Questions over Scout safety after abuse tally is revealed
Jul 30, 2021
3 minutes
By Haroon Siddique
More than 250 people in the UK and Ireland have been convicted of child sexual abuse offences committed while they were Scout leaders or in other positions of responsibility within the Scout movement since the 1950s, according to analysis that raises questions about the organisation’s safeguarding procedures.
For decades, the Scout movement has been promoted as offering the chance to experience adventures and gain life skills, but a review of offenders shows that for scores of children it
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