Lawsuit: Scouts should've done more to protect teen from molester

A local teenager has filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America claiming the organization should have done more to protect him from a now-convicted child molester.
The lawsuit comes nearly three years after 30-year-old assistant scoutmaster James Hiatt was convicted of child molestation.

Hiatt is currently serving a 60-year sentence.
The victim in that case -- who is now 18 years old -- is seeking compensation from the Boy Scouts.
His attorney says the organization knew that grown men went after scoutmaster positions to prey on young boys and that the Scouts did not do what they should have to protect his client.
"There were violations after violation of basic safety rules with children," attorney Pat Maloney said. "You don't allow a scoutmaster to be one-on-one with a child. You don't allow a scoutmaster to go out-of-state with a child, and you certainly don't allow a scoutmaster to show pornography to a child, all of which was going on while he was a scoutmaster here."
The Alamo Area Boy Scouts of America has not returned a call for comment.