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Over 88,000 sex abuse claims filed against Boy Scouts of America
Christian Post ^ | 11/17/2020 | Brandon Showalter

Posted on 11/17/2020 7:01:25 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

My sister-in-law told of a similar situation back in the 1940s.

This happened to my wife in the early 1960s. We have a couple large military bases here and lots of veterans and active military. Her dad was in the army for 28 years and was tough as nails. They knew how to handle something along these lines without further traumatizing the kids involved. The guy who disappeared had a family but they were apparently better off without him.

41 posted on 11/17/2020 8:23:12 AM PST by fireman15
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ll hold them to the very same standard I hold the Catholic Church.

If there was no contemporaneous police report, it didn’t happen.

All who believe in the rule of law should adopt the same standard.


42 posted on 11/17/2020 8:54:07 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Vermont Lt

“Dont know anyone diddled by the boy scouts.”

The figure is up to 90,000+. Even back in the 70’s adults were never left alone with any scout at least with my troop.


43 posted on 11/17/2020 8:55:59 AM PST by setter
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To: SeekAndFind

let faggots near boys and this will ALWAYS happen


44 posted on 11/17/2020 9:02:00 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Vermont Lt

A scout master in my old troop was sent to jail for 20 years for doing that.


45 posted on 11/17/2020 9:02:56 AM PST by StolarStorm
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To: Pearls Before Swine

They mortgaged the Philmont Ranch in NM a few years ago. I doubt they have much left except a tattered reputation.


46 posted on 11/17/2020 9:25:22 AM PST by zek157
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To: Perseverando

It’s a database, started by BSA to keep track of “ineligible volunteers” and expanded since. All the law firms have it, just search for that phrase.


47 posted on 11/17/2020 10:54:59 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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To: 1Old Pro

Pushing for and allowing homosexual troop leaders for the sake of diversity. What could go wrong?

That’s a little misleading, but you are right about the outcome.

The vast majority of these claims are from when the BSA banned open homosexuals from the organization completely. But that doesn’t mean that allowing in queers didn’t add gasoline to the fire.

I’ve gotten spam email soliciting claimants who’ve been sexually molested in the Scouts. They are fishing for “victims” with a carrot on a stick, so we shouldn’t be surprised that some money grubbing people won’t suddenly “remember something that happened.”

The organization will be long gone before the current crop of scouts under the newly sodomized BSA will be filing abuse cases. And they will be in the tens of thousands.

48 posted on 11/17/2020 11:03:30 AM PST by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Almost all of these cases are from well before the BSA’s decision to allow openly gay scouts and scoutmasters, so blaming it on that makes little sense. The number of victims seems quite large to me, to the extent that I must confess being a little suspicious whether these are all real abuses cases, but scouting used to be significantly more popular, so I’m not sure how this sorts out %-wise. Maybe it’s a believable number given that context.


49 posted on 11/17/2020 12:58:26 PM PST by Stravinsky (Politeness will not defeat the Marxist revolutionaries)
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To: lodi90

I never heard of the Perversion Files, I looked them up and found my father’s assailant listed. Thank you for telling me about this.


50 posted on 11/17/2020 1:45:40 PM PST by Shadow44
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To: SeekAndFind

I keep seeing the commercials for this. What kind of legal case would a kid have if he was abused by a priest who also was a scout leader, was wearing asbestos robes, covered in talcum powder, and making hm spray Round Up Weed Killer?


51 posted on 11/17/2020 1:51:22 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

What kind of legal case would a kid have if he was abused by a priest who also was a scout leader, was wearing asbestos robes, covered in talcum powder, and making hm spray Round Up Weed Killer?
= = = = = = =

‘They’ (probably) have an AP for that!!!!


52 posted on 11/17/2020 1:53:50 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

This. It’s not a gay thing. It’s a pedo thing. My abuser was a school principal. They go where the kids are.


53 posted on 11/17/2020 1:54:22 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: SeekAndFind

That is re-dick-less!


54 posted on 11/17/2020 2:29:09 PM PST by Jumper
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To: Vermont Lt

Commercials for that are also around but the BSA lawsuit ones had a deadline date which is about now.


55 posted on 11/17/2020 2:43:39 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: SeekAndFind

Conservative Boy Scout Alternatives
https://wehavekids.com/youth-programs/Conservative-Boy-Scout-Alternatives


56 posted on 11/22/2020 9:19:49 AM PST by tbw2
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To: Pearls Before Swine

They’ve mortgaged Philmont to pay this.


57 posted on 11/22/2020 9:20:07 AM PST by tbw2
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To: cherry

Conservative Boy Scout Alternatives
https://wehavekids.com/youth-programs/Conservative-Boy-Scout-Alternatives


58 posted on 11/22/2020 9:20:15 AM PST by tbw2
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To: Sacajaweau

Can Hatred of Christians Lead to Support of Sexual Minorities?
https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2019/03/50399/


59 posted on 11/22/2020 9:20:40 AM PST by tbw2
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To: mrmeyer

Can Hatred of Christians Lead to Support of Sexual Minorities?
https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2019/03/50399/


60 posted on 11/22/2020 9:20:50 AM PST by tbw2
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