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Feb 22, 2012, 12:54:21 AM2/22/12
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- A judge overseeing a lawsuit brought by the
family of a California boy molested by his troop leader in 2007 has
ordered the Boy Scouts of America to hand over confidential files
detailing allegations of sexual abuse by Scout leaders around the
nation.
The Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge said last month that the
Irving, Texas-based organization must turn over the last 20 years'
worth of records by Feb. 24, with victims' names removed, the Los
Angeles Times reported Sunday. The files will not be made public.
Known as "ineligible volunteer files," the documents have been
maintained since the 1920s and are intended to keep suspected
molesters and others accused of misconduct out of Scouting. Scouts
officials have resisted releasing them and won't discuss their
contents, citing the privacy rights of victims and the fact that many
files are based on unproven allegations.
The officials deny that the files have been used to conceal sexual
abuse.
"These files exist solely to keep out individuals whose actions are
inconsistent with the standards of Scouting, and Scouts are safer
because of them," Deron Smith, public relations director of Boy Scouts
of America, told the Times.
The Santa Barbara case is significant because it seeks to unlock files
that have never been turned over by the Scouts, including all since
2005. It also alleges wrongdoing that took place relatively recently,
even as the Scouts have stepped up protective efforts.
The trial is scheduled for April, nearly five years after the boy,
then 13, was molested by volunteer troop leader Al Stein at a Boy
Scouts Christmas tree sale in Goleta. Stein pleaded no contest to
felony child endangerment in 2009.
He was sentenced to two years in prison but was paroled early and is
living in a Salinas motel with other sex offenders, his attorney
Steven Balash told the newspaper.
The victim's name has not been released. His mother claims that David
Tate, then the Los Padres Council Scout executive, asked her not to
call police after she reported her son's claim of abuse.
"He said that wasn't necessary, because the Scouts do their own
internal investigation," said the woman, whose name the Times withheld
to protect her son's identity. "I thought that was really weird... I
thought it was really important to call the sheriff right away."
The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, contends the Scouts knew
or should have known that Stein had put the boy at risk and cites
Tate's reluctance to call police as evidence of an effort to conceal
widespread sexual abuse.
Tate, now a top Scouts official in New York, declined to comment.
The boy's lawyers contend the files will expose the Scouts' "culture
of hidden sexual abuse" and its failure to warn boys, their parents
and others about pedophiles in the ranks of one of the nation's oldest
youth organizations.
"They have created these ticking time bombs who are walking through
society, and nobody knows their identities except the Scouts," said
Timothy Hale, one of the lawyers for the Santa Barbara County boy.
Some of the estimated 5,000 files have surfaced in recent years as a
result of lawsuits by former Scouts accusing the organization of
failing to exclude known pedophiles, detect abuses and report
offenders to police, and allowing predators to remain at large.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- A judge overseeing a lawsuit brought by the
family of a California boy molested by his troop leader in 2007 has
ordered the Boy Scouts of America to hand over confidential files
detailing allegations of sexual abuse by Scout leaders around the
nation.
The Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge said last month that the
Irving, Texas-based organization must turn over the last 20 years'
worth of records by Feb. 24, with victims' names removed, the Los
Angeles Times reported Sunday. The files will not be made public.
Known as "ineligible volunteer files," the documents have been
maintained since the 1920s and are intended to keep suspected
molesters and others accused of misconduct out of Scouting. Scouts
officials have resisted releasing them and won't discuss their
contents, citing the privacy rights of victims and the fact that many
files are based on unproven allegations.
The officials deny that the files have been used to conceal sexual
abuse.
"These files exist solely to keep out individuals whose actions are
inconsistent with the standards of Scouting, and Scouts are safer
because of them," Deron Smith, public relations director of Boy Scouts
of America, told the Times.
The Santa Barbara case is significant because it seeks to unlock files
that have never been turned over by the Scouts, including all since
2005. It also alleges wrongdoing that took place relatively recently,
even as the Scouts have stepped up protective efforts.
The trial is scheduled for April, nearly five years after the boy,
then 13, was molested by volunteer troop leader Al Stein at a Boy
Scouts Christmas tree sale in Goleta. Stein pleaded no contest to
felony child endangerment in 2009.
He was sentenced to two years in prison but was paroled early and is
living in a Salinas motel with other sex offenders, his attorney
Steven Balash told the newspaper.
The victim's name has not been released. His mother claims that David
Tate, then the Los Padres Council Scout executive, asked her not to
call police after she reported her son's claim of abuse.
"He said that wasn't necessary, because the Scouts do their own
internal investigation," said the woman, whose name the Times withheld
to protect her son's identity. "I thought that was really weird... I
thought it was really important to call the sheriff right away."
The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, contends the Scouts knew
or should have known that Stein had put the boy at risk and cites
Tate's reluctance to call police as evidence of an effort to conceal
widespread sexual abuse.
Tate, now a top Scouts official in New York, declined to comment.
The boy's lawyers contend the files will expose the Scouts' "culture
of hidden sexual abuse" and its failure to warn boys, their parents
and others about pedophiles in the ranks of one of the nation's oldest
youth organizations.
"They have created these ticking time bombs who are walking through
society, and nobody knows their identities except the Scouts," said
Timothy Hale, one of the lawyers for the Santa Barbara County boy.
Some of the estimated 5,000 files have surfaced in recent years as a
result of lawsuits by former Scouts accusing the organization of
failing to exclude known pedophiles, detect abuses and report
offenders to police, and allowing predators to remain at large.
DCI
Feb 21, 2012, 1:40:50 AM2/21/12
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On Feb 21, 9:54 pm, Racist <WhiteTrashBast...@Cincinnati.com> wrote:
> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boy-scouts-ordered-release-s...
the organizations responsibility: do thorough back ground checks.
Chicken hawks love youth serving organizations, which offer,
unintentionally so, a veritable cornucopia of opportunity of
opportunities.
DCI
> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boy-scouts-ordered-release-s...
>
> SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- A judge overseeing a lawsuit brought by the
> family of a California boy molested by his troop leader in 2007 has
> ordered the Boy Scouts of America to hand over confidential files
> detailing allegations of sexual abuse by Scout leaders around the
> nation.
Youth serving organizations need to be put on notice, and, as part of
> SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- A judge overseeing a lawsuit brought by the
> family of a California boy molested by his troop leader in 2007 has
> ordered the Boy Scouts of America to hand over confidential files
> detailing allegations of sexual abuse by Scout leaders around the
> nation.
the organizations responsibility: do thorough back ground checks.
Chicken hawks love youth serving organizations, which offer,
unintentionally so, a veritable cornucopia of opportunity of
opportunities.
DCI
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