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And Doug can put a feather in his cap for that one, but it doesn't chance the fact that this guy admittedly committed horrific offenses and deserved to be punished to the full extent of secular law.  And, I might add again,  never be
        allowed around anyone under the age of 18. Period.<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 18:17:20 -0700<br>From: godshatter@yahoo.com<br>To: scooterd408@hotmail.com<br>CC: art.deco.studios@gmail.com; vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Boy Scout files reveal repeat abuse, report says<br><br>
  
    
  
  
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      Making no judgments either way, but I bet if someone asked Doug he
      would say that he is convinced that this one person repented his
      sins.  <br>
      <br>
      Paul<br>
      <br>
      On 08/07/2012 05:48 PM, Scott Dredge wrote:<br>
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        Doug and Dale are like a lot of conservatives that I know.  They
        have rigid view how people should behave and be punished based
        on their misinterpretation of 'the word of God'.  And then
        someone that they know up close and personal gets into a
        complicated situation and for that person, this rigid punishment
        no longer applies for this particular instance.  I remember Doug
        posting something on V2020 years ago about divorce was blessing
        considering some of the bad marriages he had seen / counseled. 
        I don't disagree with that.  Would Doug write a letter to the
        judge just because the 'parents had lots of money which they
        showered' on him?  I doubt it.  I don't think it was a tit for
        tat.  My guess would be that Doug knew the parents up close and
        personal and he writes that he spent time counseling the perp
        which he then got to know up close and personal and then he
        accordingly wrote the letter to the judge.  Me personally, I
        think the sentence should have been swift and severe, and after
        his incarceration (if it ever ended), the perp ought to never be
        allowed around anyone under the age of 18. Period.<br>
        <br>
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          <hr id="ecxstopSpelling">Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 19:18:12 -0700<br>
          From: <a class="ecxmoz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a><br>
          To: <a class="ecxmoz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
          Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Boy Scout files reveal repeat abuse,
          report says<br>
          <br>
          Tom,<br>
          <br>
          Surely the Douglas Wilson who wrote the letter you displayed
          cannot be the same Douglas Wilson who wrote <br>
          on page 85 of <i>Fidelity,</i> explaining how pedophiles
          should be dealt with: <b>“But when we are dealing with young
            children who are abused by adults (pederasty, child porn,
            etc.) the penalty for those guilt of the crime should be
            death”</b><br>
          <br>
          Surely no one could be that corrupt, hypocritical, venial, and
          dishonest, and at the same time call himself a pastor of the
          Christian faith.<br>
          <br>
          w.<br>
          <br>
          <div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 5:40 PM,
            Moscow Cares <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">moscowcares@moscow.com</a>></span>
            wrote:<br>
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              <div>
                <div>Or how about . . .</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>"Uh, how about a one-strike law.  Death doesn't
                  seem too extreme for a level-3 sex offender."</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>- Dale Courtney (August 3, 2005)
                  <div class="ecxim"><br>
                    <br>
                    <div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Tom Hansen</div>
                    <div>Moscow, Idaho</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                  <div>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college
                    students.  The college students are not very active
                    in local elections (thank goodness!)."</div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</div>
                  <div> </div>
                </div>
                <div class="ecxim">
                  <div><br>
                    On Aug 6, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Art Deco <<a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a>>
                    wrote:<br>
                    <br>
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                  <div>
                    <div class="ecxim">Surely this can't be the same
                      Douglas Wilson who once strongly and unequivocally
                      advocated the death penalty for child molesters
                      like Steven Sitler.  Surely no one could be that
                      big of a hypocrite especially where innocent
                      children are involved.  Surely no decent, ethical,
                      and empathetic human would change his mind just
                      because the pervert's parents had lots of money
                      which they showered on the writer of the letter.<br>
                      <br>
                      w.<br>
                      <br>
                    </div>
                    <div class="ecxgmail_quote">
                      <div class="ecxim">On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:46 PM,
                        Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span>
                        wrote:<br>
                      </div>
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                        <div>
                          <div class="ecxim">
                            <div>A local enabler and protector?</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>Somebody like . . .</div>
                          </div>
                          <div><span><image.jpeg></span><br>
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                            <div class="h5">
                              <div><image.jpeg>
                                <div><br>
                                  <div><br>
                                    <div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div>
                                    <div><br>
                                    </div>
                                    <div>Tom Hansen</div>
                                    <div>Moscow, Idaho</div>
                                    <div><br>
                                    </div>
                                    <div>"If not us, who?</div>
                                    <div>If not now, when?"</div>
                                    <div><br>
                                    </div>
                                    <div>- Unknown</div>
                                  </div>
                                </div>
                                <div>
                                  <div>
                                    <div><br>
                                      On Aug 6, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Art
                                      Deco <<a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a>>
                                      wrote:<br>
                                      <br>
                                    </div>
                                    <blockquote>
                                      <div>Doesn't he have a local
                                        enabler and protector?  Perhaps
                                        you have a photo of him.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        w.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        <div class="ecxgmail_quote">On
                                          Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:16 PM,
                                          Moscow Cares <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">moscowcares@moscow.com</a>></span>
                                          wrote:<br>
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                                              <div>
                                                <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Correction:</span></p>
                                                <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                                                <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">118
                                                    East Fourth Street
                                                    (Moscow, Idaho), the
                                                    address of the
                                                    Moscow Police
                                                    Department, is
                                                    listed as Mr.
