SPEAK OUT: Boy Scout Files Detail Decades of Alleged Sexual Abuse
L.A. Times database lists nearly 90 cases in Maryland between 1959 and 2004.
Some 14,000 pages of memos and letters went public this week alleging that between 1965 and 1985 the Boy Scouts catalogued reports of sexual abuse of more than 1,000 Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts from 1965 to 1985. The Boy Scouts kept the files as a way to track banned Scout leaders and volunteers. The files went public as a result of a 2010 lawsuit in the Oregon Supreme Court. New criminal prosecutions are not expected because the statute of limitations has lapsed, reported ABC News. However, the Boy Scouts will likely face a wave of civil lawsuits, the success of which will vary from state to state, reports The Los Angeles Times. The Boy Scouts of America acknowledged that in some cases, the organization’s response was “plainly …
Sean R. Sedam
3:14 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
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