Trigger Warning

We’re very sorry but the stories being shared on our site are not suitable for Under 18s to access.

This site contains stories and experiences that people have submitted about abuse in a uniformed youth organisation. Some of these stories may be distressing or triggering. Please click the button below to confirm that you are over 18 and want to access this website.

If you are under 18 then please visit our support page.

 

Skip to main content
  • Pre 2014

    My story is a very old tale. I am 80 now and this relates to my experience in scouting when i was 12-13. On a camp trip to Reading I was sleeping in a tent of 5 or 6 scouts including a senior scout of around 18 who was well liked in the Scout Group by all including me.
    On a particular evening I was in my sleeping bag next to him. He got me to touch him in a certain way of which I was totally ignorant, He achieved what I now know as a climax which resulted in me receiving his semen over my hand. This was a complete shock. Next day he disappeared- I can only assume that his behaviour had been witnessed. I guess that this witness informed the leaders and he was removed. We were told that he had been taken ill and nothing was ever done. This episode must have created some severe shock and ptsd and controlled much of my life since then, which is a very long story. I couldn’t tell my parents or even older sisters. I have only managed to tell specialist therapists a little of the experience relatively recently. I have lived a life of organised chaos , and still continue to work albeit minimally. This seems to be a cover for the trauma. I now have Parkinson’s.
    I am now happy to tell this tale.
    Paul Eddins