List: An Oakdale Boy Scout Leader is Among 5,000 Expelled on Suspicion of Sexual Abuse

Twenty-one Connecticut men are among a long list of Boy Scout leaders who were ejected by the Boy Scouts of America between 1970 and 1991 after the organization learned that they had either been charged with or accused of molestation or other sexual malfeasance.

The list of those men was compiled by Seattle lawyer Timothy Kosnoff, who calls it "the largest compilation of criminological data of child molestation in a youth organization anywhere," according to a story today by The Star-Ledger of Newark, NJ.

But the official, internal list compiled by Boy Scout officials over several decades, which includes troop leaders suspected or accused of inappropriate conduct, a database of which appeared in the LA Times, has an Oakdale troop leader among the 5,000 Boy Scout leaders from 1947 to 2005 that were expelled on suspicion of sexual abuse. 

That man is not identified by name, rather is referred to as #4241, from Troop 62 in 1994. 

The Kosnoff list

This list includes 21 Connecticut men from 18 Connecticut towns who served in the scouts, some dating back to the early-1970s. Some were charged with rape, other types of sexual assaults, risk of injury to a minor and impairing the morals of a minor.

The Connecticut towns represented are Hartford, Groton, Bridgeport, Storrs, Wolcott, Norwich, East Hartford, Vernon, Brooklyn, Berlin, Mystic, Meriden, Ashford, Stamford, Southington, Glastonbury, Madison, and Willimantic.

Today, the Boy Scouts of America will release documents related to a lawsuit attorney Kosnoff brought against the organization.