The Boy Scouts said in a statement on Tuesday that every account of suspected abuse has been reported to law enforcement agencies. That includes accounts in the files where it was not clear whether information had been turned over to the appropriate authorities.

“We care deeply about all victims of child abuse and sincerely apologize to anyone who was harmed during their time in scouting,” the Boy Scouts said in a statement. “Nothing is more important than the safety and protection of children in scouting, and we are outraged that there have been times when individuals took advantage of our programs to abuse innocent children.”

“At no time have we ever knowingly allowed a perpetrator to work with youth,” the statement said.

The statement also said that the Boy Scouts have paid for “unlimited counseling” for victims by providers of their choosing, and have also provided a toll-free number that victims can call.

About 2.2 million children and nearly a million volunteers are members of the Boy Scouts, according to the organization.

News outlets that reviewed the files released in 2012, including The Los Angeles Times and The Associated Press, said they indicated that some local prosecutors and police officials had protected scouting volunteers accused of abuse, sometimes out of concern that negative publicity would hurt scouting.

But the same files also contained unsubstantiated allegations, which differentiates this situation from what has occurred with the Roman Catholic Church.

In recent months, following a grand jury report in Pennsylvania that said bishops and other Roman Catholic leaders had covered up child sexual abuse by more than 300 priests, a number of bishops across the country have released the names of priests in their dioceses who they said have been credibly accused of abuse. That was a step that abuse victims and their advocates had long sought.