ST. PAUL (MN)
Jeff Anderson & Associates Media
August 5, 2019
Public Release of 1,538 Secret Boy Scout Perversion Files Sought at Hearing Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court
Children Remain at Risk Because Boy Scouts of America Has Kept these Files and Identities of Sexually Abusive Leaders Secret
Lawyers representing a survivor of childhood sexual abuse by a Boy Scout leader are seeking the public release of 1,538 secret Boy Scouts files on leaders with allegations of sexual misconduct against children. Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has refused to make public the perpetrator names and documents contained in these files, known as Perversion Files.
“By keeping the identity and information regarding sexual abusers secret, Boy Scouts of America is putting kids at risk of being sexually abused,” said attorney Jeff Anderson of Jeff Anderson & Associates, who is seeking the release of the 1,538 Perversion Files. “There is a public safety imperative to release the names and information of these offenders immediately. The peril is grave and the time is now.”
Anderson is seeking the release of the 1,538 Perversion Files in the case of John Doe 180, who was sexually abused as a minor by Boy Scout leader Peter Stibal. John Doe 180’s lawsuit in Ramsey County against Stibal, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and related entities settled in 2014. The 1,538 Perversion Files were produced to John Doe 180 under seal, not to be released publicly. On Tuesday, Anderson will ask Ramsey District Court Judge Leonardo Castro to order the public release of the files.
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