Part 1 - Inside the Files

Our exclusive look into the Boy Scouts confidential files – 30,000 documents, 10 journalists, 6 months of research. Our investigation reveals scouts’ pleas for help being ignored while some scout leaders were promised confidentiality.

Part 2 - Systemic Failures

The Scripps National Investigative Team tracks systemic problems within the Boy Scouts of America, including poor background checks, and suspected molesters moving from troop to troop. More of our exclusive interview with the leader of BSA.

Part 3 - Scouts Today

After revelations of abuse within the Boy Scouts of America, how has the organization and its policies changed, and are changes working? You’ll hear different sides. Plus, a one-time abused scout has to decide whether scouting is right for his sons.

Exclusive video interview: Patrick Boyle

Boyle wrote “Scout’s Honor,” a 1994 book examining child sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America.

Video interview: Tom Stewart

Former scout Tom Stewart describes years of abuse he suffered as a child, and how he views scouting today as a father.

Expert: Exposing abuses will help kids

Boy Scouts' president official statement

Document trail: William A. Hoefling

Look at the confidential documents in Hoefling's file. Hoefling was a troop leader near Detroit.

Document trail: Scott A. Herrick

Click to view confidential documents in his file. Herrick is currently serving a 95-year sentence.

Document trail: Brian K. Liska

Examine for yourself: the documents in his confidential files. To this day, Liska said he doesn't know if national Scouting officials approved his application because they were unaware of his past conviction -- or if they knew about it but decided he was fit nonetheless.