Yesterday, Crew Janci LLP filed a new child sexual abuse lawsuit against Boy Scouts of America in Minnesota. We are proud to be representing the victim in this case — John Doe 153 — who suffered severe and repeated abuse by his Scoutmaster (Leland Opalinksi).
This case also highlights the ongoing problem of child pornography and sexual exploitation by pedophile Scout Leaders.
Here is some of the media coverage of this most recent case filed by Crew Janci LLP and our Minnesota co-counsel, Patrick Noaker:
- http://www.kare11.com/story/news/crime/2015/07/28/suit-claims-scout-leader-was-pornographer/30804599/
- http://www.startribune.com/former-adult-leader-again-named-in-sexual-abuse-lawsuit-against-boy-scouts/319132511/
- http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/07/28/boy-scout-sex-abuse-suit
- http://bringmethenews.com/2015/07/28/another-former-st-paul-boy-scout-sues-alleging-sexual-abuse-by-former-troop-leader/
“Minnesota’s Child Victim Act allows victims of child sexual abuse in Scouting to seek justice, truth and change now — no matter how long ago the violations happened.”
Minnesota has an extensive history of child sexual abuse in Scouting. The Boy Scouts kept secret files on allegations of sexual abuse in cub packs and scout troops from all parts of Minnesota, including:
Apple Valley | Floyd Fenten Pietz |
Bloomington | Dale Lawrence Astleford |
Chisholm | Mark Lewis Tancabel |
Eagan | Robert H. GIlbert |
Fairvault | Lawrence M. Atkins |
International Falls | Bernard J. Permar |
Maplewood | Gerhard Voll |
Minneapolis | Michael Stachowski |
Minneapolis | Gary Frederick Rolloff |
Minneapolis | Irving W. Beck, Jr. |
Minneapolis | Malcolm Willis McConahy |
Minneapolis | James W. Bartlett |
Minneapolis | Martin Ronald Koski |
Minneapolis | James William Froehlig |
Moorhead | Walter Kise |
Mounds View | Paul E. Levang |
Rochester | Richard Hokanson |
Saint Paul | Leland (Lee) Opalinski |
St Paul | Richard Fred Swendiman |
St Paul | Donald Leonard Keys |
St. Louis Park | Robert Martin Peterson |
St. Paul | Roger Novak |
St. Paul | David Jerome Beardsley |
You can view these secret files here.
There are also publicly-revealed records that indicate that there are 47 other Minnesota Perversion Files kept by the Boy Scouts of America that have not been released to the public. These include secret files from the following Minnesota communities:
Afton |
Alexandria |
Apple Valley |
Bemidji |
Blaine |
Blue Earth |
Brainerd |
Coon Rapids |
Eagan |
Edina |
Elton Hills |
Fairmont |
Faribault |
Fergu Falls |
Forest Lake |
Hawley |
Kenyon |
Mankato |
Minneapolis |
New Ulm |
Oakdale |
Rochester |
Rushford |
Sabin |
Sauk Centre |
Sleepy Eye |
St. Cloud |
St. Louis Park |
St. Paul |
Waseca |
West St. Paul |
Winona |
Woodbury |