Chambersburg Public Opinion
Charles Quinton “C.Q.” Smith, a U.S. Army veteran, Boy Scout leader and businessman who presented himself as a pillar of the community in Chambersburg but perpetrated acts of sexual abuse for decades and escaped criminal prosecution, has died at 81.
In an email on Wednesday, the Rev. Andy Hart of the Presbyterian Church of Falling Spring, where Smith was a longtime member, notified others of his death.
Smith, he wrote, had been living at Providence Place Senior Living and died on Tuesday.
The cause of death has not been revealed, but Smith was in poor health for some time.