Scout's Honor : Sexual Abuse in America's Most Trusted Institution
Author: Patrick Boyle
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ISBN: 0761500243
Publisher: Prima Lifestyles (21 June, 1995)
Sales Rank: 486,858
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 out of 5
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Rating: 4 out of 5
Boy Scouts and the Catholic Church: parallel universes?
Patrick Boyle does a masterful job of illustrating how adult male homosexual pedophiles could fool whole communities of parents into thinking they had the best interests of their boys at heart while at the same time were intimidating their boys into having non-consensual sex right under the parent's noses. It's chilling to learn how the parents defended pedophile after pedophile as being "falsely accused" or "good men" while often refusing to take the boys' word that the Scout leader had coerced them into having sex. When I read the newpaper articles about how the Roman Catholic church hid their pedophile problem for years, as did the Boy Scouts, I see the same play but with different actors. If you want to get an insight into how pedophiles think, work, and act, read Scouts Honor. Don't, however, make the mistake of thinking that when the Boy Scouts got rid of their pedophiles, the pedophiles quit molesting. They are probably just "working" another youth organization using the same methods they used to infiltrate the Boy Scouts. Good book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Uncovers The True Evils in a Utopian Fantasy
As a victim and scout myself, I found this book to be an investigative feet with stories from all sides. It is a must read if you want to know how so many molesters can offend the nation's most trustworthy and honest youth in the worst way.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Good reading. If you are concerned about the topic
I wish there were books like it that dicussed abuse in other organizations such as church, and sports.
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