UNITED STATES
KSDK
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By Alex Fees
St. Louis (KSDK) – Officials with SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, are weighing-in on the Boy Scouts child sex abuse scandal.
They say the documents made public Thursday by civil suits show the same kind of callous, reckless maneuvers by scouting officials that SNAP called attention to in other contexts, such as the Catholic Church and Penn State.
“The sad truth is many institutions value their own reputations over the safety of the kids they serve,” said David Clohessy, with SNAP in St. Louis.
Regarding the release of confidential, so-called “perversion” files kept by Boy Scout officials, Clohessy said, “We in SNAP are calling upon law enforcement officials to look through these files and use their bully pulpits and beg victims, witnesses, and whistle-blowers of scout abuse to come forward. Obviously most of these cases are from years and years ago. And the statute of limitations has probably run and nothing can be done, legally, but we believe it’s reckless to make that assumption.”
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