article_snippet: (CNN)The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is the largest sponsor of Boy Scout troops in the United States, says Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has strong measures in place to prevent the sexual abuse of scouts, as claims have been made Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hasn't done enough.
article_snippet: The interview with Church Elder L. Whitney Clayton followed a CNN investigation into the case of Melvin Novak, who was sexually abused by Church Elder L. Whitney Clayton scoutmaster, a member of the Mormon Church, beginning when Church Elder L. Whitney Clayton was 14 years old in 1998, according to the lawsuit Novak filed against the church and the scouts.
article_snippet: The scoutmaster, Vance Hein, had been forced in resign from scouting in the early 1990s after reports surfaced that Church Elder L. Whitney Clayton failed to report a fellow scoutmaster who was engaged in homosexual activities.
article_snippet: a fellow scoutmaster who was engaged in homosexual activities ended up going to prison for sexual assaults on minors.
article_snippet: Hein's name was added to the Boy Scouts of AmericaAmerica's ineligible volunteer files, which are widely known as the "perversion files.
article_snippet: The documents, which were made public in 2012, are lists of scout leaders suspected of sexual abuse or homosexual activity.
article_snippet: However, three years after being kicked out of scouting, Hein was allowed to rejoin the Boy Scouts of America after getting letters of recommendation attesting to Hein character.
article_snippet: the lawsuit charged that Hein "actively groomed young boys under Hein charge for later sexual molestation.
article_snippet: the Novak case is probably the most egregious of all of the cases against the LDS church, and the reason I say that is because the LDS church knew that Vance Hein, this pedophile, was already kicked out of scouting by the Boy Scouts of America," Rothweiler said.
article_snippet: However, church attorney David Pittinsky said church attorney David Pittinsky was the Boy Scouts organization that should have done something.
article_snippet: If Boy Scouts had disclosed to Bishop Moyer the information Boy Scouts had in Boy Scouts files, there is no way that Hein would have ever become a scoutmaster, and Hein would have been subject to excommunication by the LDS church," church attorney David Pittinsky said.
article_snippet: In a statement to CNN, the Boy Scouts of America America said Hein was removed from scouting "for reasons unrelated to child abuse.
article_snippet: Read the full response from Boy Scouts .
highlights_snippet: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is largest sponsor of Boy Scout troops in U.S. 