WASHINGTON _ For nearly three years starting in 1993, several Boy Scouts members were subject to sexual abuse at the hands of an assistant scoutmaster in their Gainesville, Fla., troop, one of the scouts says in lawsuit.
The alleged abuse occurred at a Boy Scout camp, in the assistant scoutmaster's truck and at parties at the assistant scoutmaster's house, which the former scout said he and the rest of the troop were encouraged to attend by the troop's leaders.
"It skewed my trust in people," said the former scout, who asked not to be identified. "Looking back, there are so many red flags that were overlooked."
