Confidential Boy Scouts files on alleged sex abuse to be released
After a two-year-long court battle, Oregon Superior Court will release confidential files kept by the Boy Scouts of America on men they suspected of child sex abuse. Nearly 15,000 pages were compiled by the Scouts from 1959 to the mid-1980s that describe cases in which young Scouts were allegedly sexually abused by adult leaders from both inside and outside the organization.
In September, after The Los Angeles Times uncovered findings from the private files, the Boy Scouts of America issued an open letter to parents from chief scout executive Wayne Brock that outlined its youth protection programs.
