ABC News Studios Examines Boy Scout Abuse in New Doc

ABC News Studios has partnered with Imagine Documentaries and Vermilion Films to investigate the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) century-long abuse cover-up in Leave No Trace.

Since the BSA filed for bankruptcy in February 2020, more than 82,000 men have come forward with claims of abuse. Drawing on financial records, court documents and numerous interviews and depositions with survivors and former leadership, the documentary reveals how the BSA prioritized things such as banning gay scouts over reporting their meticulous records of pedophile leaders to authorities.

Leave No Trace is directed by Peabody- and Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated director Irene Taylor (Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, Beware the Slenderman). She also produces alongside Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Nigel Jaquiss and Emily Singer Chapman. Executive producers are Taylor, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.

The film is set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 9, followed by a debut on Hulu and in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on June 16.