Hundreds of Alleged Abusers Infiltrated Boy Scouts, Files Show

By Millicent Lawton

Between 1971 and 1991, the Boy Scouts of America dismissed about 1,800 Scoutmasters and other volunteers suspected of child abuse, confidential files indicate.

Although adult volunteers suspected of molestation were dismissed from the organization, the files also reveal, they sometimes went to another Scouting group and abused again.

The 35,000 pages of documents were released by the B.S.A. last year under court order, but were only recently brought to public knowledge...