Report: Boy Scout files reveal repeat child abuse

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Internal documents from the Boy Scouts of America reveal more than 125 cases in which men suspected of molestation allegedly continued to abuse Scouts, despite a blacklist meant to protect boys from sexual predators.

A Los Angeles Times review (http://lat.ms/OT9zx5) of more than 1,200 files from 1970 to 1991 found suspected abusers regularly remained in the organization after officials were first presented with sexual misconduct allegations.

Predators moved from troop to troop because of clerical errors, computer glitches or the Scouts' failure to check the blacklist, known as the "perversion files," the newspaper said.

In at least 50 cases, the Scouts expelled suspected abusers, only to discover they had re-entered the organization and were accused of molesting again.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10374776

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That ban on gay scout leaders sure has worked, hasn't it? With it in place, no children will ever be abused. Thanks to the Boy Scouts, decent people are being refused for these positions because of their orientation, but pedophiles...NOTICE THE DISTINCTION...keep getting in. I'm so sick of this gay=pedophile "logic." The Boy Scouts need to fix a lot of things.

[xchrom]

1. du rec. nt

[kestrel91316]

2. How's that ban on teh gay working out for you, BSA??

[dballance]

3. I'm willing to bet none of the abusers identify as, or is gay

I'd further bet that every one of them has been described as a good family man who is a leader in their church and community. Also I'm sure their families and coworkers are all shocked.

[PSPS]

4. You're right, of course

Gee, what other organizations are magnets for those in the closet and, yet, publicly homophobic?