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Ex-Boy Scouts official blasts child-protection efforts
Date Shared: January 8th, 2024
Date Released: October 12th, 2021
Source: apnews.com

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The former youth protection director for the Boy Scouts of America said Tuesday the organization is not doing enough to protect children from sexual abuse and is still trying to maintain a veil of secrecy over decades of past abuse.

In a speech at the National Press Club, Michael Johnson urged Congress to investigate the BSA’s efforts to cover-up decades of past abuse, as well as the dangers he said the organization still poses to children.

“The Boy Scouts of America is not safe for kids. It is safer, but it is not safe for kids,” he said.

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