In response , the Boy Scouts released what it said is an `` independent review '' by a University of Virginia psychiatry professor Wednesday , ahead of the `` increased media attention '' it expects with the release of more files . The Boy Scouts of America commissioned the ` ` independent review '' of its ` ` perversion files '' A child abuse support group said it ` ` an unsubstantiated , self - serving claim '' A newspaper study of files said Scouts ` ` enough to report hundreds of alleged child molesters '' ` ` These claims of abuse were not swept under the carpet and dismissed , '' an article says .
The Boy Scouts of America commissioned the ` ` independent review '' of its ` ` perversion files '' A child abuse support group said it ` ` an unsubstantiated , self - serving claim '' A newspaper study of files said Scouts ` ` enough to report hundreds of alleged child molesters '' ` ` These claims of abuse were not swept under the carpet and dismissed , '' an article says .