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Spong had no idea that the case he worked in 1976 as a young NOPD
detective would change his life. "A man saw some sexually explicit
pictures of young children and he reported it," Spong said. Spong says
that tip would lead investigators to a pedophile ring connected to Boy
Scout Troop 137.
"These
guys moved in and were able to gain control of this Scout troop,” Spong
said. “They took these kids across the lake to K Bar B Ranch and they
had sexual acts over in St Tammany,…and this went on for a while, a
couple of years before we even came on to these pictures that were
turned over to us…
"…They
were very young and very angelic children, very friendly, outgoing most
of the times. The common denominator was a single parent home,
basically poor."
Spong says men traveled to New Orleans to have sex with the boys - and the children were even taken across state lines.
"These
adults had money to some degree, you know, they were middle class, and
those pedophiles would come in from out of town and have that sexual
contact here in New Orleans in the homes of these other pedophiles.
That’s how it happened,” Spong said.
As part of his investigation, Spong met a little boy named Ricky.
TV Exclusive: Investigator details bust of pedophile ring tied to New Orleans Boy Scout troop
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