https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boy...se-n947576

They knew this was an issue. Yet they chose to approve gay scout leaders (the pedophiles were already there-why make it easier?). And then they admitted girls when they couldn't even control sex abuse against boys.

They haven't been following "Be prepared."

The majority of the BSA and Cub Scout troops tend to be linked to churches. Granted you have the RCC sex abuse issues; however, the scout troops that I've witnessed were run by parents involved in scouting - with priests having minimal involvement outside of "support the troop" drives and photo ops. I would guess that the majority of the troops are in good shape could easily be decentralized to operate independently on the local level.

FYI, I was never a scout so don't know much of the inner workings of the troops.

Maybe the GirlScouts can buy them out and then make it just for Boys again.

(12-13-2018 04:48 PM)miko33 Wrote:  The majority of the BSA and Cub Scout troops tend to be linked to churches. Granted you have the RCC sex abuse issues; however, the scout troops that I've witnessed were run by parents involved in scouting - with priests having minimal involvement outside of "support the troop" drives and photo ops. I would guess that the majority of the troops are in good shape could easily be decentralized to operate independently on the local level.

FYI, I was never a scout so don't know much of the inner workings of the troops.

The BSA were deliberate in trying to weed out the pedophiles back in the day. And you are correct most were parents who could move to get a bad leader removed quickly by the local Scout leadership. So it was in no way like the RCC. However, since the gay issue arose the deterioration of the local level administration to handle matters increased due to the polticization of the issue. With girls in now it's out of whack. Especially at the pre teen and teen level that can be a mixing of nitro with glycerin. I wouldn't want to be a scoutmaster in today's world, but then I wouldn't want to be a teacher either. You're damned if you don't maintain order and damned if you do. You're damned if you don't correct the kids when they are wrong and damned if you do. It almost has to be heavily parent involved (and I mean by more than just two sets of parents) to maintain order, offer constructive correction, and go camping or to a jamboree. I helped sponsor troops, but was not involved after I left scouting as a scout.

We had some great leaders but by the 90's most of them gave up. All it ever really did is exactly what it said it did. It instilled morals, familiarized kids with basic wilderness and outdoor skills, and promoted teamwork to accomplish objectives.

How that was ever deemed sexist is beyond me since the girl scouts did the same things. And most kids who came up in scouting didn't know if they were gay or not as cub scouts and if they were uncomfortable with their learning curve they got out and nobody knew the difference because lots of kids dropped out no matter what. Some just didn't like camping, hated jamborees, and didn't like campfire smoke.

Who would have ever thought it would be alleged to be more than that.

Boy Scout Institution has been mismanaged for over a decade. Lots of bad decisions without considering the impact they would have like long-time sponsors dropping out. Not surprised they're running out of money.