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4 Tuesday, October 26,1993 Boy Scouts of America Releases Abuse Allegations BY SARA WORRELL STAFF WRITER Approximately 1,700 volunteer leaders in the Boy Scouts of America were sus pended or fired between 1971 and 1991 under allegations that they sexually abused members of their troops, a spokesman for the BSA said. Richard Walker, national spokesman for the BSA, said more than 1,800 cases of abuse were filed in the 20-year period, but about 100 cases had not been verified. An allegation of abuse by a scout against a scout leader always results in the leader’s suspension and the notification of child protection agencies, Walker said. Despite the high number of alleged abuses, Walker said Boy Scout-leader se lection was a thorough process. Leaders are chosen by local Boy Scout charters EL4FMAKERS si § , REPERTORY COMPANY TUESDAY COMMUNITY NIGHTS! 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Signature Return to Bill Riddick, Health Education Dept., C8#7470, Student Health Service. according to guidelines set by the national headquarters. “Go down and fill out an application with a local boy scouts coun cil,” Walker said. “I guarantee it is a very rigorous application.” Triangle scout groups use the applica tion process as a means to prevent child abuse within the organization, said Chuck Hanchay, scout executive of the Raleigh Boy Scouts’ Occoneechee Council. “There’s a pretty good screening pro cess, and we verify that,” he said. Hanchay said that although he did not think homosexuals were bad people, he believed they were not appropriate leaders for Boy Scout groups because pack leaders influenced children’s beliefs. “We do not consider homosexuals, pedophiles and people of that nature to be leaders,” he said. There are 11 Boy Scout councils in STATE & NATIONAL North Carolina and approximately 380 in the United States, Hanchay said. Currently, approximately 4 million leaders volunteer across the nation. The volunteers are given positions such as scout master or club master, which have varying degrees of re sponsibility. Walker said that according to the Na tional Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, 3 million cases of child abuse were filed in 1992 across the United States. Walker compared the 1,800 cases of alleged child abuse by Boy Scout leaders with the 3 million cases reported nation wide in one year. Child abuse, he said, was much worse in American society as op posed to the Boy Scouts. Hanchay agreed with Walker that the problem of child abuse was more serious on a larger scale. “I think it’s a societal problem," he said. “It’s not just in Boy Scouts.” Walker said the BSA would continue to II THE WORLD'S LARGEST 4 |/j j STUDENTS YOUTH I I ■ TRAVEL ORGANIZATION TRAVEL I 1 TANNERY 1 Month Unlimited $45 20 Visits $52 10 Visits S3O 5 Visits $22 Open Til Midnite 7 Days a Week 169 E. Franklin Street • Near the Post Office „ 929-5409 5C Copies Open Til Midnite 7 Days A Week C.O. COPIES 169 E. Franklin St. • Near the Post Office . 967-6633 , develop programs to address the national problem of child abuse. Charles Hart Enzer, a fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adoles cent Psychiatry, called child abuse in gen eral “a betrayal of trust. “The young of mammals have a right to expect that the adults of the group will protect their rights,” he said. Enzer said children could be brain washed into thinking they had been abused. “The way they are asked about it can result in brainwashing, ” he said. “It has to do with the skill of the interviewers.” Paul Fine, a professor of psychiatry at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., said the abuse harmed the victims’ trust in adults. “The Boy Scouts are built around help ing the boys develop a sense of identity,” he said. “It’s a basic betrayal of the child’s trust in a surrogate parent.” To help prevent future incidents of sexual abuse within its ranks, the Boy Scouts of America sponsored the first national sym posium on child abuse prevention this month .Youth protection experts discussed methods for prevention of child abuse and neglect with over 200 participants. Experts participating in the symposium included U.S. Rep. Patricia Schroeder, D- Colo. Schroeder addressed the issue of children’s rights via satellite from Wash ington, D.C. In a press release, Walker said the BS A’s first priority was to protect the 4.2 million Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in America. All new volunteers are required to be trained in youth-protection methods, he said. Scouts also are required to discuss child abuse and youth protection with their families and sign a parents’ guide to verify they had done so. A Super Savlnq SoluTiON: Stuclents Surely Save at SiMply Super ! ’..t®o o^st 4e t# • • * Includes: • # • • • * Full service immaculate \ .•• • * exterior wash ‘Original cost $lO ’ w | ndows shlned , T*rr*lA7 C C CA * intenor vacuumed JNUW jU • detailed hand-dry With this special Ladies Day Tuesday 414 E. Main St. (beside Domino's) *929-9122 111,! 1x ( l i’ ii "J soi \ n ki:iir i. \\ i \ i i\ \ |-; sii \c; \Wm w m (~m Wte. 1 1 \l (^Dyj :J \mk & mg iidPSl jjp J I MS HI ff Bif /fP I I I I w iFm IF YOU THOUGHT COLLEGE WAS EXPENSIVE, TRY PUTTING YOURSELF THROUGH RETIREMENT. 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Feinstein said she thought Olmos talked to students at that age because he believed they were the future of the nation. Rick Gardner, program assistant for the Carolina Union, said he thought Olmos would be able to give students a firsthand perspective on events like the L.A. riots. “He brings a fresh perspective to Caro lina,” Gardner said. “He brings a diverse background from acting to being an activ ist. He will be able to give us insight from what he learned from his experiences.” CABLE FROM PAGE 3 cil will propose are removing the need for converter boxes, creating better customer service, expanding available channels, improving technology and service options and providing access to noncommercial public, educational and government pro gramming, according to Horton’s report. “When Cablevision acquired the sys tem last year from Prime of Austin, Texas, we knew there were problems with cus tomer service,” said William D’Epagnier, vice president of Cablevision. After adding more workers, customer service complaints were reduced, D’Epagnier said. An additional service that Cablevision is looking into is broadcasting Emergency Broadcast System announce ments on all channels. “As soon as we know what the stan dards are, we are going to install this sys tem,” D’Epagnier said. “We (then) have to go through a rate-review process with the town and FCC.” GUNS FROM PAGE 1 the proposal was “right on the mark” and that he expected most of his fellow council members to agree. “I don’t think that we want to promote the use of guns in Chapel Hill,” Werner said. “I think it’s just sending the wrong message.” McFarling, who jiot be reached for comment Monday, spoke against pro posed gun-control legislation at an emo tion-laden council meeting in September.
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