Thousands of abusers had already been revealed in the past decade with the release of Boy Scouts documents. More than 200 more might soon be coming forward.
A meal pin on a Boy Scout's uniform in Irving, Tex., in 2013. By Kayla Epstein Kayla Epstein Embedded audience editor on the National desk Email Bio Follow April 25 at 10:05 AM A lawyer who has worked for years to bring allegations of sexual abuse within the Boy Scouts of America to light says that as of Thursday he has gathered about 220 new clients who allege they were abused while participating in the program as children.
His team says the allegations they’ve received span from 1953 to June 2018. The accusers are as old as 75 and as young as 15, and come from 33 states. The crimes alleged range from showing lewd photos to scout members to molestation. Kosnoff was spurred into action by reports in December that the Boy Scouts, which have rebranded as Scouts BSA, have considered filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which would significantly narrow the window for accusers to file claims and ensure those claims remained confidential.
In a separate announcement this week, attorney Jeff Anderson released a January testimony from Professor Janet Warren of the University of Virginia, who had been contracted by the Boy Scouts for five years to pore over their “ineligible volunteer” or “perversion” files from 1946 through 2016. Her team identified 12,254 victims and 7,819 perpetrators in those documents.
“We care deeply about all victims of child abuse and sincerely apologize to anyone who was harmed during their time in scouting,” the Boy Scouts said in a statement to the New York Times. “Nothing is more important than the safety and protection of children in scouting, and we are outraged that there have been times when individuals took advantage of our programs to abuse innocent children.”In 2010, Boy Scouts of America was forced to pay $18.
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