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More Cry Sex Abuse in Case of Convicted Boy Scout Leader
Burbank Park District named in lawsuit against convicted serial pedophile, Thomas Hacker.
Additional lawsuits were filed Wednesday against a currently incarcerated sex abuse convict who served as an Scout leader, schoolteacher and park district executive. Connect with Patch: Oak Lawn / Evergreen Park / Beverly-Mt. Greenwood Thomas Hacker, now 76, is serving a sentence on multiple convictions of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of young boys. The victims' reports date back to the 1980s and four others came forward this week, leading to even more charges filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County. The latest victims allege that they were also sexually abused as children. They claim they suppressed memories of the alleged abuse until recent news reports of Hacker’s name surfacing among the 1,200 secret “perversion” files compiled …
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