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BUT FIRST--
WE ARE WORKING
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF
EXETER--
WHERE A MAN----- WHO
PREVIOUSLY WORKED
WITH THE BOY SCOUTS--
IS FACING SEXUAL
ASSAULT CHARGES.
(HE)
STATE POLICE
ANNOUNCED THE ARREST
DURING A NEWS
CONFERENCE THIS
AFTERNOON.
74-YEAR-OLD JAMES
GLAWSON IS CHARGED
WITH THE RECENTLY-
REPORTED ASSAULT OF A
DISABLED
18-YEAR-OLD MAN.
GLAWSON WAS
ARRAIGNED TODAY AND
ORDERED HELD WITHOUT
BAIL.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO IS LIVE IN
SOUTH KINGSTOWN--
WITH THE BREAKING
DETAILS.
STEPH?
74 YEAR OLD JAMES
GLAWSON IS CHARGED
WITH SEXUALLY
ASSAULTING AN 18 YEAR
OLD MAN MULTIPLE
TIMES...ACCORDING TO
THE COURT COMPLAINT
FILED HERE IN WAKEFIELD
THE YOUNG MAN IS
MENTALLY
DISABLED....GLAWSON
WAS HELD WITHOUT BAIL
AFTER A COURT
APPEARANCE HERE
TODAY
AND POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING WHETHER
THERE ARE OTHER
VICTIMS....
THE STATE POLICE TODAY
TOLD US GLAWSON HAS
BEEN AFFILIATED WITH
THE BOY SCOUTS FOR
DECADES...AND AS
RECENTLY AS 2018 WAS
AN ASSISTANT CATHOLIC
CHAPLAIN AND
EUCHARISTIC MINISTER
WITH THE BOY SCOUTS AT
THE YAWGOOG SCOUT
RESERVATION SUMMER
CAMP IN HOPKINTON...
POLICE ALSO SAY HE IS
AFFILIATED WITH SEVERAL
CHURCHES....THE
DIOCESE OF PROVIDENCE
SAYS HE HAS NEVER BEEN
A MEMBER OF THE
CLERGY AND WAS NOT AN
EMPLOYEE BUT A
VOLUNTEER...THE
DIOCESE SAYS HE ALSO
SAYS HE PASSED A
BACKGROUND CHECK TO
BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER
AT THAT SUMMER CAMP.
THE STATE POLICE WERE
SEEN AT GLAWSON'S
EXETER HOME
INVESTIGATING AND
WEARING PROTECTIVE
SUITS
POLICE ARE ASKING
PARENTS TO FOR HELP
DETERMINING IF THERE'S
OTHER VICTIMS.
: It's a conversation that if
they had
any contact in any form with
this
individual that they have a
conversation regarding anything
that
could possibly lead to them
coming
forward to the state police "]
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THE BEHAVIOR IN THESE
ALLEGATIONS IS
REPREHENSIBLE AND
RUNS COUNTER TO
EVERYTHING FOR WHICH
THE BOY SCOUTS OF
AMERICA STANDS.
WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT
ANY VICTIM OF CHILD SEX
ABUSE AND WE ARE
STEADFAST IN OUR BELIEF
THAT ONE INCIDENT OF
CHILD ABUSE IS ONE TOO
MANY.
CHILD ABUSE IS ONE TOO
MANY.
And the boys scouts leaders
are notifying parents about
GLAWSON'S arrest.
They say he was banned from
the scouts last year for
unrelated conduct that "failed
to meet scouting standards."
It's unclear if this current
victim was in the Boy Scouts
or how he knew Glawson,
police declined to comment
on that, only saying the report
of sexual assault came from
DCYF.
Live in South Kingstown
STEPH MACHADO
EYEWITNESS NEWS
FIRST AT SIX --- WE
CONTINUE WORKING TWO
BREAKING NEWS STORIES
---
...BEGINNING WITH THE
ARREST OF A FORMER
ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN
WITH THE BOY SCOUTS.
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AS WE REPORTED LIVE AT
FIVE --- 74 YEAR OLD
JAMES GLAWSON OF
EXETER IS FACING SEXUAL
ASSAULT CHARGES.
WE'VE LEARNED---- HE
WAS A PART OF THE BOY
SCOUTS FOR MORE THAN
THREE DECADES.
(HE)
TONIGHT, STATE POLICE
SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION
IS NOT OVER.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO JOINS US LIVE
FROM THE MOBILE
NEWSROOM WITH THE
LATEST.
Police have not said how 74
year old James Glawson
knew his alleged victim...but
because he was part of the
Boy Scouts for many years
they are asking the public to
help them investigate whether
there are any other victims.
RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE
INVESTIGATING AT THE EXETER
HOME OF JAMES GLAWSON...
THE 74 YEAR OLD CHARGED
WITH 3 COUNTS OF FIRST
DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
ONE COUNT OF 2ND DEGREE....
THE ALLEGED VICTIM...AN 18
YEAR OLD MAN WHO COURT
DOCUMENTS DESCRIBE AS
MENTALLY DISABLED.
: The complaint initiated from
the
DCYF. They brought it to our
attention, they had concerns
about
the treatment of one of their
residents
POLICE DECLINED TO SAY HOW
THE VICTIM KNEW GLAWSON...
BUT THEY SAY GLAWSON WAS
AN ASSISTANT CATHOLIC
CHAPLAIN AT THE YAWGOOG
BOY SCOUT CAMP IN
HOPKINTON UNTIL 2018....AND
HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
BOY SCOUTS SINCE 1980...AND
IS AFFILIATED WITH MULTIPLE
CHURCHES....
His affiliation with both these
organizations has put him around
young men and women so that's
obviously a concern.
TIM MCCANDLESS WITH THE
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SAYS
GLAWSON WAS BANNED FROM
THE SCOUTS LAST YEAR FOR
UNRELATED
CONDUCT...PARENTS ARE NOW
BEING NOTIFIED OF HIS
ARREST.
MCCANDLESS SAID IN PART
QUOTE
"The behavior in these
allegations is
reprehensible and runs counter
to
everything for which the Boy
Scouts
of America stands. ... We care
deeply about any victim of child
sex
abuse and we are steadfast in
our
belief that one incident of
child
abuse is one too many."
And the Diocese of
Providence says Glawson
was never a member of the
clergy or an employee but a
volunteer...and they note he
passed a background check
to work at that camp.
He was arraigned on 4
charges today here in district
court and held without bail.
Anyone who has information
about Glawson or other
victims to report is asked to
call State Police Lt. Robert
Creamer...the phone number
is on WPRI.com
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