Thomas Hacker: How Did the Boy Scouts Serial Pedophile Die?

As a documentary living up to its title in every way imaginable, Netflix’s ‘Scout’s Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America’ can only be described as equal parts baffling and haunting. That’s because it follows experts, survivors, as well as whistleblowers alike as they detail this titular youth organization’s decades-long cover-up of child sexual abuse cases, along with its impact. It thus comes as no surprise Church leader, teacher, scoutmaster, and serial pedophile Thomas Hacker was explicitly mentioned in this film — so now, let’s just find out more about him, shall we?

Who is Thomas Hacker?

Although nothing can ever really excuse Thomas’ horrific offenses, it’s actually imperative to note he had an incredibly tortured upbringing, and that’s what admittedly drove him to pedophilia. According to his narrative, he had an alcoholic father who regularly used to beat his mother, plus one of his grandmothers reportedly molested him from when he was a newborn until his adolescence. Therefore, once he reached seventh grade, he “turned outside the family for care and love and, obviously, didn’t do a very good job of that” since it was through seeking sex with younger boys.

Nevertheless, Indiana native Thomas somehow managed not to let any of this affect his education, as made evident by his earning a Bachelor’s in Educational Psychology, a Bachelor’s in Business Administration, as well as a Master’s in Guidance and Psychology. He also gradually managed to evolve into a suburban, married father of three, just to ultimately land the position of an English teacher in 1966 before being appointed Chairman of the Indianapolis Mayor’s Task Force for integrating this local city’s public schools. In other words, his early career was almost golden.

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