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2020-11-17 -Lurid Crime Tales-

More than 80,000 sexual abuse claims expected against US Boy Scouts

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Posted by trailing wife 2020-11-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 Was a Cub Scout and then made...I think first class Boy Scout back in the Fifties. My Mom was a den mother and when my brother and I got into the Boy Scouts, my father was in charge of the outdoor stuff, camping and suchlike.
Far as I know, every adult male involved was some kid's father. Wouldn't have stood for anything. Mostly veterans, as well.

Never heard a word.

Interesting legal issue, though. If the kid/parent doesn't want to press charges, what is the organization supposed to do?

Failure to supervise is a likely locus of criminal charges I suppose--see Larry Nasser and all the failures of Duty to Report which aren't being charged--but you'd have to out the kid and his parents in the process.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2020-11-17 06:38|| 2020-11-17 06:38|| Front Page Top

#2 And then there's Hollywood.

Posted by Clem 2020-11-17 07:10|| 2020-11-17 07:10|| Front Page Top

#3 ...internal documents spelling out details of decades of sexual abuse.

I'm willing to bet it wasn't decades in the literal sense - compare the dates of the allegations against the timeline that forced the Boy Scouts to accept gay scoutmasters and then rerun the numbers.

Posted by Raj 2020-11-17 09:52|| 2020-11-17 09:52|| Front Page Top

#4 How's that ghey scoutmaster thing workin' out for ya?

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-11-17 11:30|| 2020-11-17 11:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Considering the way they've been running ads for victims on TV, I'm suprised there's not more.

Posted by ed in texas 2020-11-17 11:32|| 2020-11-17 11:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Bingo!!!! No one wants that answer.
With that many pending lawsuits the payout to actual victims has reached the point of diminishing returns, only the predatory lawyers will keep pushing the narrative.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-11-17 11:36|| 2020-11-17 11:36|| Front Page Top

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