Boy Scout Leader and Church Daycare Worker Admits He Molested Boys in the 1970's
We can clearly see how God is revealing the dirty deeds of the boy scouts organization, one by one!
According to the church pastor, Rush Otey of Selywn Avenue Presbyterian Church, Thomas Menghi Jr. worked at the church's daycare starting in 2002.
Just last week during an interview with the Associated Press, Menghi admitted that he molested as many as 10 boys from Troop 786 in Fayetteville in the early 1970s.
As the news has recently announced, Menghi was just one of many thousands of former scout leaders named in secret files on suspected abusers kept by the Boy Scouts of America and released under a recent court order.
Here's what Menghi told the Associated Press:
He said was usually drunk when he had sex with boys.
He was in his late 20s, living in a Fayetteville motel and working as Tupperware deliveryman.
He invited boys from Troop 786 as young as 11 years old to ride with him along his route, requesting that they come to his room to spend the night before so they could get an early start.
"Yes, I abused kids," Menghi, now 69, admitted in an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press. "But just how many and other details I can't remember. It was a long time ago and I was in a fog."Pastor Otey told WBTV that: "At no time during Mr. Menghi's employment were there hints, suspicions, observations, or allegations of any inappropriate conduct related to sexual abuse, molestation, or neglect of duties," a statement from the church obtained by WBTV said.
"Had there been such accusations from any child, parent, supervisor, volunteer, or co-worker, this would have been reported immediately to the proper authorities, and Mr. Menghi (or any other employee or volunteer associated with the Church or Child Development Center) would have been suspended or terminated."Menghi cleared every criminal records check by the Selwyn CDC and the State of North Carolina, and every other reference check, the church told WBTV.
They first learned about the connection on Thursday when the article was published.
The Boys Scouts of America Public Relations released a statement saying:
"There have been instances where our efforts to protect youth were plainly insufficient, inappropriate, or wrong. Where those involved in Scouting failed to protect, or worse, inflicted harm on children, we extend our deepest and sincere apologies to victims and their families" .Source Associated Press
