(WHAS 11) – Files maintained by the Boy Scouts of America contain the names of more than 7,800 people suspected of child sex abuse dating back to the 1940’s, an attorney for victims said Tuesday. The law firms of Greg Gianforcaro and Jeff Anderson & Associates also revealed on Tuesday the names of more than 130 Boy Scout Leaders from New York and another 50 from New Jersey who has been accused of sexual abuse.
The Boy Scout leaders have identified in the Boy Scouts of America so-called “Perversion Files” as having allegations of sexually abusing minors. During a Tuesday morning press conference, attorney Jeff Anderson also said testimony from a January trial in Minnesota revealed there were 7,819 alleged abusers named in the Boy Scouts files and more than 12,000 victims between 1944 and 2016. Anderson said it was an expert hired by the Boy Scouts to audit the organization’s files that ultimately revealed during trial testimony the number of cases and victims. READ MORE
