Rochester man sues Boy Scouts of America for alleged abuse by scoutmaster

MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio

by Curtis Gilbert, Minnesota Public Radio
September 11, 2013

A Rochester man is suing the Boy Scouts of America, alleging that a former scoutmaster sexually abused him from the age of 11 to 16.

In a lawsuit filed in Olmsted County District Court, Scott Hart, 48, contends that Scoutmaster Richard Hokanson molested him at least 200 times over a six-year period beginning in 1975.

Hokanson pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct in the early 1980s and was forced to go through psychiatric treatment.

Hart said he’s been through a lot over the last three decades.

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