My son (8) and his fellow cubs have been bullied and humilated at meetings and at camp, while at ***…
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Post 2014
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My parents were high up in scouts so I spent my entire childhood at every single event possible unti…
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My parents were high up in scouts so I spent my entire childhood at every single event possible unti…
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Sexual Abuse
My ex husband was a Cub Scout leader in the late 60’s and early 70’s in a pack while he was serv…
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Post 2014
Recently I had to make a referral to the LADO about beavers group that I had attended as a helper wi…
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When I was 13, one of the young leaders (he was somewhere between 19 and 23) took me in his tent at …
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Sexual Abuse
What an amazing project. Thank you for this. My own story is from the 1960s or maybe early 1970s. A …
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Sexual Abuse
I was a scout at ****** between 1981 – 87. My abuser became a scout leader to solely groom boys some…
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Adult Leader
When I was 8-9, between 1977-1979 while a cub scout at the ***************, my friend and …
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Pre 2014
I was in my second year at scouts doing badges and applied for my first aid badge. The scout master …