Seems like stories such as this makes the current ban on homo scoutleaders all more reasonable.
imagine, protecting the privacy of all those heterosexual pedophiles
sarc
The scouts founder, Baden-Powell, was by all accounts a pervo piece of work.
No surprises.
The 70’s? How about teacher sexual abuse from THIS year?
Scout ping - the attack never ends.
Never a Scout. Never interested in Scouting.
HOWEVER:
This stinks to high heaven in its obvious attempt to smear the BSA. “From 1919 to the 1991” 500 alleged cases of abuse. That equates to roughly 7 cases per year. How many troops and Scouts were active in those 72 years?
Granted ONE incident is too many. Unfortunately, their is no pedophile proof system that can be implemented in any organization. Pedophiles are a “virus” in society. This “virus” changes, mutates, and adapts to defeat any safeguard put in place. There are deviants EVERYWHERE. The first step in protecting a loved one is accepting that. Trust NO ONE with your children as a baseline. Anyone with access to your children should be vetted, tested, and proven. Repeat this process continually. Educate your children early and often about what is appropriate and inappropriate contact.
Back to the obvious.
The media(liberals) despise the BSA. They will do anything to damage and hurt this organization. Trial lawyers, society’s parasites, are looking for money. Decent folks would hope this abuse was minimal. Trial lawyers would prefer a million victims to help increase the money they could pursue.
The only positive is that this SHOULD end the absolute nonsense about openly accepting HOMOSEXUALS in to an organization that is full of young boys and young men. All abuse in these BSA records was targeted toward MALES. All offenders were HOMOSEXUALS.
This is coordinated, Milwaukee TV station also ran a feature on this this week.
Think how different the Catholic Church’s scandal would have been if they had had these kinds of records and a proactive approach.
Sadly both Romney and Obama believe gays should be included in the Boy Scout Programs.