In 1983, William Tobiassen, a life insurance agent in Corvallis, Oregon, was honored with the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts, the highest award given to an adult volunteer at the Council level. The award was in honor of his 21 years of work with the Boy Scouts, including ten years with Troop 186 […]
Franklin Mathias — Boy Scouts Perversion Files
June 6, 2014 By
In 1986, Franklin Mathias was recognized as “Scouter of the Year” for the Eastern Oregon District. Less than a year later, the Mormon Church that sponsored Troop 513 in LaGrande, Oregon, kicked Mathias out of Scouting after years of volunteering, because the state police were investigating Mathias. He was arrested three months later on 9 […]
James Ross Richards — Boy Scouts Perversion Files
June 4, 2014 By
James Ross Richards initially registered with the Boy Scouts of America in 1983. He lived in Hillsboro, Oregon and was affiliated with local Boy Scout Troop 240 in Hillsboro. He resigned in October 1986 after he was arrested for the sexual exploitation of a minor, but it took another two years for the BSA to […]
More on Dumas Suit Against Scout Leader Clyde Brock
May 30, 2014 By
The Oregonian wrote this article on our filing of a new Oregon Boy Scout abuse lawsuit. The story details in part the negligence and attitude of the Boy Scouts in their handling of volunteer Clyde Brock whom they knew had been abusing young Scouts. The Oregonian writes: Scouting executives quietly blacklisted Brock from ever volunteering […]
Oregon Clyde Brock Boy Scout Abuse Lawsuit Filed 5/28/14
May 28, 2014 By
We filed a new sex abuse lawsuit today against the Boy Scouts of America and the local Boy Scout Council (Multnomah Co. Circuit Court Case No. 14CV05531). The perpetrator of the abuse was Clyde Brock, formerly of Oregon City, who was one of the creepiest perps in Oregon. His 1968 Boy Scout “Ineligible Volunteer file” […]
Frank Ward — Boy Scouts Perversion Files
May 22, 2014 By
On June 5, 1989, Frank Ward, an “MC” in Troop S0035 in Oregon pled guilty to sexual abuse in the second degree. He was sentenced to probation for a period of five years. As part of the sentencing, Ward was not to have any contact with children. While the Boy Scouts’ Perversion Files provide scant […]
Russ Williams — Boy Scouts Perversion Files
May 21, 2014 By
Russ Williams’ Boy Scouts of America Perversion File or Ineligible Volunteer File dates back to July 5, 1989, when he was convicted of sodomy in the first degree. As a 47-year-old married man living in Oregon City, Oregon, Russ Williams appeared to be the ideal Boy Scout volunteer until his dark history was brought to […]
Roy S. Wilson — Boy Scouts Perversion Files
May 20, 2014 By
Rev. Wilson was a Lutheran minister who did not register with the Boy Scouts but for some inexplicable reason was allowed to volunteer with them until someone flagged him due to his past history. His “Ineligible Volunteer File” with the Boy Scouts highlights to enormous problem of “unregistered” volunteers that still exists in Scouting. Based […]
Benjamin Drake and Robert Frederick Drake, Sr. — Boy Scouts of America Abuse Cases
May 13, 2014 By
In June 1988, Edwin Weiseth, Scout Executive of the Crater Lake Council of the Boy Scouts, and Sergeant Ron Jones of the Oregon State Police confronted Robert Drake, Sr. about a child abuse allegation that was made to local law enforcement officials in 1979. Drake was told that his registration with the Boy Scouts of […]
Gary Dahlgren — Boy Scouts Perversion Files
May 12, 2014 By
In 1987, Gary Dahlgren, a Junior High teacher in Enterprise Oregon, applied for employment with the Boy Scouts at the same time as he was being investigated for inappropriate behavior with a 13-year-old student in his science class. According to the investigation report, Dahlgren sat next to the student and rubbed his foot up and […]