Boy Scouts Volunteer Charged With Fondling Boys

A Boy Scouts volunteer who has since been removed from the organization has been charged with fondling two northwestern Pennsylvania boys and showing them pornography.

The Erie Times-News reports 53-year-old Timothy McFarland, of Millcreek Township, declined to comment on the charges including indecent assault and corruption of minors, on the advice of his attorney. That lawyer didn't immediately return a call for comment Wednesday.

Township police say McFarland fondled the boys nipples and buttocks and showed them pornographic or inappropriate movies, websites and magazines. One boy was 11 or 12 at the time, while the other was 13 or 14.

The French Creek Council of the Boy Scouts of America says McFarland has been permanently removed from the program after officials first learned of the allegations months ago.

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