Attorney for Boy Scouts tells judge 20 years worth of "perversion files" should be kept secret

[Amerigo Vespucci]

TUESDAY Jan 11, 2011 16:52 ET
Boy Scouts argue perversion files should be secret
By NIGEL DUARA, Associated Press

An attorney for the Boy Scouts of America told the Oregon Supreme Court on Tuesday that 20 years worth of so-called "perversion files" should be kept secret despite a trial judge's order to open them.

Robert Aldisert said in oral arguments that a Multnomah County judge abused his discretion when he ruled to open the files.

That launched an exchange between Aldisert and Justice Robert D. Durham, who questioned whether there was a "logical stopping point" to Aldisert's argument that the judge overstepped his bounds.

"Where is the line?" Durham said. Aldisert said the answer was to treat every case individually.

http://www.salon.com/wires/us/2011/01/11/D9KMD1D83_us_boys_scouts_abuse/index.html

[randr]

1. If these files in any way refer to any form of abuse to children

the line has already been crossed.

[xchrom]

2. Grrrrrrrrrrrr!!! Gaaaaaaa!!! Nt

[DCKit]

3. The same (WRONG) tactic used by the Catholic church to protect it's reputation.

In the meantime, a lot of abusers are running around free.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. Exactly..."Let's keep this self-contained so nothing ever gets done about it."

I guess the word "transparency" isn't in everyone's vocabulary.

[Mojeoux]

5. If your kid was one of the kids in the files,

If you were a kid in the files, the files might be evidence. They are avoiding lawsuits.
Scum bags.