Tag Archives: child molestation

  Although it’s the motto of the Boy Scouts — the organization was NOT so “prepared” in protecting its members against sexual child abuse.  Lawyers.com journalist John McCarthy introduces you to Douglas Sovereign Smith, a convicted sex offender and the former national chair of the Youth Protection Task Force for the Boy Scouts of America. Released in January 2013, he’s not the only sexual predator who was drawn to the organization, targeting it to gain access to children. You’ll meet …

A boy who was molested as a fifth grader by his teacher won a $23 million verdict against the Los Angeles school district and the teacher. The victim was a 10-year-old student at Queen Anne Elementary School when his teacher, Forrest Stobbe, molested him. He was caught and arrested after molesting the young student from October 2008 to July 2009. Stobbe was charged with rape and oral copulation on a minor and pled no contest to two counts of a …