MINNESOTA
ABC 6
(ABC 6 NEWS) — Another person has come forward, claiming he was sexually abused by a former Rochester Boy Scout leader.
John Doe 17, who came forward and is now identified as Scott Hart, filed a lawsuit against Richard Hokanson, the Boy Scouts of America, the local Gamehaven Council, and St. Piux X Catholic church.
The lawsuit, which you can read here in it’s entirety, Doe 17 says from 1975 to 1981, he was abused 200-300 times in a storage room and classroom of St. Pius and on scouting trips.
Doe 17 was only 11 years old at the time.
The lawsuit was made possible by a change to Minnesota law this year, that remove the statue of limitations.
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