Boy Scouts Perversion Files-Past or Prologue?
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People have said in response to the release of the Boy Scouts of America files, “well, gee, that’s too bad and all, but all that abuse was in the past and the BSA is a much better organization than it was in terms of protecting kids.” To which we have said, “well, let’s hope so, but, judging from the frequency with which Scout leaders are still regularly being arrested these days, we wonder.” That is why we have called for Congress to do an inquiry and an audit into the BSA’s current child abuse procedures and policies. Are they working? Is the problem better or worse than it used to be? Given that the BSA steadfastly refuses to release the modern Perversion files—from 1985-2011, who really knows the scope or the scale of the problem? BSA alone. And, I’m sorry, when BSA asks us, essentially, to trust them that they are taking care of things, my response is: “Uh, I don’t think so. We did that once in this society, and it didn’t work out very well for tens of thousands of boys. How about we ask Congress to find out what is really going on?” We are still waiting for an answer from the Scouts on this.
Here is an excellent article listing many recent instances of Scout leader abuse of boys. So I just don’t buy it when BSA says that it’s all better now.
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November 9, 2012 at 11:29 am
So I should trust you, over the Boy Scouts.
You have a financial incentive to keep this going as long as you can.
The Boy Scouts have been protecting children for a century.
November 13, 2012 at 9:55 pm
Yes Truth, you must trust them over the Boy Scouts. It is the Boy Scouts that have a financial incentive to keep this covered up. And no, the Boy Scouts were not protecting children. They have been protecting the abusers. They never protected me or the many other boys who fell at the hand of my abuser. Everytime he was forced to quit one troop he would go and form another. And because they never did anything he was then able to go on and continue abusing boys outside of Scouting. It’s repulsive. It’s sick. We owe people like Kelly Clark and his firm our respect.