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He aspired to protect and serve, instead; he said he was coerced, harassed, and raped by a senior officer. Now an adult, he's pursuing civil litigation against the officers he said are responsible for his abuse.

Police leadership in the Louisville Metro Police Department first heard of officers in their ranks sexually abusing teens in 2013. For years, the allegations went nowhere. Was it ineptitude and simple negligence, or something more nefarious?

If the sex abuse allegations within Louisville Metro Police Department's mentorship program are a bombshell, then the decades of abuse within the national Youth Explorer program are a fully armed fleet of bombers, with hundreds of victims coming forward.

Originally filed under the promise of secrecy, all seven sex abuse lawsuits in Louisville, Kentucky have become public, sparking a rash of outrage and illustrating a system of abuse and coercion within the police department's Youth Explorer program.