I was in the cubs around 1978 when I was 10-12 yrs old I think. On day one I was told to meet one of…
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Sexual Abuse
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Pre 2014
My late husband was abused by a Scout leader in the 1970s. This contributed to the damage done to hi…
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Sexual Abuse
I started Scouts from Cubs in 1982. It was boys only then. The Scout Leader had very wandering hands…
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Sexual Abuse
I was sexually assaulted by two separate leaders. The first, an ex RAF officer who photographed me a…
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Sexual Abuse
Nearly 80 years ago, I joined a well respected scout group in *****, to which a number of my schoolm…
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Sexual Abuse
Cub scouts
My brother joined the local cub scout group 2 years before me.
I b…
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Sexual Abuse
My story is actually an observation about the lack of safeguarding in the Scouts. I worked with a ma…
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Sexual Abuse
My story happened in the 1970’s.
I attended cubs as child and was abused by a so called leader on…
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Adult Leader
I never really wanted to join the scouts but my older brother was in it and I think my mum thought i…
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Physical Abuse
I joined the Scouts after some peer pressure saying it was something fun to do in the evenings. I wa…