[Vision2020] Boy Scout files reveal repeat abuse, report says

Mon Aug 6 19:18:12 PDT 2012

Tom,

Surely the Douglas Wilson who wrote the letter you displayed cannot be the
same Douglas Wilson who wrote
on page 85 of *Fidelity,* explaining how pedophiles should be dealt with: *“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”*

Surely no one could be that corrupt, hypocritical, venial, and dishonest,
and at the same time call himself a pastor of the Christian faith.

w.

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com> wrote:

> Or how about . . .
>
> "Uh, how about a one-strike law.  Death doesn't seem too extreme for a
> level-3 sex offender."
>
> - Dale Courtney (August 3, 2005)
>
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "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!)."
>
> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
>
>
> On Aug 6, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> w.
>
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Tom Hansen < <thansen at moscow.com>
> thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>
>> A local enabler and protector?
>>
>> Somebody like . . .
>> <image.jpeg>
>> <image.jpeg>
>>
>>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "If not us, who?
>> If not now, when?"
>>
>> - Unknown
>>
>> On Aug 6, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Art Deco < <art.deco.studios at gmail.com>
>> art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Doesn't he have a local enabler and protector?  Perhaps you have a photo
>> of him.
>>
>> w.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Moscow Cares < <moscowcares at moscow.com><moscowcares at moscow.com>
>> moscowcares at moscow.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Correction:****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> 118 East Fourth Street (Moscow, Idaho), the address of the Moscow Police
>>> Department, is listed as Mr. Sitler’s “college address”.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> <http://isp.idaho.gov/sor_id/SOR?id=6787&sz=985><http://isp.idaho.gov/sor_id/SOR?id=6787&sz=985>
>>> http://isp.idaho.gov/sor_id/SOR?id=6787&sz=985****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Hmmm.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Seeya round town, Moscow.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen****
>>>
>>> Moscow, Idaho****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> *From:* <vision2020-bounces at moscow.com> <vision2020-bounces at moscow.com>
>>> vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto: <vision2020-bounces at moscow.com><vision2020-bounces at moscow.com>
>>> vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] *On Behalf Of *Moscow Cares
>>> *Sent:* Monday, August 06, 2012 4:05 PM
>>> *To:* Art Deco
>>> *Cc:* <vision2020 at moscow.com> <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>> vision2020 at moscow.com
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Boy Scout files reveal repeat abuse, report
>>> says****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Courtesy of the Idaho State Police at:****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>>  <http://isp.idaho.gov/sor_id/SOR?id=6787&sz=985><http://isp.idaho.gov/sor_id/SOR?id=6787&sz=985>
>>> http://isp.idaho.gov/sor_id/SOR?id=6787&sz=985****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ****
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ****
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ****
>>>
>>> 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?****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Seeya round town, Moscow.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen****
>>>
>>> Moscow, Idaho****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> "If not us, who?****
>>>
>>> If not now, when?"****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> - Unknown****
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 6, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Art Deco < <art.deco.studios at gmail.com><art.deco.studios at gmail.com>
>>> art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:****
>>>
>>> I think I get it.  You wouldn't happen to have a recent photo, would
>>> you?  That would remove all doubt.
>>>
>>> w.****
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Tom Hansen < <thansen at moscow.com><thansen at moscow.com>
>>> thansen at moscow.com> wrote:****
>>>
>>> Something like . . . ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> <image.jpeg>****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Seeya round town, Moscow.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen****
>>>
>>> Moscow, Idaho****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> "If not us, who?****
>>>
>>> If not now, when?"****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> - Unknown****
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 6, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Art Deco < <art.deco.studios at gmail.com><art.deco.studios at gmail.com>
>>> art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:****
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Puzzled,
>>>
>>> w.****
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Tom Hansen < <thansen at moscow.com><thansen at moscow.com>
>>> thansen at moscow.com> wrote:****
>>>
>>> An anti-gay organization that shelters child abusers?****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Gee, Wayne.  That sounds somewhat very familiar.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Nah!  Nothing like that could happen here in Moscow . . . huh.****
>>>
>>> Seeya round town, Moscow.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen****
>>>
>>> Moscow, Idaho****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> "If not us, who?****
>>>
>>> If not now, when?"****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> - Unknown****
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 6, 2012, at 7:29 AM, Art Deco < <art.deco.studios at gmail.com><art.deco.studios at gmail.com>
>>> art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:****
>>>
>>> <http://www.spokesman.com/>****
>>> August 6, 2012****
>>> Boy Scout files reveal repeat abuse, report says****
>>>
>>> Jason Felch
>>> Los Angeles Times ****
>>>
>>> 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.****
>>>
>>> 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.****
>>>
>>> “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.****
>>>
>>> That barrier, however, has been breached repeatedly.****
>>>
>>> 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.****
>>>
>>> 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.****
>>>
>>> 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.”****
>>>
>>> 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. ****
>>>
>>> “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.****
>>>
>>> In response to the Times’ findings, the Scouts issued a statement that
>>> said in part:****
>>>
>>> “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.”****
>>>
>>> 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.****
>>>
>>> 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.****
>>>
>>> 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.****
>>>
>>> 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.****
>>>
>>> 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.
>>> ****
>>>
>>> The accounts that emerge are often incomplete. But the Scouts ultimately
>>> deemed the allegations sufficiently credible to expel the suspected abusers.
>>> ****
>>>
>>> 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.****
>>>
>>> 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.
>>> ****
>>>
>>> __________________________________________
>>>
>>> No real surprises here for anyone familiar with the problem:
>>>
>>> <http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/03/19/21325><http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/03/19/21325>
>>> http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/03/19/21325
>>>
>>> <http://ldssexchildabuse.blogspot.com/><http://ldssexchildabuse.blogspot.com/>
>>> http://ldssexchildabuse.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>> <http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/02/15/34213.htm><http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/02/15/34213.htm>
>>> http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/02/15/34213.htm
>>>
>>> For many, many more similar cases, Google: mormon "boy scouts" "sexual
>>> abuse"
>>>
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