Perspective
Apr. 27, 2013
Boy Scout file release: the benefits ...and harms
The Boy Scouts have already released files relating to sexual abuse allegations that occurred between 1965 and 1985. Now a court is ordering the release of files up through 2011. But should it? By Jaclyn Stahl and Elizabeth Loftus
In October 2012, a court in Oregon ordered the Boy Scouts of America to release information that has infamously become known as the "perversion files." These 1,247 files detail allegations of child sexual abuse that happened within the organization between 1965 and 1985. The release of these files has brought forth criminal and civil actions relating to the allegations contained in the files. A judge in Texas h...
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