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.
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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.
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