"Boy Scout files reveal repeated child sex abuse; Predators moved to other troops, documents show" Associated Press, August 06, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Internal documents from the Boy Scouts of America reveal more than 125 cases nationwide in which men suspected of molestation allegedly continued to abuse Scouts, despite a blacklist meant to protect boys from sexual predators.
A Los Angeles Times review of more than 1,200 files from 1970 to 1991 found suspected abusers regularly remained in the organization after officials were first presented with sexual misconduct allegations.
Predators moved from troop to troop because of clerical errors, computer glitches, or the organization’s failure to check the blacklist, the paper said.
Just the Catholic church.
In at least 50 cases, the Boy Scouts expelled suspected abusers, only to discover they had reentered the organization and were accused of molesting again. In other cases, officials failed to document reports of abuse in the first place, letting offenders stay in the program until new allegations came to light, the Times reported.
One scoutmaster was expelled in 1970 on grounds of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in Indiana. After being convicted of the crime, he went on to join two troops in Illinois between 1971 and 1988. He later admitted to molesting more than 100 boys, was convicted of the sexual assault of a Scout in 1989, and was sentenced to 100 years in prison, according to his file and court records.
In 1991, a Scout leader convicted of abusing a boy in Minnesota returned to his old troop shortly after getting out of jail....
Many of the files will soon be made public as a result of an Oregon Supreme Court decision. The Associated Press, the New York Times, the Oregonian, and other media outlets petitioned for the release of 1,247 files from 1965 to 1984 that had been admitted as sealed evidence in a 2010 lawsuit....
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Related: You Better Be Prepared For This Post
Around AmeriKa: Be Prepared in Oregon
21st-Century Hitler Youth
Some parallels do apply.
Also see: Chopping Away at California
He's the only one who did.