                                                    Sitler’s “college
                                                    address”.</span></p>
                                                <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                                                <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://isp.idaho.gov/sor_id/SOR?id=6787&sz=985" target="_blank">http://isp.idaho.gov/sor_id/SOR?id=6787&sz=985</a></span></p>
                                                <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                                                <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hmmm.</span></p>
                                                <div>
                                                  <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                                                  <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Seeya
                                                      round town,
                                                      Moscow.</span></p>
                                                  <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                                                  <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Tom
                                                      Hansen</span></p>
                                                  <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Moscow,
                                                      Idaho</span></p>
                                                  <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                                                  <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                                                </div>
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                                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                                                        <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>
                                                        [mailto:<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]
                                                        <b>On Behalf Of
                                                        </b>Moscow Cares<br>
                                                        <b>Sent:</b>
                                                        Monday, August
                                                        06, 2012 4:05 PM<br>
                                                        <b>To:</b> Art
                                                        Deco<br>
                                                        <b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
                                                        <b>Subject:</b>
                                                        Re: [Vision2020]
                                                        Boy Scout files
                                                        reveal repeat
                                                        abuse, report
                                                        says</span></p>
                                                  </div>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>
                                                  <div>
                                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                    <div>
                                                      <p class="ecxMsoNormal">Courtesy
                                                        of the Idaho
                                                        State Police at:</p>
                                                    </div>
                                                    <div>
                                                      <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                    </div>
                                                    <p class="ecxMsoNormal">
                                                      <a href="http://isp.idaho.gov/sor_id/SOR?id=6787&sz=985" target="_blank">http://isp.idaho.gov/sor_id/SOR?id=6787&sz=985</a></p>
                                                    <div>
                                                      <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                      <div>
                                                        <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                      </div>
                                                      <div>
                                                        <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet\00000d\00000aMS","sans-serif";color:#3f3b3b"><img src="http://isp.idaho.gov/sor_id/photos/SITLES_8006854_04-05-2012.jpg" border="0"></span></p>
                                                      </div>
                                                      <div>
                                                        <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                        </p>
                                                        <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                        </p>
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                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">Mr.
                                                          Sitler's
                                                          address is 118
                                                          East Fourth
                                                          Street
                                                          (Moscow,
                                                          Idaho) which
                                                          coincides with
                                                          the address of
                                                          the Moscow
                                                          Police
                                                          Department.
