AND
AND WE
AND WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW THE ORGANIZATION HELP COVER SOME OF
THE SUSPECTED PREDATORS TRACKS.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN
MY LIFE WAS MAKING SURE THAT
NOBODY KNEW ABOUT THIS.
>> I SUBCONSCIOUSLY THOUGHT
THAT IF I EVER HAD TO REALLY
TELL THE STORY, THAT IT WOULD
KILL ME.
KILL ME.
KILL ME. >> Reporter: IT IS A SECRET
JO+@HN HAS BEEN KEEPING FOR
DECADES.
DECADES.
DECADES. >> THE SAD THING ABOUT THAT IS,
IT IS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.
IF YOU NEVER TELL THE STORY, IT
WILL KILL YOU.
>> Reporter: HE IS TALKING
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HE WAS
JUST 12 YEARS OLD.
IT WAS THE 1960S IN AMARILLO.
JOHN WAS A BOY SCOUT.
HIS TROO+@P WAS ON AN OVERNIGHT
CAMPING TRIP.
CAMPING TRIP. THAT IS WHEN HE SAYS HIS TROOP
LEADER SEXUALLY ABUSED HIM FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
>> THE NEXT DAY IT WAS LIKE,
NOTHING HAPPEN.
NOTHING HAPPEN. EXCEPT NOW I WAS IN A SITUATION
WHERE HE EXPECTED THAT TO
HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN AND
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. >>
AGAIN. >> Reporter: FOR EIGHT MONTHS
HE SAYS TWO DIFFERENT SCOUT
LEADERS ABUSED HIM.
>> OVER HOWEVER MANY THE NEXT
PERIOD OF MONTHS, THAT I STATED
INVOLVED IN +@THE TRUE, THAT IS
MY BEST GUESS.
>> Reporter: DAVID WAS A BOY
+@
>> Reporter: DAVID WAS A BOY SCOUT IN THE SAME TROOP 20
YEARS AFTER JOHN.
>> I WAS A KID.
I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS WEIRD.
I THOUGHT THIS IS HOW THE BOY
SCOUTS OPERATE.
SCOUTS OPERATE. MAYBE THIS IS PART OF BECOMING
A MAN.
A MAN.
A MAN. +@>> Reporter: HE SAID HE WAS
ABUSED BY A DIFFERENT SCOUT
LEADER.
LEADER.
LEADER. BUT IT BEGAN DURING AN
OVERNIGHT TRIP.
OVERNIGHT TRIP. >> THE ONE THING H+@E SAID WAS,
SLEEP IN THE NUDE.
WE ALWAYS SLEPT NAKED.
THAT IS WHAT YOU DO.
THAT NIGHT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT
THAT HE TOUCHED ME.
HE SNUGGLED UP TO ME AND TRIED
TO PERFORM SODOMY ON ME.
AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPEN WITH
OTH+@ER BOYS AROUND.
>> Reporter: HE IS MORE THAN
800 FORMER BOY +@SCOUTS WERE
FILED SUIT AGAINST THE
ORGANIZATION ALLEGING THE SCOU+
LEADERS SEXUALLY ABUSE THEM
FROM THE MID-1960S UNTIL THE
LATE 1980S.
LATE 1980S. MANY OF THEM ARE REPRESENTED BY
SEATTLE-BASED ATTORNEY VINCENT
NAPO.
NAPO.
NAPO. >>
NAPO. >> LAST WE CHECKED WE WERE AT
200 AND GROWING.
WE HAVE SPOKEN TO MORE THAN 300
MEN IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
AND I WILL SAY PEOPLE ARE
REACHING OUT, REPORTING THEIR
ABUSE, AND WANTING TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH LAWSUITS LITERALLY
EVERYTHING TODAY.
EVERYTHING TODAY. >> Reporter: 15 STATES HAVE
RELAXED THEIR LAWS, OPENING THE
DOOR FOR ATTORNEYS TO FILE
LAWSUITS DECADES AFTER THE
ALLEGED ABUSE HA+@PP+@ENED.
IS LAWSUITS CLAIM THAT MANY OF
THE SCOUT LEADERS ABUSED
MULTIPLE CHILDREN.
MULTIPLE CHILDREN. SOMETIMES MORE THAN 20 OR 30
CHILDREN EACH.
CHILDREN EACH. AND THE ORGANIZATION KNEW THAT
IS+@ MEMBERS WERE USING THEIR
POSITIONS TO GROOM AND +@SEXUAL
ABUSED CHILDREN.
