Perversion files released

[Beavah]

Yah, hmmm...

 

So that would be one of da cases where reportin' to da SE is a bad idea, eagle90.

 

Da proper thing to do in such a case is to call Children's Services yourself, and follow up with a written report to them.

 

First, because it's genuinely helpful if they get reports from more than one source, which might have different information or reflect separate incidents so as to establish a pattern.

 

Second, because by makin' a voluntary direct report to your states child protection agency and no one else, you are protected against claims of slander or libel, and your identity is kept confidential (where da SE and any notes he kept at da scout office could be subpoenaed).

 

This is easy, eh? Any child abuse yeh suspect which occurred outside of Scoutin', yeh go direct to your state's appropriate authorities. Doesn't matter if you're a voluntary or mandatory reporter, just get on da phone. None of this SE nonsense.

 

Beavah

 

[RememberSchiff]

The local scouting officials wrote to national headquarters seeking guidance on whether to encourage the parents of the abused boys to file a criminal complaint. Paul I. Ernst, the BSA executive then in charge of the organization's secret files, directed them not to.

 

"Normally, we do not suggest that any legal action be instituted by parents," Ernst wrote. "If they desire to do this on their own they certainly should bring about any action they feel necessary. Certainly in this case, there is every indication that legal action is justified."

 

From a story about former scoutmaster Thomas J. Menghi Jr

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/26/nc-boy-scouts-abuse/1659855/

 

[Tokala]

CSE, Wayne Brock, dealt with an ineligible volunteer according to the L.A. Times and did not report it to authorities.

 

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/dec/30/local/la-me-scouts-leaders-20121231

[qwazse]

You omit that it was in accordance with BSA policy and all legal requirements. Ask yourself why the headline wasn't "Top Executive Was In Compliance with All GA Statues When Handling Abuse".

 

Or on a more general scale, ask yourself why you haven't seen a headline, "Thousands of Incidents of Sexual Abuse Preceded BSA's Policy Against Homosexual Adult Leaders."