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Boy Scouts’ police Explorer program has faced over 200 sexual misconduct accusations
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I won't try to convince you otherwise but I had to make this decision. I decided that the only way I was comfortable was by joining the pack leadership. BSA has had problems and will again not because of the organization but because the people looking for targets will go where the pray is.
The organization trains every pack leader and each year there are courses that are required for both kids and parents to help educate, and protect kids.
If my pack has a pedophile they hide it amazingly well. We enforce the buddy system for both adults and kids. The only time a kid is able to be alone with an adult is in their own tent and when they are a family unit.
But if my kids going to a meeting so am I or another family member I can trust. Hopefully vigilance am me education will be enough.
Don't predators join because BSA has a history of hiding pedophiles? We're only just finding out about this after decades of abuse. You can't claim it's not the organizations fault
I am not claiming its not their fault, but im not sure that its the history of abuse that attracts abusers, I really think its because its a volunteer based organization and there are kids in it so it makes them accessible to abusers.
The point I was trying to make is that it really comes down to your local leadership, and the parents in your pack. We have a good pack, we have involved leadership, and the guidance from the larger BSA organization when applied seems to be working.
Any time you have kids, and an organized group where adults interact with them you will have this risk. Summer camps, Schools, Sports clubs, anything. If you look at the history of nearly all kid enrichment programs you will find pedophiles and abusers.
I had two in my high school both of whom were teachers of mine, and I only found out years after. One was protected by the administration, the other hid is paedophilia in a buried chest in the woods for years.
That's exactly the problem, isn't it?
thats the problem with every kid based organization.
Headline from the BSA today: "BSA Joins Forces with the Department of Homeland Security on the Launch of the Know2Protect(TM) Public Awareness Campaign to Combat Online Child Exploitation and Abuse"
I just think its fair to point out they are trying, even if I dont love the larger organization. I definitely enjoy my pack.