Please keep in mind that beyond the damage to the boys; this is both a land grab to steal endowed, intentionally unsellable donated property (Philmont Scout Ranch in NM) and the infiltration and destruction of a formerly conservative and beneficial institution.

Everyone looses in this scandal except the lawyers.

I benefited from Boy Scouts for many years and saw none of what we have read about the last few years.

However, when my son joined, I knew something had changed. The leaders that I saw were not of the caliber that I had.

cannot give innocence back to the sexually abused

these pedos need to HANG by rule of law, but they have gotten protected for decades/centuries!

I belonged to the Cub Scouts when I was a kid. Thankfully, we didn't have that problem, at least as far as I know. I can only imagine what a traumatic experience it must be. The closest I ever came was when I was 16 and hitch hiking to my girlfriend's house. This was back in 1970 and it was normal to see people on the side of the road with their thumb out, even 16 year olds. Make that ESPECIALLY 16 year olds. Anyway this older guy picked me up and after about a mile he started stroking my leg and asked me something, I forget exactly what. But as the car slowed down for a stop light I jumped out of the car, yelling something like, "I have a girlfriend!"
I ran the rest of the way to my girlfriend's and was shaking for hours. The memory of it has stayed with me like it happened yesterday. So for boys who actually were molested, it must be like having PTSD. There's no punishment too extreme for the creeps who victimize children.