On Thursday, December 13, 2012, Moose International spokesman Kurt Wehrmeister announced that William Airey, CEO and Director General, would not be in contact with residential students at Mooseheart Child City and School until further notice. The statement came in response to the filing of a lawsuit that morning in Ohio by Leto Copeley and three other
Boy Scouts hid information about abusers in Raleigh area
The Raleigh News & Observer has run an article about cover-ups by the Boy Scouts of America of sex abuse committed by volunteer scoutmasters in North Carolina. In “The Nightmare of Troop 39,” reporter Bruce Siceloff describes numerous scout leaders who were labeled “ineligible volunteers” by the Boy Scouts. Although the Boy Scouts prevented those pedophiles
Boy Scouts of America and Church of Latter-day Saints settle sex abuse lawsuit
In a case that was pending in an Idaho federal court, there has been a settlement between a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and both the Boy Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The plaintiff alleged that he was abused by his scoutmaster over a three-year period in the
Additional victim comes forward against former Catawba College coach Ralph William Wager
Ralph William Wager, former Catawba College soccer coach, has again posted bond, after he was charged with three additional felony counts of taking indecent liberties with a child. Wager was originally charged in July with child sex-related crimes involving alleged inappropriate conduct with a minor boy in the 1980s. The new charges involve a 13-year
Judge rejects Diocese motion to dismiss claims of abuse
In two alleged child sex abuse cases, John Doe 1K and John Doe 2K v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, NC, and John Doe and The Estate of Vincent Cook v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, NC, the Diocese had argued to the Court that the claims of three plaintiffs should be dismissed, and not