                                                           Anybody care
                                                          to inquire?</p>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">Seeya
                                                          round town,
                                                          Moscow.</p>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">Tom
                                                          Hansen</p>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">Moscow,
                                                          Idaho</p>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">"If
                                                          not us, who?</p>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">If
                                                          not now,
                                                          when?"</p>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">-
                                                          Unknown</p>
                                                        </div>
                                                      </div>
                                                      <div>
                                                        <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
                                                          On Aug 6,
                                                          2012, at 3:50
                                                          PM, Art Deco
                                                          <<a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a>>
                                                          wrote:</p>
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                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I think I get it.  You wouldn't happen to
                                                          have a recent
                                                          photo, would
                                                          you?  That
                                                          would remove
                                                          all doubt.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          w.</p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">On
                                                          Mon, Aug 6,
                                                          2012 at 3:37
                                                          PM, Tom Hansen
                                                          <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:</p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">
                                                          Something like
                                                          . . . </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><image.jpeg></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">
                                                          Seeya round
                                                          town, Moscow.</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">Tom
                                                          Hansen</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">Moscow,
                                                          Idaho</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">"If
                                                          not us, who?</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">If
                                                          not now,
                                                          when?"</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">
                                                           </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">-
                                                          Unknown</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
                                                          On Aug 6,
                                                          2012, at 12:52
                                                          PM, Art Deco
                                                          <<a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a>>
                                                          wrote:</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <blockquote style="margin-bottom:5.0pt">
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Gee Tom, I wonder who it could be.  Maybe
                                                          you could post
                                                          a link or two
                                                          to help me
                                                          figure it
                                                          out.  If there
                                                          any links
                                                          pointing to a
                                                          letter
                                                          describing an
                                                          incident with
                                                          a two year
                                                          old, that
                                                          would maybe
                                                          narrow it down
                                                          a bit.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Puzzled,<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          w.</p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">On
                                                          Mon, Aug 6,
                                                          2012 at 7:41
                                                          AM, Tom Hansen
                                                          <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:</p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">An
                                                          anti-gay
                                                          organization
                                                          that shelters
                                                          child abusers?</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">Gee,
                                                          Wayne.  That
                                                          sounds
                                                          somewhat very
                                                          familiar.</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Nah!  Nothing like that could happen here
                                                          in Moscow . .
                                                          . huh.</p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">Seeya
                                                          round town,
                                                          Moscow.</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">Tom
                                                          Hansen</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">Moscow,
                                                          Idaho</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">"If
                                                          not us, who?</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">If
                                                          not now,
                                                          when?"</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">
                                                          - Unknown</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
                                                          On Aug 6,
                                                          2012, at 7:29
                                                          AM, Art Deco
                                                          <<a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a>>
                                                          wrote:</p>
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                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><a href="http://www.spokesman.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img src="http://media.spokesman.com/img/bits/logo-sr.png" border="0"></span></a></p>
                                                          <h5>August 6,
                                                          2012</h5>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <h1>Boy Scout
                                                          files reveal
                                                          repeat abuse,
                                                          report says</h1>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal">Jason
                                                          Felch<br>
                                                          Los Angeles
                                                          Times </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>LOS
                                                          ANGELES – For
                                                          nearly a
                                                          century, the
                                                          Boy Scouts of
                                                          America has
                                                          relied on a
                                                          confidential
                                                          blacklist
                                                          known as the
                                                          “perversion
                                                          files” as a
                                                          crucial line
                                                          of defense
                                                          against
                                                          sexual predators.<br>
                                                          Scouting
                                                          officials say
                                                          they’ve used
                                                          the files to
                                                          prevent
                                                          hundreds of
                                                          men who had
                                                          been expelled
                                                          for alleged
                                                          sexual abuse
                                                          from returning
                                                          to the ranks.
                                                          They’ve fought
                                                          hard in court
                                                          to keep the
                                                          records from
                                                          public view,
                                                          saying
                                                          confidentiality
                                                          was needed to
                                                          protect
                                                          victims,
                                                          witnesses and
                                                          anyone
                                                          falsely accused.<br>
                                                          “It is a fact
                                                          that Scouts
                                                          are safer
                                                          because the
                                                          barrier
                                                          created by
                                                          these files is
                                                          real,” Scouts
                                                          Chief
                                                          Executive
                                                          Robert Mazzuca
                                                          said in video
                                                          posted on the
                                                          organization’s
                                                          website
                                                          in June.<br>
                                                          That barrier,
                                                          however, has
                                                          been
                                                          breached repeatedly.<br>
                                                          A Los Angeles
                                                          Times review
                                                          of more than
                                                          1,200 files
                                                          dating from
                                                          1970 to 1991
                                                          found more
                                                          than 125 cases
                                                          across the
                                                          country in
                                                          which men
                                                          allegedly
                                                          continued to
                                                          molest Scouts
                                                          after the
                                                          organization
                                                          was first
                                                          presented with
                                                          detailed
                                                          allegations of
abusive behavior.<br>
                                                          Predators
                                                          slipped back
                                                          into the
                                                          program by
                                                          falsifying
                                                          personal
                                                          information or
                                                          skirting the
                                                          registration
                                                          process.