ABUSED CHILDREN. >> AND THEM NOT DO ANYTHING TO
TELL THE FAMILIES THAT YOU ARE
INVITED TO COME JOIN THIS
PROGRAM, THAT YOUR ADVERTISING
AS SAFE, WITHOUT DISCLOSING ANY
OF THAT RISK OR ANY OF THAT
DANGER, IS PRETTY EGREGIOUS.
+@
+@ >>
+@ >> Reporter: COURT RECORDS
REVEALED SINCE 1935, THE BOY
SCOUTS HAVE MAINTAINED A SECRET
PERVERSION FILE.
PERVERSION FILE. IT IS A CONFIDENTIAL LIST OF
+@
IT IS A CONFIDENTIAL LIST OF BOY SCOUT LEADERS AND
VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE BEEN
ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING
BOYS FROM 1944 UNTIL 2016.
WFAA OBTAINED A COPY OF THE
FILE.
FILE.
FILE. INSIDE ARE THE NAMES OF MORE
THAN 780+@0 ALLEGED +@ABUSERS.
325 OR FROM TEXAS TROOPS,
INCLUDING NEARLY 70 FROM TROOPS
IN NORTH TEXAS. WE RAN THEIR
NAMES AND DISCOVERED ONLY FIVE
OF THEM WERE EVER PROSECUTED
AND ADDED TO THE STATE SEXUAL
OFFENDER REGISTRY.
OFFENDER REGISTRY. +@ WHETHER THE BOY SCOUTS OR
SOMEONE ELSE REPORTED +@THEM, W
DON'T KNOW.
DON'T KNOW. BOTTOM LINE, DOZENS WERE NEVER
PROSECUTED AND NEVER FORCED TO
REGISTER AS A SEXUAL OFFENDER.
+@
REGISTER AS A SEXUAL OFFENDER. THIS IS DAVID'S ALLEGED ABUSER.
INTERNAL BOY SCOUT NOTES +@
OB+@TAINED BY WFAA SHOW BACK IN
1979, FOR FAMILIES CA+@ME
FORWARD ACCUSING HIM OF CHILD
ABUSE.
ABUSE.
ABUSE. HE
ABUSE. HE RESIGNED IN THE BOY SCOUTS
ADDED HIS NAME TO THEIR
NATIONAL CONFIDENTIAL FILE.
YET AMARILLO POLICE SAY THEY
HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT THE BOY
SCOUTS EVER REPORTED THIS TO
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. HE
THEM. HE WAS NEVER CONVICTED, NEVER
ADDED TO THE STATE SEXUAL
OFFENDER REGISTRY.
OFFENDER REGISTRY. >> IT APPEARS THIS MAN WAS JUST
ALLOWED TO MOVE TO A NEW
LOCATION AND CONTINUE ON WITH
HIS LIFE WITHOUT ANY
LIMITATIONS OR ANY REAL
CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES OR
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. >> Reporter: WE FOUND BILL
WALKER IS NOW LIVING UP THIS
GATED ROAD AND ATE A, OKLAHOMA.
HE WOULD NOT RETURN ARE
NUMEROUS CALLS AND MESSAGES FOR
COMMENT. HE HAS NAMED 64 TIMES
IN DAVID'S LAWSUIT WHICH CLAIMS
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CHOSE
TO PROTECT ITS REPUTATION AND
WEALTH AND AS A RESULT, FOR
DECADES, THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN
WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED.
>> IT MAKES ME ANGRY THAT THEY
DID THAT.
DID THAT.
DID THAT. AND +@WERE AFRAID TO ADDRESS IT
HOW MANY OTHER KIDS DID THEY
PUT IN DANGER?
>> Reporter: THAT IS A QUESTION
WE WANTED TO AS THE BOY SCOUTS,
BUT THE EARLY BASED
ORGANIZATION W+@OULD NOT TALK T
US.
US.
US. INSTEAD THEY SENT US A
STATEMENT SAYING, ALL INCIDENTS
OF SUSPECTED ABUSE ARE REPORTED
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE
RECOGNI+@ZE HOWEVER, THAT THERE
WERE SOME INSTANCES IN OUR+@
ORGANIZATION'S HISTORY WHEN
CASE+@S WERE NOT ADDRESSED IN A
MANNER CONSISTENT WITH OUR
COMMITMENT TO PROTECT SCOUTS.
>> BUT I HAVE T+@HE POWER TO TE
MY STORY.
MY STORY.
MY STORY. AND THA+@T IS ALL I CAN DO.
>> TO DATE, THE BOY SCOUTS OF
RELEASE THE NAMES OF 16 OF THE
SUSPECTE+@D PEDOPHILES THEY HAV
AND THEIR CONFIDENTIAL FILES.
HUNDREDS OF LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN
FILED NATIONWIDE AND THE
ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL REPORT
SHOWS TH+@E BOY SCOUTS