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by KnuthIsGod 37 days ago
The elephant in the room is

the pedophile in the Scoutmaster.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boy-scouts-america-have...

Why would any responsible parent put their child in such danger.

3 comments

The danger is the same as anywhere. It just got in the news and now you think it is worse.
Yes, it is unfortunately. It is a great shame, because I believe scouting can be a positive experience when there are proper safeguards. They have paid out a lot of compensation recently.

In the USA, the Mormon church disaffiliated their programme from them a few years ago and that was a big blow to them too since a lot of LDS kids were members.

Do you feel that it's also irresponsible for parents to take their kids to a Catholic church?
The highest rates of abuse are in government run institutions worldwide, but I rarely hear that mentioned.