There are 24 cases of possible sexual abuse in 14 East Bay communities by Boy Scout troop leaders and volunteers listed in the organization's sexual abuse files released Thursday to the public.
Four of the cases were from Alameda while three were from Berkeley. Two cases each were listed from Walnut Creek, Concord, Livermore, Hayward and Oakland.
The communities of Danville, Pleasanton, Union City, Piedmont, Silverado Canyon, Richmond and El Sobrante were listed as having one case each.
The cases are found on a map included in documents put together by the Los Angeles Times.
For decades, the Boy Scouts of America kept the files as a way to keep volunteers suspected of inappopriate sexual behavior away from children. The cases were not shared with parents or police.
A psychiatrist who reviewed the files and testified on the Boy Scouts' behalf in the trial that led to the release of the files, found that 60 percent of the cases were already reported in various forms of public documents, including newspaper articles and police reports.
The Los Angeles Times has created a list of the cases by year, city, state and troop number. The newspaper's list includes the time period covered by today's release (1965 to 1985), but also other accusations and documents gathered and released in various court cases.
Here are the 24 East Bay cases listed in the Los Angeles Times' documents. In all but one case, the suspected sexual abuser is listed only by a number. The one possible suspect named is George William Leavitt, in a case file from 1973 in Berkeley.
In some cases, the suspects were convicted of sex crimes. In others, they were only suspected.
The dates are the years a file was begun by the Boy Scouts, not necessarily the year an incident took place.
Alameda: 1959, troop number 56
Alameda: 2003, troop number 11
Alameda: 2003, troop number 2
Alameda: 2003, troop number 101
Berkeley: 1973, troop number 20
Berkeley: 1988, troop number 22
Berkeley: 1990, troop number 22
Concord: 1969, troop number 495
Concord: 1969, troop number 465
Danville: 2004, troop number 36
El Sobrante: 1989, troop number 146
Hayward: 1993, troop number 5816
Hayward: 1993, troop number 5816
Livermore: 1986, troop number 999
Livermore: 1993, troop number 919
Oakland: 1966. troop number 201
Oakland: 1987, troop number 452
Piedmont: 1958, troop number 5
Pleasanton: 1996, troop number 913
Richmond: 1966, troop number 132
Silverado Canyon: 1994, troop number 9613
Union City: 1987, troop number 273
Walnut Creek: 1966, troop number 89
Walnut Creek: 1989, troop number 2811
Patch editor Chris Winston contributed to this report.
