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Amid a nationwide focus on how the Boy Scouts of America handled sex abuse complaints or suspicions since the 1950s, newly uncovered records let former scouts and parents see if someone from their troop or pack was banished.
Fifty-nine men who led or worked with Cub Scout and Boy Scout troops in Southeast Michigan were banned as "ineligible volunteers" from 1958-2004, a newly posted database shows. Three had more than one file, sometimes covering more than one Boy Scout or Cub Scout group.
The scouts banned scoutmasters or applicants after officials received a complaint about inappropriate conduct from parents or others. 
At the time they were barred, those blacklisted locally included two teachers, a GM engineer, an insurance agent, a hospital orderly and a Salvation Army employee. They worked in 33 communities, including Bloomfield Hills, Farmington, Grosse Pointe Farms, Royal Oak and West Bloomfield.
Five expulsions occurred this decade. The most recent local case was in 2004 and involved Troop 103 in New Hudson. The earliest pair date to 1958 in Orchard Lake (Troop 101) and Detroit (Troop 406).
The Los Angeles Times used files released by the Oregon Supreme Court and other data it received from an attorney to post a national database searchable by city. Its "Perversion Files" project has the names of men deemed unfit for scouting, so searches also can be conducted for individuals.
Deadline Detroit presents basic information about local cases below without names because most of those individuals who were kicked out were not charged criminally or even reported to authorities. More than a half-dozen men in Southeast Michigan did have convictions for criminal sexual conduct with minors, files show.
In a phone interview, the region's top scout executive -- Richard Fisher, CEO of the tri-county Great Lakes Council – described new screening, training and other safeguards to avert abuse or halt any promptly.
"Protecting our youth is our No. 1 priority," he said from Detroit. "We have certainly made a lot of progress."
Fisher added: "We do extensive background checks of references, as well as criminal and driving records, for any individuals applying to be volunteers."
He also described a Youth Protection Training program for adults and scouts that focuses on "recognizing, resisting and reporting abuse -- whether it's physical or emotional."
When the vast trove of documents originally were released, the Boy Scouts of America posted this statement from president Wayne Perry on its website:
There have been instances where people misused their positions in Scouting to abuse children, and in certain cases, our response to these incidents and 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 apologies to victims and their families.
The information below is from the Los Angeles Times compilation, generated from 62,000 files.
Taken together, the database accounts for all of the Boy Scouts' surviving files as of January 2005. An unknown number of files were destroyed by the Boy Scouts between the 1970s and the 1990s, and additional cases have been created since 2005.
The California paper's presentation has adults' names and PDF documents for 22 cases listed below.
Southeast Michigan 'ineligible volunteers'
City . . . . . . . Troop . . . . . Year
Ann Arbor . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . 1993
Ann Arbor . . 4 & 61 . . . . . . 1991
Belleville . . . .231 . . . . . . . . 2003
Berkley . . . . .1083 . . . . . . . 1970
Berkley . . . . .1085 . . . . . . . 1991
B'field Hills . . 1034 . . . . . . . 1969
Birmingham. .1611 . . . . . . . 1962
Chesterfield. .97 . . . . . . . . . 1996
Clinton Twp. . 201 . . . . . . . . 1995
Dearborn . . . .1111 . . . . . . . 1969
Dearborn . . . .D-60 . . . . . . . 1959
Detroit . . . . . .1273 . . . . . . . 1968
Detroit . . . . . .230 . . . . . . . . 1967
Detroit . . . . . .28 . . . . . . . . . 1961
Detroit . . . . . .452 . . . . . . . . .1962
Detroit . . . . . .Unavailable . . .1965
Detroit . . . . . .Unavailable . . .1988
Detroit . . . . . .668 . . . . . . . . .1991
Detroit . . . . . .3009 . . . . . . . .1997
Detroit . . . . . .226 . . . . . . . . .1988
Detroit . . . . . .337 . . . . . . . . .1959
Detroit . . . . . .406 . . . . . . . . .1958
Detroit . . . . . .435 . . . . . . . . .1964
Detroit . . . . . .587 . . . . . . . . .1959
Detroit . . . . . .2505 . . . . . . . .1991
Detroit . . . . . .4625 . . . . . . . .1991
Detroit . . . . . .526 . . . . . . . . .1987
Detroit . . . . . .1022 . . . . . . . .1990
Eastpointe . . .1436 . . . . . . . .1998
Farmington . . 230 . . . . . . . . .1997
G.P. Farms . . 156 . . . . . . . . .1978
Inkster . . . . . .830 . . . . . . . . .1967
Livonia . . . . . 270 . . . . . . . . .1982
Mt. Clemens . .274 . . . . . . . . .1985
Mt. Clemens . .145 . . . . . . . . .1988
New Hudson . .103 . . . . . . . . . 2004
Oak Park . . . . 4517 . . . . . . . .1992
Orchard Lake..101 . . . . . . . . .1958
Rochester . . . . 60 . . . . . . . . . 1992
Rochester Hills..2911 . . . . . . . 1989
Romulus . . . . . 872 . . . . . . . . .2003
Royal Oak . . . 1604 . . . . . . . .1978
Saline . . . . . . .446 . . . . . . . . .1978
Saline . . . . . . .Unavailable . . .1977
Shelby Twp. . .4151 . . . . . . . . 1984
Shelby Twp. . .208 . . . . . . . . . 1994
Southgate . . . 1781 . . . . . . . . 1969
Tecumseh . . . 3673 . . . . . . . .1984
Utica . . . . . . . 80 & 141 . . . . .1965
W. B'field . . . .755 & 1000 . . .1987
Walled Lake. .3323 . . . . . . . . 1989
Warren . . . . . 1478 . . . . . . . . 2003
Warren . . . . . 1999 . . . . . . . . 2002
Warren . . . . . 4487 . . . . . . . . 1997
Wayne . . . . . .904 . . . . . . . . . 1977
Westland . . . . 865 . . . . . . . . .1973
Westland . . . . 869 . . . . . . . . .1997
Ypsilanti . . . . .241 . . . . . . . . . 1968
