PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Boy Scouts leader testifying in a sex abuse lawsuit in Portland says he reported the confession of another Scouts leader’s abuse only to find the man still with the organization more than a decade later.
Larry O’Connor said Tuesday that he was surprised to see the man he reported in 1970 at a national Scouts jamboree in full uniform in 1981.
The former Boy Scouts district executive says he told his then-boss about the confession and also wrote him a letter about it.
O’Connor is testifying in the lawsuit of a Portland man who alleges he was abused as a boy by a former Scouts leader. The suit seeks $29 million from the organization and is expected to go to a jury by the end of the week.
