tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post2137349790819338775..comments2024-03-29T08:52:01.745-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: Local Churches Slowly but Surely Dropping Boy Scouts Undergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-79366402189324661542015-11-25T22:52:26.414-05:002015-11-25T22:52:26.414-05:00That is the city I was talking about. Those who do...That is the city I was talking about. Those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-27853312434208022062015-11-25T22:43:21.603-05:002015-11-25T22:43:21.603-05:00A case that attracted a great deal of media attent...A case that attracted a great deal of media attention in the late 1970s and early 1980s was the New Orleans Boy Scout sex ring. See "Boy Scout files show nearly 20 sex-abuse cases with New Orleans connections" at http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/10/boy_scout_files_show_nearly_20.html. I began working in the field of child welfare in New Orleans at that time and have some knowledge of the case. A group of sexual predators used the Boy Scouts as a cover to recruit boys for pornography and prostitution. They also recruited boys from poor families in the guise of church friendly visitors. <br /><br />Yet in the first decade of this century when I served as a troop committee member and chaplain for my grandnephew's troop, there were adult troop leaders who favored permitting gay adults to serve as troop leaders. They were a minority but they were also a persistent voice.<br /><br />My troop was very strict in observing the youth safety code that the Boy Scouts had implemented to protect the boys from sexual abuse and exploitation. But there were troops in the district whose adult leaders were very lax in their adherence to Boy Scout regulations--even bring beer to campouts and showing pornographic movies.Robin G. Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511384478845569163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-9410057750377344082015-11-19T13:15:02.850-05:002015-11-19T13:15:02.850-05:00Pewster,
The WELS has never had an agreement with ...Pewster,<br />The WELS has never had an agreement with the BSA. http://wels.net/faq/boy-scouts/<br />The LCMS said they would make a decision but have not done so yet that I can see. This is a bit of a puzzle.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.com