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Lawsuit: Boy Scouts memo kept ineligible volunteer files confidential
Attorney says organization concealed 'crimes'
Fleming Weaver
Weaver
An amended lawsuit complaint alleging sexual assault by a former Gainesville scoutmaster claims the Boy Scouts of America circulated a memo to councils “detailing its policy of keeping Ineligible Volunteer files” confidential. “The internal practices of BSA made it impossible for the general public to learn of the crimes of adult volunteers,” according to the lawsuit.