Ex-congressman on possible predator list

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BALTIMORE, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A conservative Maryland congressman turned advocate for gay rights was listed in Boy Scout files as a possible predator.

Robert "Bob" Bauman served on the Delmarva Council's advisory board until 1980. He left after he was charged with soliciting sex from a 16-year-old boy.

A council executive sent the Scout headquarters news clippings about the arrest, The Baltimore Sun reported.

The scandal also ended the Republican Bauman's formerly promising political career. He tried unsuccessfully to run for office again in 1982.

Bauman's marriage was annulled. In 1986, he wrote "The Gentleman from Maryland: The Conscience of a Gay Conservative."

The former congressman, now 75 and living in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., told the Sun Monday he does not want to air his "dirty laundry" in public.