Following are the highlights from a May 20, 1991 Washington Times article. It paints a different picture of how safe your child could be in scout troup with the wrong leader. (Washington Times Statistics on Boy Scout Molestations) There is, tragically, abundant evidence of adult male scoutmasters abusing boy scouts entrusted to them by parents. A 1991 investigation by the Washington Times uncovered more than 400 cases of scout leaders arrested or banned from scouting for sexually assaulting boys in their care. The article in the Washington Times, dated May 20, 1991, contained a complete state-by-state list of cases of ...