WE ARE sons, brothers, husbands, fathers, businessmen and Eagle Scouts who are survivors of sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America. Trauma often debilitates individuals and fragments our communities. Communication often turns to silence, relationships undergo strain and shock echoes through our everyday lives. Some of us broke our silence and shared our stories in the documentary Leave No Trace, and have now created the BSA Survivors Action Group in order to help other former Scouts break their silence and find help to transform trauma into healing.
Have you or a loved one been affected by childhood abuse in the Boy Scouts?
Join the Boy Scouts of America SURVIVORS ACTION GROUP
WE ALSO continue to be supporters of scouting and the Boy Scouts of America. Our aim is to put into action those important qualities that we learned from scouting: leadership, commitment to helping others, and taking responsibility. We are working to fix what is broken in the organization that we hold so dear. We invite you to join us in our mission to help the BSA evolve and become the best that scouting has to offer for generations to come. Thank you.
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The Boy Scouts of America has been found responsible in the largest sexual assault case in US history; in August 2022 a US Bankruptcy Court judge approved a $2.5 billion settlement for over 82,000 victims who were sexually abused by Boy Scout leaders.
In 1916, Congress granted the Boy Scouts of America a rare Congressional Charter, effectively giving them a monopoly and an implied governmental Seal of Approval. BSA Administrators and Scout Leaders are responsible for the abuse of tens of thousands of young scouts over multiple generations, and Congress, with their oversight responsibility, must act.
Leave No Trace investigates a century-long cover-up as 82,000 men step forward with claims of sexual abuse, exposing the failure of the Boy Scouts of America to protect their young Scouts.
For more than a century, the Boy Scouts were a bastion of archetypal American iconography and values. “It’s apple pie, it’s baseball, it’s mom, it’s Fourth of July, it’s the American flag, it’s Norman Rockwell, it’s everything” says journalist and former scout Nigel Jaquiss in the new Hulu documentary Leave No Trace. Then in February of 2020, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for bankruptcy in response to sexual abuse claims levied by more than 82,000 former scouts. It was a decisive blow to the organization, which was revealed to have been systematically covering up the abuse of the children in its care throughout its existence.
Directed by Peabody and Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated journalist Irene Taylor, Leave No Trace showcases the devastating consequences of unchecked sexual abuse in BSA through interviews with five survivors who were abused during their time as scouts, as well as archival footage, and a meticulous recounting of BSA’s history. The documentary also demonstrates the staggering scale and timeline of the organization’s coordinated cover-up effort through interviews with lawyers, historians, experts, and current and former BSA executives.
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