First it was the Roman Catholic Church. Now, it seems, the Boy Scouts of America have been found out covering up hundreds of cases of sexual depredations by Scoutmasters.
The part of this story that made my jaw drop when I heard it on the way home this morning was the line taken by the attorneys for BSA. Their argument for keeping this guy around was that they were acting under the influence, as it were, of the mores and tenor of the times (in this case, the 1980's). One would think that an organization that has managed to fight against gay Scout leaders for decades might be a little less tone deaf to the idea this smacks of serious idiocy. The guy admitted to molesting 17 boys Think about that.
And the BSA, via their attorneys, said, "Well, he can still volunteer." Because, you see, it was a small town and the boys would be embarrassed and harassed in school if it became public knowledge they had been victimized by this guy.
I hope they have to fork over every last cent.
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