Tax-Exempt Boy Scouts Hide 'Morally Straight' Pedophiles In Plain Sight

While the Scouts have spent years hiding their pedophiles in the name of protecting their reputation, they were also launching a decades-long fight to keep gay scouts and leaders from being in their troops. This duplicity has all been supported with our tax dollars. This news story in the Los Angeles Times caught my eye recently: 'Boy Scouts helped alleged molesters cover tracks, files show' Over two decades, the Boy Scouts of America failed to report hundreds of alleged child molesters to police and often hid the allegations from parents and the public. A Los Angeles Times review of 1600 confidential files dating from 1970 to 1991 has found that Scouting officials frequently urged admitted offenders to quietly resign - and helped many cover their tracks. More