Crime & Safety
One Burlington Case Part of Boy Scouts' 'Perversion Files'
As part of the settlement in a multi-million-dollar sex abuse case, files containing information on thousands of possible crimes were released Thursday, Oct. 18.
More than 150 Massachuetts cases of possible sexual abuse by Boy Scout troop leaders and volunteers, including one case in Burlington, may be part of the organization's perversion files, released last Thursday to the public.
For decades, the Boy Scouts of America kept the files as a way to keep volunteers suspected of inappopriate sexual behavior away from children. The cases were not shared with parents or police.
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The Los Angeles Times has created a list of the cases by year, city, state and troop number. The newspaper's list includes the time period covered by today's release (1965 to 1985), but also other accusations and documents gathered and released in various court cases.
Here is a list of 15 cases in the Burlington area, according to the L.A. Times files:
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