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Aaron Averhart

Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the documentary, “Boy Scout’s Honor”. Author of the book "Finding Foxboro".  Here are a few excerpts... “Everyone called him ‘Uncle Bill,” Averhart writes, “and he seemed loved and respected by scouts and leaders alike. He soon took a liking to me and brought me under his wing. He...

Anthony Mandich

  • BSA Date Start: 1977
  • BSA Date End: 1979
Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the Netflix documentary, “Scout’s Honor”.

Christopher Haywood

  • BSA Date Start: 1993
  • BSA Date End: 2004
Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the Netflix documentary, “Scout’s Honor”.

Curtis Garrison

  • BSA Date Start: 1981
  • BSA Date End: 1985
  • BSA Bankruptcy Claimant: #71396
Curtis Garrison was sexually abused beginning when he was a toddler by his adopted dad, and he remembers seeing what he’d grow up to know was his adopted two sisters & brother (biological children of his adopted parents) and several foster children (that were from their church) all being abused in many kinds of abuse.  Then he, as well as many other Boy...

Doug Kennedy

  • BSA Date Start: 1971
  • BSA Date End: 2018
Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor & Boy Scout Parent Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the Netflix documentary, “Scout’s Honor”.

Gordon Lewis

  • BSA Date Start: 1987
  • BSA Date End: 1987
  • BSA Bankruptcy Claimant: #8095
Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor


Joe Gargano

Joe Gargano was abused by a Fort Dodge Boy Scout leader and a scout volunteer for almost three years. He told no one, quit the scouts, started using drugs and alcohol, and has struggled with employment and personal relationships ever since.

John Humphrey

Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor. Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the Hulu documentary, “Leave No Trace”.

John Sakowicz

  • BSA Date Start: 1962
  • BSA Date End: 1965
Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the Netflix documentary, “Scout’s Honor”.

Jon Bush

  • BSA Date Start: 1991
  • BSA Date End: 1992
My name is Jon Bush and I am a Claimant in Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse bankruptcy. I was abused by a scout master in the Bluegrass Council Boy Scouts in Lexington, KY in 1991-92 at the age of 9 and 10.

Ken Tipton

Ken Tipton is a survivor of child sexual abuse he and his best friend endured as child prostitutes exploited through an international pedophile ring headquartered in New Orleans and run out of the infamous Boy Scout Troop #137. The ring was brought down by the district attorney, Harry Connick Sr., who is the father of actor/singer Harry Connick Jr. Tipton is also an award-winning filmmaker who wrote and...

Kevin Corliss

Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survior Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the documentary, “Boy Scout’s Honor”. -------------------- Sheehan allegedly began with boys like Kevin Corliss, a Foxborough 7-year-old in the 1960s whose tunnel vision and dyslexia set him apart. "As a second-grader, I don’t know if I even realized why he was holding me so tight and humping," said...

Kris Yoxall

Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor. Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the Hulu documentary, “Leave No Trace”.

Mark Eaton

Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor, Thomas Hacker Trial 1988 Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the Netflix documentary, “Scout’s Honor”.

Melvin Novak

The interview with Clayton followed a CNN investigation into the case of Melvin Novak, who was sexually abused by his scoutmaster, a member of the Mormon Church, beginning when he was 14 years old in 1998, according to the lawsuit Novak filed against the church and the Boy Scouts of America. The scoutmaster, Vance Hein, had been forced in resign from scouting in...

Nicholas Fish

38-year-old Nicholas Fish, a father of four, said it’s his children who inspired him to push for legislation in Lansing to create more hope and opportunities for victims of sexual assault. “I just ask for a fair outcome. I’m not doing it for just myself, I could care less, there's hundreds of victims in the state that deserves a voice,” Fish said. ...

Sandra Birchmore

Justice for Sandra Birchmore Website Sandra Birchmore, a Massachusetts teenager aspiring to a career in law enforcement, joined the Stoughton Police Department’s Explorer post at age 13 around 2009. This youth mentorship program, created and overseen by Scouting America (formerly the Boy Scouts of America), aims to teach participants about policing.  There, she met Matthew Farwell, a 20-something instructor in the program...

Stuart Lord

Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor. Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the Hulu documentary, “Leave No Trace”.

Todd Grantham

BSA BANKRUPTCY CLAIMANT #TBA Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor

Tom Krumins

  • BSA Date Start: 2001
  • BSA Date End: 2012
Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the Netflix documentary, “Scout’s Honor”.

Tom Stewart

Matt Stewart traces the growing line of men who say they were sexually abused by their trusted Boy Scout leaders back nearly two decades and finds himself. “Here we are 20 years later,” he said. “And the story just keeps getting bigger and bigger.”   In 2003, Stewart and his brother Tom filed a lawsuit that broke new ground in the effort –...

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