Inside Boy Scouts’ Secret Child Abuse Files

LA Times
October 18, 2012

More than 1,200 files on suspected molesters in the Boy Scouts of America were made public Thursday, lifting the veil on decades of alleged abuse in one of the nation’s oldest youth organizations.

[...] The court-ordered release of the files offers a detailed view of how the Scouts handled suspected molestations from the early 1960s through 1985.

Suspected abusers from all over the country are named in the files — many of them never reported to police or charged with a crime. Doctors, lawyers, politicians and policemen are among the accused and many are about to face public exposure for the first time.

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[See the entire list of Boy Scout Ineligible Volunteer Files (Perversion Files) (1965 – 1985)]