[mtbopfuyn]

This is nothing new. Back in the 70's our coach began having sex with a 12 year old girl. Back then, there was no such thing as filing charges and everyone rolled their eyes. The relationship lasted for years, they eventually married when she was in her 20's, they had kids, and finally divorced. We also had a female teacher who gave, um, private instruction to the boys. Nothing was done about that situation either. I'm not condoning this, just stating all the media jumping on every incident with teachers and boy scout leaders is nothing new.

[chronic_loser]

in one sense it is nothing new. Perversion has always been around. In another sense it is different. A guy who did this kind of stuff in my home town had to flee the town, and it was NOT for fear of arrest. An enraged pair of male relatives beat the living hell out of him and told him if he stuck around, they would fly his balls underneath the fed/state as a third banner on the school flagpole. He moved in 2 days, and he was lucky they did not kill him.

The community's tolerance for such stuff is what is different.