                                                          Others were
                                                          able to jump
                                                          from troop to
                                                          troop around
                                                          the country
                                                          thanks to
                                                          clerical
                                                          errors,
                                                          computer
                                                          glitches or
                                                          the Scouts’
                                                          failure to
                                                          check
                                                          the blacklist.<br>
                                                          In some cases,
                                                          officials
                                                          failed to
                                                          document
                                                          reports of
                                                          abuse in the
                                                          first place,
                                                          letting
                                                          offenders stay
                                                          in the
                                                          organization
                                                          until new
                                                          allegations
                                                          surfaced. In
                                                          others,
                                                          officials
                                                          documented
                                                          abuse but
                                                          merely
                                                          suspended the
                                                          accused leader
                                                          or allowed him
                                                          to continue
                                                          working with
                                                          boys while
                                                          on “probation.”<br>
                                                          In at least 50
                                                          cases, the Boy
                                                          Scouts
                                                          expelled
                                                          suspected
                                                          abusers, only
                                                          to discover
                                                          later that
                                                          they had
                                                          re-entered the
                                                          program and
                                                          were accused
                                                          of
                                                          molesting again.
                                                          <br>
                                                          “Basically,
                                                          there were no
                                                          controls,”
                                                          said Bill
                                                          Dworin, a
                                                          retired Los
                                                          Angeles police
                                                          expert on
                                                          child sexual
                                                          abuse who
                                                          reviewed
                                                          hundreds of
                                                          the files as a
                                                          witness for an
                                                          Oregon man
                                                          abused by his
                                                          troop leader
                                                          in the 1980s.<br>
                                                          In response to
                                                          the Times’
                                                          findings, the
                                                          Scouts issued
                                                          a statement
                                                          that said
                                                          in part:<br>
                                                          “The Boy
                                                          Scouts of
                                                          America
                                                          believes even
                                                          a single
                                                          instance of
                                                          abuse is
                                                          unacceptable,
                                                          and we regret
                                                          there have
                                                          been times
                                                          when the BSA’s
                                                          best efforts
                                                          to protect
                                                          children were
                                                          insufficient.
                                                          For that we
                                                          are very sorry
                                                          and extend our
                                                          deepest
                                                          sympathies to
                                                          victims. … We
                                                          are committed
                                                          to the ongoing
                                                          enhancement of
                                                          our program,
                                                          in line with
                                                          evolving best
                                                          practices for
protecting youth.”<br>
                                                          The Scouts
                                                          have
                                                          maintained
                                                          “ineligible
                                                          volunteer”
                                                          files in one
                                                          form or
                                                          another since
                                                          at least 1919
                                                          to keep track
                                                          of men who
                                                          failed to meet
                                                          Scouting’s
                                                          moral
                                                          standards.
                                                          Files that
                                                          involved
                                                          allegations of
                                                          child sexual
                                                          abuse were
                                                          dubbed
                                                          “perversion
                                                          files.” A
                                                          master list of
                                                          those banned
                                                          from Scouting
                                                          has been
                                                          computerized
                                                          since 1975 and
                                                          is used to vet
                                                          applicants for
                                                          volunteer and
paid positions.<br>
                                                          Only a select
                                                          few in
                                                          Scouting have
                                                          access to the
                                                          files, which
                                                          are kept in 15
                                                          locked
                                                          cabinets at
                                                          Scout
                                                          headquarters
                                                          in Irving,
                                                          Texas. But
                                                          over the
                                                          years,
                                                          hundreds of
                                                          the files have
                                                          been admitted
                                                          as evidence,
                                                          usually under
                                                          seal, in
                                                          lawsuits by
                                                          former Scouts
                                                          alleging a
                                                          pattern of
                                                          abuse in
                                                          the organization.<br>
                                                          Many of the
                                                          files will
                                                          soon be made
                                                          public as a
                                                          result of an
                                                          Oregon Supreme
                                                          Court
                                                          decision. The
                                                          court, in
                                                          response to a
                                                          petition by
                                                          the Oregonian,
                                                          the Associated
                                                          Press, the New
                                                          York Times and
                                                          other media
                                                          organizations,
                                                          ordered the
                                                          release of
                                                          1,247 files
                                                          from 1965 to
                                                          1984 that had
                                                          been admitted
                                                          as evidence,
                                                          under seal, in
                                                          the
                                                          2010 lawsuit.<br>
                                                          In
                                                          anticipation
                                                          of the
                                                          release,
                                                          attorneys for
                                                          the Boy Scouts
                                                          conducted an
                                                          informal
                                                          review of 829
                                                          of the files,
                                                          saying they
                                                          sought to put
                                                          the contents
                                                          in
                                                          perspective.
