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Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Posted by David Clohessy on October 18, 2012
Today, thousands of pages of long-secret Boy Scout files about child sex crimes and cover ups are being released. Our heart aches for every child who was assaulted by Scout personnel, especially those who were sexually violated after Scout executives knew or suspected that the assailant was a child molester.
In response to these revelations, Scout executives will offer up a range of carefully-crafted claims largely designed to make excuses, dodge responsibility, shift blame, and proclaim progress. The public should be very wary of these claims.
Scout executives will claim ‘we’re adopted reforms.’ But they’ve only done so very belatedly, after lawsuits and pressure. (Background checks were adopted by Scout executives only in 2008, for example.)
Scout executives will claim ‘our reforms are working.’ But thus far, these alleged reforms are largely untested.
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