Law enforcement will be informed of any previously undisclosed cases, the organization says. A Times investigation found Scouting did not report hundreds of cases of alleged abuse.The Boy Scouts of America has announced it will review more than a half-century of its confidential files on alleged sexual predators and will inform law enforcement of any cases it had not previously disclosed.
Boy Scouts To Review Half-century Of Files On Sexual Predators
By Jason Felch, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times
Thu, 09/27/2012 - 1:06am
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