After 42 years, Paul Turley came forward with what he says happened to him back as a Boy Scout. He filed a lawsuit in California this week — an action made possible by new laws that provide a chance to have allegations of past sexual abuse heard.
But it took 42 more years before he came forward with what he says happened to him back as a Boy Scout -- a secret he says no one should have to live with.In sharing that secret, Turley says he's doing it not only to get justice for himself, but to protect other children. Turley filed a lawsuit in California this week -- action made possible by new laws that give him and other victims a chance to have their allegations of past sexual abuse heard.
Following his arrest in 1977, memos were flying between the local Boy Scouts field director and Boy Scouts Headquarters about the scoutmaster they had allowed to head Troop 222.In one of them, sent on May 4, 1977 -- a week after Ross was arrested -- the field director recounted a discussion he had with a Los Angeles police officer investigating the case, according to the field director's memo.
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