director-general and ceo of the giant fraternal organization, moose international. that he had sexually assaulted him when peck was a 12-year-old boy living in columbus, ohio. that was back in 1980. at the time we reported this last week, airey was on his 50th wedding anniversary cruise with his wife. he since returned to the chicago area, aurora, where moose headquarters are. the board of directors met yesterday and it was after that board of directors meeting that mr. airey voluntarily tendered his resignation. peck told us in exclusive interview when he was a child living in columbus he was a neighbor across the street. airey bee hended him and group of other boys and would frequently take them over to the moose lodge, let them play pool and watch television and give them soft drinks and would on occasion take them on overnight trips. one of the overnight trips back in 1980 to new orleans he alleges ariey
subsequent trip in ohio that he alleges they engaged in a full-on sexual assault. the lawsuit, a civil not criminal lawsuit, that was filed in franklin county, ohio, last thursday also alleges on two occasions in 1996 and 2007arie was investigated by the executive board of moose international for other instances of inappropriate sexual conduct with minors. i have in my happened right now what is reported to be the minutes of a 2007 meeting in which those allegations were discussed. i am working now to try to confirm the authenticity of these minutes, and if we do that, we ll get back to you. but the very latest, jenna, the head, the director general and ceo of the gigantic moose fraternal organization which has counted among its membership presidents teddy roosevelt, franklin road svelte, currently senator joe manchin, evan bayh,
organization. a doctor now claiming that the man who ultimately became the ceo of moose international molested him more than three decades ago. that organization has some 1800 moose lodges across the u.s. and other countries which it says are dedicated to community service. now the accuser telling fox news coverage of the trial of expenn state coach jerry sandusky motivated him to come forward. john roberts is live for us in charlotte, north carolina. john? only 1800 lodges across the country. child city and school for needy children attached to moose international headquarters. officials told me late this afternoon they have not been able to get in touch. nor have we. we tried all day. he is out of the country apparently on a cruise with his wife celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in his absence moose international provided me with this statement this afternoon saying quote the moose fraternity is shocked by this allegation as this is not the k.
youth. we tried to reach out to him today. we were told by a grandson at his home outside of chicago he is out of the country. moose international officials confirmed that saying in fact he is on an anniversary cruise with his wife in jamaica this week, bill. bill: 1980, 32 years ago, a long time ago, john. why is he coming forward now? reporter: it is a long time ago, bill. people may be wondering about that. he told me in this exclusive interview he was made to feel at the time if he went public about this it would negative impact his family, particularly his mother who he thought might get in trouble. she was a single mom. might get him in trouble for allowing him to go on the trip with airy in the first place. he lived with the agony for 32 years. thought about coming out of the most of the time buried it, but wasn t until the sandusky case broke where he felt he had to do something about it and go public. in the exclusive interview he told me i wishes he had done that sooner.
we re told he is out of the country. we re awaiting back from the general council of moose international. we should point out this occurred a long time ago. there is statute of limitations in ohio. however peck s attorney argue that airy left the state before peck reached age of majority of 19 the clock stopped running on the statute. so they believe they still do have a case. jon? jon: john roberts from charlotte, north carolina. keep an eye on it. from charlotte, to washington, d.c. we re awaiting for speaker boehner and update on talks and negotiations for the fiscal cliff. as soon as he steps to the microphone we ll bring you there. we ll be back with more happening now .