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Boy Scouts helped alleged molesters cover tracks, files show
Los Angeles Times ^ | 09/17/2012 | Kim Christensen and Jason Felch

Posted on 09/17/2012 9:38:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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So, with this news... does this mean gays should now become Scout Masters? /s
1 posted on 09/17/2012 9:38:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Evidently many already have.


2 posted on 09/17/2012 9:47:38 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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Really never thought about it before but maybe “Boy Scouts” migh be an accurate term for the molesters...


3 posted on 09/17/2012 9:49:08 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: SeekAndFind

If they just changed their policy to allow this behavior, then everything would be ok.


4 posted on 09/17/2012 9:49:17 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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Yes, an obvious need for homosexual leadership is made evident here. . . /s


5 posted on 09/17/2012 9:50:28 AM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: SeekAndFind

I hope that we don’t get dozens of posters defending this.

Maybe people will publish post after post about school teachers.


6 posted on 09/17/2012 9:51:15 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: SeekAndFind

Wonder how many of those molesters were gay? Just curious.
And,why now is this being “unearthed”? Really? If this has been going on since 1919,seems to me that those who seek to tear down the BSA would have been screaming this “hard evidence” from the rooftops.


7 posted on 09/17/2012 9:53:49 AM PDT by gimme1ibertee (If you want to kick a tiger in the ass, you better have a plan for dealing with his teeth.)
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To: SeekAndFind

More evidence of exactly how predatory these monsters behave. We literally have to stand guard and fight to protect our kids, even in seemingly safe harbors like the scouts and churchs.


8 posted on 09/17/2012 9:55:25 AM PDT by catbertz
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Quick! Get the FR Catholic Haters Club in here so that they can start hating the BSA too!


9 posted on 09/17/2012 10:01:50 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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The LA Times rooting out predatory homosexual molesters? Seems an argument to me that the Boy Scout’s vetting process should be even stronger.


10 posted on 09/17/2012 10:04:47 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: SeekAndFind

The Scouts can’t win no matter what they do...they will be attacked.

Eagle Scout here.


11 posted on 09/17/2012 10:04:52 AM PDT by trailhkr1
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As bad as this is, and it’s horrible, school districts and the churches did the exact same things in the past. Get the offender to resign and give him/her a good rec for his/her next job out of town.

Saw it happen personally once. The guy (a teacher) ended up re-offending of course and finally spent 12 years in the state pen.


12 posted on 09/17/2012 10:06:02 AM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles
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My son and bro-in-law are Eagle Scouts. Anyone who attacks the Scouts can kiss my ass. They did a lot of good in my life for my son.


13 posted on 09/17/2012 10:07:41 AM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles
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RE: finally spent 12 years in the state pen.

What happens when he comes out?


14 posted on 09/17/2012 10:07:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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More evidence of exactly how predatory these monsters behave

We had a assistant Scout master who was not married, mid 30's,ex Navy guy who just left the troop out of the blue. He did not act gay, no feminine but I hate to say this he had that gay look to him. just the facial look..can't put my finger on it but you have all seen the look.

Couple years back at my HS reunion couple fellow Scouts talked about him and we all had our gut feeling about him.

15 posted on 09/17/2012 10:13:19 AM PDT by trailhkr1
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“Wonder how many of those molesters were gay? “

All of them. The gays always say that a molester is not gay just because he picks boys. But i notice you dont see many molesters with a mix of male and female victims. Some accused of it seem to have molested girls. Others specialize in boys. But don’t dare pretend that it was same sex attraction.

A pedophile molesting boys is a homo. And some homos marry women to cover their tracks. Keeping gays out of Boy Scouts is the best thing they can ever do.


16 posted on 09/17/2012 10:16:16 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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Notice the cleverness of structuring an argument

Volunteers and employees suspected of abuse

The key word is "suspected". The cases are those where there was only suspicion? Is it possible to assume that the boy scouts overreacted by causing forced resignations when their was no real evidence?

were allowed to leave,

they are volunteers and they are free to leave whenever they want for no reason. But it is written in a way that indicated the Boy Scouts should not have left them leave. How do you accuse someone of misconduct and avoid libel suits when there is only a suspicion?

17 posted on 09/17/2012 10:20:43 AM PDT by Raycpa
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And what i’m hearing here, is that the Scouts escorted someone to the door as soon as they found out someone was sick like that. They probably couldn’t always prove it, but they tried. Maybe they werent perfect, but they never set a molester in with their boys, or transfered them around inside the organization to hide them as far as i can tell.


18 posted on 09/17/2012 10:21:26 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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“My son and bro-in-law are Eagle Scouts. Anyone who attacks the Scouts can kiss my ass. They did a lot of good in my life for my son.”

I don’t consider this story as an attack piece on the Scouts. It just gives more ammunition to the Boy Scout organization and conservatives not to admit openly homosexual men as leaders.

The Scouts are a great organization but if they have this kind of dirty laundry it does need to be dealt with.


19 posted on 09/17/2012 10:25:37 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: gimme1ibertee

the list was probably an anachronistic approach from that 1919 era. Find a pervert in their midst, they expell them and keep a list so they can’t come back.

Though it seems hard to believe, there was a time when this was poorly understood, and very difficult to prosecute unless caught in the act.
This was an era when a pregnant girl might be sent away to have the baby. It’s just the way things were then. The BSA was doing what they thought was right, and were trying to keep homo/pedophiles out of their organization.

No scandal here.


20 posted on 09/17/2012 10:26:54 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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