Disclose abuse files, Boy Scouts ordered

— The Boy Scouts of America must release two decades of files detailing sexual-abuse allegations after the California Supreme Court refused the organization’s bid to keep the records confidential.

The decision came after a Santa Barbara County court ruled last year that the files must be turned over to attorneys representing a former Scout who contends a leader molested him in 2007, when he was 13. That leader later was convicted of felony child endangerment.

The former Scout’s lawsuit contends that the files, which date from 1991 and involve allegations from across the nation, will expose a “culture of hidden sexual abuse” that the Scouts had concealed.

Front Section, Pages 2 on 01/09/2013

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