Nearly 800 Former Boy Scouts Come Forward With New Sex Abuse Allegations
August 7, 20193 min read656 words
Published: August 7, 2019  |  3 min read656 words
×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost News. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Nearly 800 former Boy Scouts claimed in a recent lawsuit that the failed to protect them from at the hands of troop leaders and others in positions of power. The suit, filed late Monday, claims the BSA ...
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August 12, 2019
It doesn't dig deep enough into the issue and give a reader objective commentary. It sensationalizes the article by using large numbers of alleged victims but there is no commentary regarding these numbers such as the fact that it is in the attorney's best interest to inflate these numbers, especially when many years laters it is impossible to investigate or verify. I'm sure there were many cases of child molestation in the years the Boy Scouts were in business, I just find it very interesting that out of 800 alleged accusers only 4 had more than one child accusing them of wrong doing.
August 12, 2019
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August 8, 2019
This article is clear about what is known and not know at this moment, and provides a ton of great context around the alleged abuses. I just wish the peice had included figures around Tim Kosnoff's statement that, “The numbers we’re talking about now dwarf what we’ve seen in the Catholic Church cases.”
August 8, 2019
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August 8, 2019
While more information is needed about the lawsuits, the article is contextual around who, what, and where the alleged sexual abuse happened.
August 8, 2019
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