All that talking about what they would have done, should have done but I bet they still think Queers should be allowed to be Boy Scout leaders.
This opens a vast chasm of questions in the light of today. Very complicated problems and no easy answers.
We know how whistle blowers are treated, some end up dead.
Law and litigation face anyone who goes to the police to report a crime with no proof. The young fella who witnessed all this must have been scared to death and called his father for advice on how to handle the situation, Dad must have advised him to follow the chain of command and report to his seniors, not to go over their heads to the police with no proof. Remember the witnesses did not know the identity of the children involved and had no idea if they would have the victim admit to rape.
Have to remember the police department is not going all out to investigate a powerful, influential, person on the word of just one person, proof they need.
I believe the people that reported this assistant coach and what they witnessed were doing all they could without getting run out of town on a rail by friends and supporters of the accused.
This is exactly what the pedophiles depend on, making a good name in the comunity, working with kids, never touching a child from an influential family, only the kids from troubled family's.
This was the responsibility of the informed to make an investigation in to the allegations against a valuable member of the organization, some one they would cover for up to murder.
So the accusations came in dibs and dabs, they respond by taking away the keys to the locker room, but still give him access to the players, they can do nothing about his famed work with little boys in a foundation he formed and is famous for.
Powerful people down to those living in a tent will protect those that they love or are of great benefit to them.
Eveyone involved with the cover up needs to get hauled over the coals. I am sure this was not a closed secret in the comunity, many must have known about it and for what ever their agenda, ignored or refused to believe the whispers and innuendos for Years.
We never want to believe someone we know and admire is a MONSTER, especially if they have only done right by us.
Lot's of nasty stuff going on below the surfice in this case, people who did know better are digging like crazy to cover up all the facts and deny they knew about this MONSTER.
It must be HELL to be 84 years old and watch as 61 years of hard work are destroyed because of belief in a pedophile, a slick customer that gained his trust. Could it be that it was the upper management that warned off the Coach to leave this alone ????
