Boy Scout files reveal repeat child abuse by sexual predators [LA Slimes Hit Piece]

LA Times ^ | August 5, 2012 | Jason Felch and Kim Christensen

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For nearly a century, the Boy Scouts of America has relied on a confidential blacklist known as the "perversion files" as a crucial line of defense against sexual predators.

Scouting officials say they've used the files to prevent hundreds of men who had been expelled for alleged sexual abuse from returning to the ranks. They've fought hard in court to keep the records from public view, saying confidentiality was needed to protect victims, witnesses and anyone falsely accused.

"It is a fact that Scouts are safer because the barrier created by these files is real," Scouts Chief Executive Robert Mazzuca said in video posted on the organization's website in June.

That barrier, however, has been breached repeatedly.

A Los Angeles Times review of more than 1,200 files dating from 1970 to 1991 found more than 125 cases across the country in which men allegedly continued to molest Scouts after the organization was first presented with detailed allegations of abusive behavior.

Predators slipped back into the program by falsifying personal information or skirting the registration process. Others were able to jump from troop to troop around the country thanks to clerical errors, computer glitches or the Scouts' failure to check the blacklist.

[Terry Mross]

Bring more OPENLY homosexuals into the scouts. This way when a scout is abused they’ll know exactly where to look to find the perp.

[SaraJohnson]

The pervs want the boy scouts badly. They always go after children’s organizations but the Boy Scouts seems to be the number one place to be for pedators. They used to have a nationwide pedophile ring going. They want it back.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I was one Eagle Scout who had been raised by two lesbians simultaneously say that his moms wanted to be den leaders out of one side of his face and that they didn’t want to try to force anything on the scouts out of the other. If you want to create a truly warped individual incapable of logical thought, let liberals raise them.

[presently no screen name]

I was one Eagle Scout who had been raised by two lesbians

Did you leave something out?

[Blood of Tyrants]

LOL! I sure messed that one up! I should have said “There was one Eagle Scout”.

[presently no screen name]

I figured that and just wanted to alert you to correct it.

[SZonian]

That right there is a good post 1010RD.

Scouting ping to SandRat

Homo agenda ping to Wagglebee

[SandRat]

Scout Ping

[longtermmemmory]

Is there a commensurate list for the GSA “clubs” in the public schools? Is there a predator prevention list there?

[uncommonsense]

Having been an assistant den leader, I'm very proud of this record. 127 in 20 years across millions of boys participating in multiday events away from home. Compare this to any organization across the world and I guarantee no other group has this kind of safety record.

It's no accident that the Boy Scouts achieved these results against nearly insurmountable odds of infiltration and relentless political, legal, and media attacks.

[uncommonsense]

"In that vein 1200 files ≠ 1200 cases or even 125 cases. Anyone who takes math knows that when you change the unit designation you don't have the same thing."

Exactly. And why only 1,200 files across a multimillion person participation rate year year, across 20 years. That number seems very low given the high-value target opportunities for pedophiles.