Boy Scouts Ineligible Volunteers in Wisconsin

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
October 19, 2012

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/174992381.html

For decades, the Boy Scouts of America has kept confidential files on volunteers, leaders and employees suspected and convicted of sexual abuse, including dozens from Wisconsin, according to recent court-ordered release of the records, compiled during a lawsuit that resulted in a $20 million verdict against the BSA in favor of former scout who was abused. Read more

Update | Dec. 29, 2012: Twenty more names have been added to the list of Boy Scout leaders and volunteers accused of sexually assaulting children in Wisconsin over the last several decades. The newest additions, published by the Los Angeles Times in late December, involve mostly cases from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Read more

Alleged Incidents in Wisconsin

This map shows alleged cases of sexual abuse by Boy Scouts staff or volunteers in Wisconsin based on confidential Boy Scouts records ordered released by the Oregon Supreme Court. Most of the records, those that were filed between 1965 and 1985, were accessed through an Oregon lawyer's website; two cases, involving Thomas H. Kowalski and Gerald W. Kummer, were published by the Los Angeles Times, which obtained them from other court files.

A majority of the subjects in the 55 cases below were convicted of a sexual offense, mostly involving children. Others admitted to inappropriate sexual behavior with scouts or resigned from the scouts when confronted with accusations of such behavior, according to the records.