Crime & Safety

Updated: 10 New SC Cases 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.

UPDATE (4:45 p.m. Oct. 18): Specific details and reports on only 10 South Carolina cases were part of the "perversion files" released Thursday.

More than 30 other cases of Boy Scout abuse in South Carolina, many of them hidden from police and even parents and discovered through lawsuits, are part of a database created through years of reporting at the Los Angeles Times.

ORIGINAL STORY: Forty South Carolina cases of possible sexual abuse by Boy Scout troop leaders and volunteers may be part of the organization's "perversion files" released Thursday to the public.

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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.

The files became public Thursday as part of an $18.5 million settlement between the Boy Scouts and a victim.

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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 the 40 cases in South Carolina, according to the L.A. Times files.

Year Suspect ID City State Troop Number 1985 83 Aiken S.C. 124 1985 83 Aiken S.C. 404 1985 83 Aiken S.C. 8604 1985 83 Aiken S.C. 146 2000 2683 Aiken S.C. 124 2000 2683 Aiken S.C. 121 1992 5048 Anderson S.C. 51 1988 1490 Charleston S.C. 4 1966 2432 Charleston S.C. 66 1991 1554 Columbia S.C. 400 1987 1651 Columbia S.C. 388 1988 1879 Columbia S.C. 601 2001 3566 Columbia S.C. 22 2002 3568 Columbia S.C. 173 1990 1293 Florence S.C. 408 1999 3565 Gilbert S.C. 310 1999 3565 Gilbert S.C. 310 1975 550 Greenville S.C. 239 1975 550 Greenville S.C. 733 1992 4316 Greenville S.C. 283 1993 4317 Greenville S.C. 741 1967 2134 Hartsville S.C. 518 1964 2138 Hartsville S.C. 512 1978 1849 Keowee S.C. 162 1978 1338 Lexington S.C. 9 1985 339 Liberty S.C. 27 1989 351 Liberty S.C. 172 1992 4433 Myrtle Beach S.C. 861 2001 4086 Olanta S.C. 479 1999 3504 Orangeburg S.C. 445 1995 5049 Pickens S.C. 51 2001 3567 Saluda S.C. 509 1985 339 Seneca S.C. 601 1967 2192 Shaw AFB S.C. 363 1996 4435 Shaw AFB S.C. 342 1988 1187 Spartanburg S.C. 24 1993 2644 Starr S.C. 8697 1985 1643 Sumter S.C. 336 1999 4085 Sumter S.C. 370 1981 1623 Taylors S.C. 145

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