the Scout Executive again acknowledged Myers’ child molestation history and allowed him to continue working with youth in Scouting “on probation.”
In 1988, without providing additional explanation, BSA finally decided to terminate Myers’ registration
Name
Organization
Troop Number(s)
Troop 23 (Rushville, Indiana)