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Boy Scouts to Conduct Comprehensive Review of ‘Perversion Files’

September 26, 2012 – This week, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced that it will review its secret files to ensure that all acts of sexual abuse and molestation [...]

Secret Files Reveal Widespread Boy Scout Sexual Abuse Coverup

September 17, 2012 – According to a damning new article published in the Los Angeles Times, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) systematically failed to report hundreds of child abuse [...]

Boy Scout ‘Perversion Files’ Reveal Decades of Systematic Sexual Abuse

For nearly a century, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has kept a secret blacklist as a means of avoiding sexual abuse within its organizational structure. These so-called ‘perversion files’ [...]

Sandusky Convicted on 45 Counts in Penn State Sex Abuse Trial

June 25, 2012 – On Friday, Jerry Sandusky was convicted of sexually assaulting 10 boys over a period of 15 years, charges that shattered the once pristine image of Penn [...]

Sandusky’s Son Accuses Dad of Molestation

June 22, 2012 – This week, one of Jerry Sandusky’s adopted sons reportedly admitted to authorities that the former Penn State assistant football coach sexually abused him as a child. [...]

Penn State Sex Abuse Trial Moving Swiftly, Could Reach Deliberations This Week

June 19, 2012 – Friends and ex-colleagues of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky testified yesterday on behalf of the defense in order to counter prosecution witnesses’ claims [...]

Prosecution to Rest in Penn State Sex Abuse Trial

June 15, 2012 – The high-profile child sex abuse trial involving former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has adjourned for the week, following graphic testimony from eight prosecution [...]

Former Assistant Coach Testifies Against Sandusky in Penn State Sex Abuse Trial

June 13, 2012 – Taking the stand for the first time on Tuesday, former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary told jurors that he saw Jerry Sandusky naked in [...]

Sandusky Accuser Breaks Down on Stand, Describes Lurid Acts in Penn State Sex Abuse Trial

June 12, 2012 – The second day of Jerry Sandusky’s child sex abuse trial got underway this morning with tearful testimony from a witness known so far only as ‘Victim [...]

Sandusky Sex Abuse Trial Kicks Off, Victims’ Names to be Revealed

June 11, 2012 – Opening arguments in the high profile child sex abuse trial involving a former Penn State assistant football coach got underway today in Bellefonte, PA., thrusting the [...]