RSSGays, the Boy Scouts, and the Catholic Church
Gene Lalor | March 21, 2010
On March 17th, a civil trial began in Portland, Oregon in which a former Boy Scout is alleging that ”the Boy Scouts of America knew it had child molesters in its leadership for decades but kept the problem quiet.”
I’m not privy to the details of the action except as reported in The Oregonian but the reporter contends that there are hundreds of confidential Boy Scout files accumulated over the course of the organization’s century-old history that indicate the Scout’s hierarchy knew of and tolerated sexual predators for decades.
The report also contends that “dozens” of sex abuse claims have been filed against the Scouts over the years, which claims were all settled out of court so that the organization’s confidential files never became public.
Without impugning the motives or veracity of The Oregonian’s reporter, Aimee Green, it’s curious that none of those dozens of charges were ever investigated by authorities and no sexual predator was ever indicted.
Assistant Scoutmaster Timur Dykes 
of Portland was indicted and has admitted to at least 17 molestations and it is one of his victims, now 37 years of age, who brought the suit for $14 million against the Boy Scouts of America and its local council.
In court, attorney Kelly Clark, representing the victim, “held up file folder after file folder from Boy Scout headquarters that he said proves the organization knew of at least 1,000 suspected child molesters from 1965 to 1985.”
That, of course, is yet to be proven before he and the anonymous victim will collect a penny in damages.
Clark, 
who specializes in child sexual abuse cases, also represents seven other alleged victims of Dykes.
The lead defense attorney will argue that “sexual abuse of children wasn’t a problem specific to the Scouts but one that occurs throughout society. He also told jurors that child molesters are difficult to track and that the organization kept confidential files on them in an effort to protect children.”
Patrick Boyle, author of a book on sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts, commented for The Oregonian story: “People are unwilling to punish the Boy Scouts. I draw a distinction with the Catholic Church, because a lot of people don’t like the Catholic Church:” http://bit.ly/awyvCG
That backhanded praise for the Scouts and un-called for slap at the Catholic Church may be the key to what this case is all about, namely drawing an awkward parallel between the two institutions since the Church has been in the news for some years now over alleged and admitted pedophilia committed by some priests.
Nowhere in Green’s story nor in Boyle’s comments is any mention made of the homosexual angle in both institutions. Nowhere is the word, “homosexual,” even used.
The Catholic Church in desperation over a dearth of vocations to the priesthood wrongfully recruited suspected homosexuals and then covered up some of their crimes against kids. Likewise, the Boy Scouts may have done the same in order to staff its ranks with troop leaders.
However, that may be the issue in the trial against the Boy Scouts organization but isn’t the whole societal issue, that being the recent “emancipation” of homosexuals thanks to legal and political decisions.
With the encouragement of the North American Man/Boy Love Association, NAMBLA, the activities of GLSEN, GLAAD and other gay activist groups, and the imprimatur conferred on homosexuality by Obama’s safe schools czar, Kevin Jennings, an avowed homosexual, many gays now feel more empowered than they ever have been.
Is it any wonder that many of them would flock to seminaries and Boy Scout troops to seek their victims under the unintended auspices of the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America?
Also curious is the fact the Portland case was filed after the Boy Scouts have come under attacks by gays by publically refusing membership to homosexual scout leaders: http://bit.ly/cA8qM5
Timur Dykes is evidently guilty of pedophilia. He has confessed to the crimes. The Boy Scouts of America is clearly innocent until proven guilty of facilitating homosexual contact with boys.
Still, in a civil, not criminal trial, with the right judge and jury, the Scouts may well lose this one. It’s certain there will be more to follow.
They had better be prepared.
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