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íl,f ^Jortlanb (©bserüer Page 4 October 24, 2012 ‘Love for Linda’ Benefit Concert c o n t i n u e d f r o m page 3 and her band w hile she u n d er goes treatm ent. L a R h o n d a S te e le , A n d y S tokes, P atrick L am b, L lo y d J o n e s , D K S te w a r t, S o n n y H essm , N W W om en in R & B , Janice S croggins, Lisa M ann, N orm an S y lv ester, and o th er special guests, are lined up to p erfo rm . T here w ill be tw o show s, from 6 p.m . to 8 p.m ., and from 9 p.m . to 11 p.m . T ic k ets for each show are $25 in advance and are available online at tick etto m ato .co m . H o m b u c k le ’s pow erful band, D oug L ew is on guitar, R andy M onroe on bass, Lenn R ussell on drum s and L ouis Pain on keyboards, continues w hile she b e g in s h e r c a n c e r tre a tm e n t, backing such guest vocalists as A n d y S to k e s and L a R h o n d a Steel. T he band w ill back sev eral guest stars at the “ L ove for L inda” benefit. 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Child Abuse Covered Up for Decades Boy Scouts ‘perversion files' made public (AP) — Again and again, decade after decade, an array of authorities — police chiefs, prosecutors, pas tors and local Boy Scout leaders among them — quietly shielded scoutmasters and others accused of molesting children, a newly opened trove of confidential papers shows. At the time, those authorities jus tified their actions as necessary to protect the good name and good works of Scouting, a pillar of 20th century America. But as detailed in 14,500 pages of secret "perversion files" released Thursday by order of the Oregon Supreme Court, their maneuvers allowed sexual preda tors to go free while victims suffered in silence. The files are a window on a much larger collection of documents the Boy Scouts of America began col lecting soon after their founding in 1910. The files, kept at Boy Scout headquarters in Texas, consist of memos from local and national Scout executives, handwritten letters from victims and their parents and news paper clippings about legal cases. The files contain details about proven molesters, but also unsub stantiated allegations. The allegations stretch across the country and to military bases overseas, from a small town in the Adirondacks to downtown Los Angeles. At the news conference Thurs day, Portland attorney Kelly Clark blasted the Boy Scouts for their continuing legal battles to try to keep the full trove of files secret. "You do not keep secrets hidden about dangers to children," said Encouraging exploration, inspiring discovery. OES OPEN HOUSES Grades Pre-Kindergarten through 5 Wednesday, November 7,2012 6:00 to 8:00pm Pre-register and view Open House schedule at www.oes.edu/admissions Financial Aid: need-based award program available CES OREGON EPISCOPAL SCHOOL 6 3 0 0 SW N icol Road | P o rtla n d , OR 9 72 23 (503) 768-3115 www.oes.edu Portland attorney Kelly Clark examines some of the 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents created by the Boy Scouts of America concerning child sexual abuse within the organization, in preparation for releasing the documents on Thursday. (AP photo) Clark, who in 2010 won a landmark lawsuit against the Boy Scouts on behalf o f a plaintiff who was mo lested by an assistant scoutmaster in the 1980s. Clark's colleague, attorney Paul Mones, said the files "show how pedophiles operate, how child m o lesters infiltrate youth organiza tions." "These guys (abusers) basically were in a candy store, the way they thought about it," Mones said. The files were shown to a jury in a 2010 Oregon civil suit that the Scouts lost, and the Oregon Su preme Court ruled the files should be made public. After months of objections and redactions, the Scouts and Clark released them. In many instances — more than a third, according to the Scouts' own count — police weren't told t about the reports o f abuse. And even when they were, sometimes local law enforcement still did noth ing, seeking to protect the name of Scouting over their victims. Victims like three brothers, grow ing up in northeast Louisiana. On the afternoon o f Aug. 10, 1965, th eir d istrau g h t m other walked into the third floor o f the O uachita Parish S h eriffs Office. A 31-year-old scoutm aster, she told the chief crim inal deputy, had raped one o f her sons and m o lested two others. Six days later, the scoutmaster, an unemployed airplane mechanic, sat down in front o f a microphone in the same station, said he under stood his rights and confessed: He had sexually abused the woman's continued on page 14
