Re: TWO-DEEP LEADERSHIP
Brian L. Davis (brian@COR.GOV)
Mon, 21 Mar 1994 11:53:27 -0600
Byron Hynes writes:
->You seem to be talking from both sides of you mouth, Brian.
It really doesn't take much to keep a discussion civil, does it?
->
->You say BSA doesn't, and shouldn't, do investigations, but that it is
->appropriate and a "duty" to act as if someone is convicted, even if it
->ruins lives.
So, you are advocating a policy that leaves Adult Scouters accused of sexually
molesting scouts in contact with these boys, until they can be proven beyond a
shadow of a doubt, to be guilty? Would you allow *your* child to attend the
meetings held by an accused molester? Are you able to determine guilt and
innocence infallibly? I understand your point that adults are vulnerable to
false complaints. I agree that it is a problem. I also agree that people
should be innocent until proven guilty. I do not agree, that membership in
the boy scouts of america is a civil right, nor do I agree that the BSA should
be considered a court of law, or held to the same standards as a court of law.
Our duty is to protect children. While it is true, that an innocent man is
no threat, it is conversely true that a guilty man is - and I am not able
or willing, to assume the role of a police investigator, nor gamble the safety
of children in the interim. Given the two exclusive choices - A. Protect the
innocently accused adult, B. Protect the innocent children in the troop/pack,
I can see no alternative. This too, is the position of the BSA - that their
moral and ethical responsibility to both the children and parents of their
membership, is to remain consistant with their mission - Service to Youth.
Brian Davis
Youth Protection Chairman
Circle Ten
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