US – Scouts Abuse Scandal-Where’s The Action?
October 25, 2012Editor’s note: The following is a statement published by Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).
It’s been a week since BSA abuse and cover up files were released. It’s been more than a week since BSA officials pledged to “notify law enforcement of any allegations that have not already been disclosed.”
So is this happening? If so, where’s the proof?
And if not, why not?
Every day that information about known and suspected child sex crimes stays hidden, kids are needlessly and recklessly and callously put at risk. Every day this information stays hidden enables child molesters to destroy evidence, intimidate victims, threaten witnesses, discredit whistleblowers, fabricate alibis, and flee elsewhere. Every day this information stays hidden, the chances increase that statute of limitations.
And where are the names of Scout officials who have been ousted for ignoring or concealing known and suspected child sex crimes?
Months ago, three Penn State officials were ousted in the Jerry Sandusky debacle. This week, a BBC official stepped down in the Jimmy Savile controversy.
Those two cases involve one predator each, not hundreds or thousands.
Yet we’ve seen no evidence that even a single Scout official has been demoted or disciplined or kicked out because he hid or ignored child sex crimes. And we’ve seen no evidence that even a single page of Scout records has been turned over recently to law enforcement.
Talk is cheap. The Scouts have pledged action. It should happen NOW.
Further reading:
http://www.snapnetwork.org/us_scouts_abuse_scandal_where_s_the_action