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Aaron Averhart

Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the documentary, “Boy Scout’s Honor”. Author of the book "Finding Foxboro".  Here are a few excerpts... “Everyone called him ‘Uncle Bill,” Averhart writes, “and he seemed loved and respected by scouts and leaders alike. He soon took a liking to me and brought me under his wing. He...

Bill Dudley

Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Featured survivor of child sexual abuse in the documentary, “Boy Scout’s Honor”. “He preferred boys of a certain age, 7 to 12,” Dudley said. “He liked to abuse them where they could hear people — in a utility room, for example, as people were going by in the hallway. He would abuse some boys, then drive...

Danny Smith

There was no #MeToo movement in the winter of 1977 when 11-year-old Danny Smith had his first encounter with Foxborough scout leader Bill Sheehan. “He said I had hypothermia, stripped me to my underwear and molested me,” the grown-up Smith remembered. After that, he alleges, Sheehan molested him hundreds of times, lying on top of him and simulating sex until he climaxed.

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Boy Scout's Honor

Boy Scout's Honor Portland Film Festival 2022 - Viewing Oct 11 & Oct 23, 2022 Release Date (Streaming): Dec 13, 2022 The Boy Scouts of America have been harboring pedophiles within their ranks for decades. Aaron Averheart uncovers the truth about his own abuse and the thousands of others who have suffered. "8-year-old Aaron Averhart was just a year shy of being able...