What an incredibly sad statement about our society today.
This kind of crap was going on in the 19th Century as well. It just didn't make the headlines like it does today.
Same with school shootings, etc. People like to think that school shootings (kids shooting kids) is a new phenomenon.....it was going on during the Depression epression as well.
Excuse me, but this example of shining journalistic achievement, presumably from the socialist-leaning Columbia School of Journalism, has missed the boat. If homosexuality is "normal" and no aspect of the behavior is illegal, then how the H-LL would a background check find a homosexual much less ascertain the deviant's proclivity toward molestation of boys?
I am guessing that the only way to detect these deviants is as follows:
(1) Interview them carefully as regards lifestyle and have them pledge and sign a document stating that they are not homosexual and have no designs on boys.
(2) Instruct the boys that anytime a scoutmaster or leader acts sexually toward them, in the slightest fashion, they are to report it immediately.
(3) Have each scoutmaster agree by contract, in advance, to the civil penalties they will incur (e.g., big-time $$) in addition to criminal prosecution should they so much as fondle a boy.
Such draconian measures are a deterrent, of course, intended to make the lonely pervert look elsewhere and decide to do something else with this time.
What a sad state of affairs in our nation such that it comes to this. I grieve for all of us and for our great country and Western civilization.