                                                          The Scouts
                                                          said the
                                                          review found
                                                          175 instances
                                                          in which the
                                                          files
                                                          prevented men
                                                          who’d been
                                                          banned for
                                                          alleged abuse
                                                          from
                                                          reentering
                                                          the program.<br>
                                                          The Times
                                                          analyzed an
                                                          overlapping,
                                                          though broader
                                                          and more
                                                          recent, set of
                                                          files, which
                                                          were submitted
                                                          in a
                                                          California
                                                          court case in
                                                          1992. Their
                                                          contents vary
                                                          but often
                                                          include
                                                          biographical
                                                          information on
                                                          the accused,
                                                          witness
                                                          statements,
                                                          police
                                                          reports,
                                                          parent
                                                          complaints,
                                                          news
                                                          clippings, and
                                                          correspondence
                                                          between local
                                                          Boy Scout
                                                          officials and
national headquarters.<br>
                                                          The accounts
                                                          that emerge
                                                          are often
                                                          incomplete.
                                                          But the Scouts
                                                          ultimately
                                                          deemed the
                                                          allegations
                                                          sufficiently
                                                          credible to
                                                          expel the
                                                          suspected abusers.<br>
                                                          Today, the Boy
                                                          Scouts of
                                                          America says
                                                          it continues
                                                          to use the
                                                          confidential
                                                          files as part
                                                          of its efforts
                                                          to prevent
                                                          child abuse.
                                                          In recent
                                                          decades, it
                                                          has added
                                                          other
                                                          protective
                                                          measures. In
                                                          1988, for
                                                          instance,
                                                          Scouting did
                                                          away with
                                                          probation; its
                                                          policy now is
                                                          to expel
                                                          anyone
                                                          suspected in
                                                          “good faith”
                                                          of abuse. In
                                                          2008, criminal
                                                          background
                                                          checks were
                                                          required on
                                                          all
                                                          volunteers,
                                                          and in 2010
                                                          the
                                                          organization
                                                          required all
                                                          suspected
                                                          abuse to be
                                                          reported to
                                                          law enforcement.<br>
                                                          The extent to
                                                          which these
                                                          measures have
                                                          succeeded is
                                                          impossible to
                                                          gauge: The
                                                          Scouts
                                                          continue to
                                                          fight in court
                                                          against the
                                                          release of
                                                          more
                                                          recent files.<br clear="all">
                                                          <br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">
__________________________________________<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          No real
                                                          surprises here
                                                          for anyone
                                                          familiar with
                                                          the problem:<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <a href="http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/03/19/21325" target="_blank">http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/03/19/21325</a><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <a href="http://ldssexchildabuse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://ldssexchildabuse.blogspot.com/</a><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/02/15/34213.htm" target="_blank">http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/02/15/34213.htm</a><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          For many, many
                                                          more similar
                                                          cases, Google:
                                                          mormon "boy
                                                          scouts"
                                                          "sexual abuse"<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          -- <br>
                                                          Art Deco
                                                          (Wayne A. Fox)<br>
                                                          <a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a><br>
                                                          <br>
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                                                          <br>
                                                          -- <br>
                                                          Art Deco
                                                          (Wayne A. Fox)<br>
                                                          <a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a><br>
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                                                          Art Deco
                                                          (Wayne A. Fox)<br>
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                    <div>
                      <div class="h5"><br>
                        <br clear="all">
                        <br>
                        -- <br>
                        Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<br>
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 serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.
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