On Wednesday, the LA Times reported that the files revealed a
pattern
of grooming behavior, in which men seduced their young victims
by offering them gifts, favors, counseling and one-on-one attention. In
many cases, the alleged molesters spent time alone with Scouts — a
practice long discouraged by the organization and formally prohibited in
1987.
In September, The Times reported that the Boy Scouts failed
to report hundreds of alleged child molesters to police and often hid
the allegations from parents and the public.
Scouting officials
frequently urged admitted offenders to quietly resign and helped many
cover their tracks, allowing them to cite bogus reasons for their
departure.
In 80% of the 500 cases in
which the Scouts were the first to learn about abuse, there is no record
of Scouting officials reporting the allegations to police. In more than
100 of the cases, officials actively sought to conceal the alleged
abuse or allowed the suspects to hide it, The Times found.
Nine
days after that report, the Boy Scouts announced that it would conduct a
comprehensive review of about 5,000 files going back to the 1940s and
would report to law enforcement any cases it had not previously
disclosed.
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Same old story - off to Church on Sunday -rape a kid on Monday - then cover it up with the help of yoyr good Christian neighbors.
