Secret Boy Scout Files on Potential Child Abusers Released

Twelve-hundred individual files on potential child abusers that volunteered to work with the Boy Scouts of America, as well as some 20-thousand pages of information spanning 20 years from 1965 to 1985 were released on Thursday.

The files detail information about potential pedophiles who were either volunteers with the BSA or were seeking to work with the organization in some capacity.

The existence of the files came to light publicly as the result of a lawsuit filed in Oregon in 2007.

Attorneys in the case were able to release the documents following a judge's order in 2010. A legal battle that reached the Oregon Supreme Court delayed the files' release until Oct. 18, 2012.


http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Boy-Scouts-Potential-Abuse-Files-174794081.html