64-Year-Old Sentenced to 15 Years for "Insidious" Sexual Offenses in Baltimore, Howard Counties

A 64-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for decades-old sexual offenses with minors in both Baltimore and Howard counties.

Corey Baxter Taylor pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree rape in Baltimore County Circuit Court and was sentenced to 20 years with all but 10 years of prison time suspended. 

Taylor also was sentenced in Howard County on April 2 after a guilty plea to a second-degree sex offense, according to court records. He was sentenced there to 20 years with all but five years suspended. The sentences will run consecutively, meaning his total sentence is 15 years in prison with the balance suspended.

“I have no words other than to say that this sentence you are receiving is inadequate,” Judge Colleen Cavanaugh told Taylor at sentencing, noting that the plea deal is a mutual agreement between attorneys on both sides to resolve "a course of conduct that was insidious.”

Both victims are now adults who said Taylor abused them when they were minors. One incident happened in 1988, and another victim’s abuse was ongoing for years, starting in the mid- to late-1990s.

One victim originally came forward to police in 2015 but did not pursue charges at the time. When a separate investigation was opened in 2025 in Howard County involving other victims, the Baltimore County woman decided to again pursue charges against Taylor, according to prosecutors. Taylor has been jailed since his arrest in August.

“I appreciate your persistence,” Cavanaugh told the victim. “You asked for help from the people who were supposed to protect you, and you did not get it.” 

Taylor’s abuse involved sexual contact, oral sex, and vaginal intercourse with a child starting when she was as young as four.

“The defendant at the time was high up in the Mormon church and would be wearing the religious garments which Mormons wear,” prosecutor Zarena Sita said.

A victim who spoke in court said Taylor was removed from the church after her 2015 accusations but was reinstated after she was compelled to write a letter asking church leadership to forgive him.

“I will never go back to church again,” the victim said.

The sexual abuse took place in several places, including at Taylor’s then-home on Nicodemus Road in Reisterstown and at the Baltimore Bowmen club, an archery club on Harford Road, according to charging documents.

Taylor’s public LinkedIn pages say he was involved with the Boy Scouts of America since 2001 and was a scout master from March 2011 to July 2014.

There are no indications in court records that there are any connections between Taylor’s involvement with the Boy Scouts or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the crimes he pleaded guilty to. State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger said Tuesday there are no ongoing investigations concerning Taylor in Baltimore County.

After prison, Taylor will be on supervised probation and will not be allowed contact with minors. He also must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

“He’s looking at spending a significant amount of time in his older years incarcerated,” defense attorney Isabel Lipman said. “I think that does demonstrate to the court that he is taking responsibility for his actions.”

Lipman said Taylor is a well-educated man who has a degree in cryptological linguistics, served in the Air Force, and was honorably discharged. She said more recently he earned a degree in internet engineering and worked designing websites for the government and the private sector. 

Taylor has no prior criminal history, Lipman said.