Scouts to turn over files in Calif. sex abuse case

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Scouts to turn over files in Calif. sex abuse case

A judge overseeing a lawsuit brought by the family of a California boy molested by his troop leader in 2007 has ordered the Boy Scouts of America to hand over confidential files detailing allegations of sexual abuse by Scout leaders around the nation.

The Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge said last month that the Irving, Texas-based organization must turn over the last 20 years' worth of records by Feb. 24, with victims' names removed, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday (http://lat.ms/xG2ojb ). The files will not be made public.

Known as "ineligible volunteer files," the documents have been maintained since the 1920s and are intended to keep suspected molesters and others accused of misconduct out of Scouting. Scouts officials have resisted releasing them and won't discuss their contents, citing the privacy rights of victims and the fact that many files are based on unproven allegations.

The officials deny that the files have been used to conceal sexual abuse.

"These files exist solely to keep out individuals whose actions are inconsistent with the standards of Scouting, and Scouts are safer because of them," Deron Smith, public relations director of Boy Scouts of America, told the Times.

The Santa Barbara case is significant because it seeks to unlock files that have never been turned over by the Scouts, including all since 2005. It also alleges wrongdoing that took place relatively recently, even as the Scouts have stepped up protective efforts.

The trial is scheduled for April, nearly five years after the boy, then 13, was molested by volunteer troop leader Al Stein at a Boy Scouts Christmas tree sale in Goleta. Stein pleaded no contest to felony child endangerment in 2009.

He was sentenced to two years in prison but was paroled early and is living in a Salinas motel with other sex offenders, his attorney Steven Balash told the newspaper.
http://news.yahoo.com/scouts-turn-over-files-calif-sex-abuse-case-201919674.html

1. any organization hiding abuse should be disbanded or disolved.

2. i wonder if this kind of abuse occurs in female organizations. you don't hear of abuse from female organizations like you do from male organizations. i wonder why this is.

3. let us hope this is not another catholic priest scenario.

 

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Scouts to turn over files in Calif. sex abuse case

A judge overseeing a lawsuit brought by the family of a California boy molested by his troop leader in 2007 has ordered the Boy Scouts of America to hand over confidential files detailing allegations of sexual abuse by Scout leaders around the nation.

The Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge said last month that the Irving, Texas-based organization must turn over the last 20 years' worth of records by Feb. 24, with victims' names removed, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday (http://lat.ms/xG2ojb ). The files will not be made public.

Known as "ineligible volunteer files," the documents have been maintained since the 1920s and are intended to keep suspected molesters and others accused of misconduct out of Scouting. Scouts officials have resisted releasing them and won't discuss their contents, citing the privacy rights of victims and the fact that many files are based on unproven allegations.

The officials deny that the files have been used to conceal sexual abuse.

"These files exist solely to keep out individuals whose actions are inconsistent with the standards of Scouting, and Scouts are safer because of them," Deron Smith, public relations director of Boy Scouts of America, told the Times.

The Santa Barbara case is significant because it seeks to unlock files that have never been turned over by the Scouts, including all since 2005. It also alleges wrongdoing that took place relatively recently, even as the Scouts have stepped up protective efforts.

The trial is scheduled for April, nearly five years after the boy, then 13, was molested by volunteer troop leader Al Stein at a Boy Scouts Christmas tree sale in Goleta. Stein pleaded no contest to felony child endangerment in 2009.

He was sentenced to two years in prison but was paroled early and is living in a Salinas motel with other sex offenders, his attorney Steven Balash told the newspaper.
http://news.yahoo.com/scouts-turn-over-files-calif-sex-abuse-case-201919674.html

1. any organization hiding abuse should be disbanded or disolved.

2. i wonder if this kind of abuse occurs in female organizations. you don't hear of abuse from female organizations like you do from male organizations. i wonder why this is.

3. let us hope this is not another catholic priest scenario.

1. i agree

2. it does, pedophiles are both male and female
females are harder to catch as there is less physical evidence and girls are more reluctant to talk about such things

3. pedophiles gravitate to where there are children, so it is likely

 

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Scouts to turn over files in Calif. sex abuse case

A judge overseeing a lawsuit brought by the family of a California boy molested by his troop leader in 2007 has ordered the Boy Scouts of America to hand over confidential files detailing allegations of sexual abuse by Scout leaders around the nation.

The Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge said last month that the Irving, Texas-based organization must turn over the last 20 years' worth of records by Feb. 24, with victims' names removed, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday (http://lat.ms/xG2ojb ). The files will not be made public.

Known as "ineligible volunteer files," the documents have been maintained since the 1920s and are intended to keep suspected molesters and others accused of misconduct out of Scouting. Scouts officials have resisted releasing them and won't discuss their contents, citing the privacy rights of victims and the fact that many files are based on unproven allegations.

The officials deny that the files have been used to conceal sexual abuse.

"These files exist solely to keep out individuals whose actions are inconsistent with the standards of Scouting, and Scouts are safer because of them," Deron Smith, public relations director of Boy Scouts of America, told the Times.

The Santa Barbara case is significant because it seeks to unlock files that have never been turned over by the Scouts, including all since 2005. It also alleges wrongdoing that took place relatively recently, even as the Scouts have stepped up protective efforts.

The trial is scheduled for April, nearly five years after the boy, then 13, was molested by volunteer troop leader Al Stein at a Boy Scouts Christmas tree sale in Goleta. Stein pleaded no contest to felony child endangerment in 2009.

He was sentenced to two years in prison but was paroled early and is living in a Salinas motel with other sex offenders, his attorney Steven Balash told the newspaper.
http://news.yahoo.com/scouts-turn-over-files-calif-sex-abuse-case-201919674.html

1. any organization hiding abuse should be disbanded or disolved.

2. i wonder if this kind of abuse occurs in female organizations. you don't hear of abuse from female organizations like you do from male organizations. i wonder why this is.

3. let us hope this is not another catholic priest scenario.

(Excerpt) Allegations of past sexual abuse by scout leaders are being investigated by Ontario Provincial Police, CBC News has learned.

Police say they received a letter from Scouts Canada two weeks ago detailing the allegations and requesting an investigation.

Scouts Canada has told the CBC that an independent review of its files uncovered abuse complaints.

Police won't comment on the status of the investigation or how many complainants may be involved.

The move follows an investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate into how Scouts Canada has dealt with past cases of sexual abuse.

The CBC's The Fifth Estate casts fresh doubt on Scouts Canada's claims about how it has dealt with those accused of preying on young boy scouts, and unearths cases not previously reported to police.

On Thursday, CBC News reported that Scouts Canada's chief commissioner, Steve Kent, said he accepts that his organization didn't report every allegation of sexual abuse in past decades, contrary to previous claims. (End)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/02/17/toronto-boy-scouts-opp-investigation.html

(Excerpt) A British Columbia man whose scout leader molested him is furious that Scouts Canada won't tell the public how many of its leaders have sexually abused former scouts like himself.

"I'd like to see the stats on how many victims in Canada there are due to the Boy Scouts," says the 52-year-old man, whose identity is protected by a publication ban.

An investigation by CBC-TV’s The Fifth Estate found that since the 1950s, more than 300 children have been abused by scout leaders active in the Canadian movement. (End)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/10/23/canada-scouts-roper-pedophile.html

Unfortunately, it's wide spread.