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Hundreds of former Boy Scouts reveal new sexual abuse claims, exposing 150 alleged pedophiles
More than 200 individuals have come forward with new allegations of sexual abuse by members of the Boy Scouts of America in recent weeks as a trio of law firms seek to uncover unidentified child abusers.
A few of the victims are young, still underage or in their 20s, but many have held their secrets close for decades.
"Nobody would have listened to me," said James Kretschmer, 56, who says a leader groped him at a Boy Scouts camp when he was in middle school. "The problem is, then you think, ‘Is it something I did? What was I doing, was it my fault? If I hadn’t done whatever, he wouldn’t have done that.’ It took me years and years to realize it wasn’t that little child’s fault. It was the adult who had control." read more »
Inside the ‘perversion files’ tracking decades of allegations in the Boy Scouts
This database contains information on about 5,000 men and a handful of women who were expelled from the Boy Scouts of America between 1947 and January 2005 on suspicion of sexual abuse. The dots on the map indicate the location of troops connected in some way to the accused. The timeline below shows the volume of cases opened by year; however, an unknown number of files were purged by the Scouts prior to the early 1990s. The data are derived from confidential Scouting files submitted as evidence in court cases. read more »
Uber, Lyft respond after former driver allegedly attacks women
A 34-year-old rideshare driver faces charges for allegedly sexually assaulting two women, and investigators say he’s a suspect in at least three other incidents.
It’s just the latest case of a driver luring women into a car by pretending to be their ride.
KOMO News discovered it is extremely easy to obtain Uber and Lyft decals and signage, even if you are not a registered driver with either company. Amazon carries a variety of stickers, decals and lights. Buyers don’t need to show proof they are a driver for either company. read more »
