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Scouting America are committed to creating safe environments for Scouts and leaders. Child abuse is an uncomfortable topic but an important one for us to cover to ensure the safety and well-being of our Scouts and leaders. Scouting America has partnered with subject-matter experts from the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center Foundation to present the Personal […]
  • pdxfed@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Fucking no! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America_sex_abuse_cases

    "In 2010, a jury ordered that the Boy Scouts of America pay US$18.5 million (equivalent to $27.3 million in 2025) to a scout who was abused in the 1980s – the largest punitive damages award to a single plaintiff in a child abuse case in the US.[7]

    On February 18, 2020, the Boy Scouts of America filed for a Chapter 11 financial restructuring to offer “equitable compensation” to survivors and their families. The BSA cited approximately 200 pending lawsuits in state and federal district courts across the United States and 1,700 potential claimants in total. In May of that same year, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware set November 16, 2020, at 5 pm EST as the bar date for all survivors of sexual abuse; 92,700 sexual abuse claims were filed with the bankruptcy court by the deadline.[8]"

    Of all the potential sources for child abuse training for an important topic, you might as well share the PowerPoint from the Vatican on how to keep young boys safe.