The whistleblower, Michael Johnson, was the BSA's former director of child protection. He said in the film that he wanted to implement "what I felt were very medium-level policies and content training upgrades for youth protection."
"I kept getting told that the Mormons may not like that, the Mormons don't like that," Johnson said.
A BSA executive told him: "You need to understand something … The Mormons are sacrosanct," Johnson said.
The church did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment and did not participate in the film.
BSA consultants say about 2,800 abuse claims filed in the bankruptcy have direct ties to the church. Another 4,900 are potentially linked to the church, according to a sex abuse claim valuation expert who testified in bankruptcy proceedings last year.
The church had agreed to contribute $250 million to the fund — but a judge last year rejected the agreement over legal conditions that would have protected the church from future lawsuits.
The agreement would have prevented BSA claimants from suing the church separately over incidents that occurred outside of scouting. The judge said that protection for the church went too far.
The Church, through its lawyers, puts protecting cash ahead of anything else.
Premise 1. Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.
Premise 2. The best evidence for the Book of Mormon is eyewitness testimony.
Conclusion. Therefore, the best evidence for the Book of Mormon is notoriously unreliable.
I looked back at my scouting days which was Wednesday afternoon. I really liked them. I would say one time abuse occurred because of lack of direction and rules. In 1973 the class was on CPR. No one was going to volunteer for mouth to mouth with the scout master until one was selected. So one incident of blowing of air from an adult into the mouth a 12 year old was done which was wrong. The lack of guidelines significantly increased the risk of harm. 10 years later I had a CPR dummy at my job with a paper read out and it was 12 chest compressions to 2 breaths. We also had to spray the mouth and clean it with cloth before the next person tried. I did hear about an incident in another ward in our stake but I was so young and wasn’t very curious about it
I’m sorry to say that bad actors with nefarious intentions made their way in and people were harmed.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
Dr. Shades, lack of rules created the problems. Because of all the harm that is/or has happened, I would say that there must be two adults who are meeting with the children that are their not own; and in any situation.
All though with new technology a camera recording the questions and responses could be employed.
I remember a time when those counselors in California trying to get their 3000 hours of counseling in so they could take their state board examination, the session was recorded and reviewed by a licensed therapist.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
