Anti-Gay Boy Scout Leader Arrested for Molesting Boys

Posted by Paddy , Brave New Films at 3:23 PM on December 9, 2007.

This post, written by Paddy, originally appeared on Cliff Schecter's Brave New Films Blog

It just has to be hard fact by now that anytime someone obsesses about gay people in pretty much any way you're going to find....

Scout Leader in California Accused of Abuse

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6 - A scout leader who once sued the City of Berkeley for challenging a national Boy Scout ban on members who are gay or atheist has been arrested on felony charges that for at least five years he sexually abused young males in the troops he led.

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Mr. Evans sued the city in his role as a leader of the Sea Scouts, an affiliate program of the Boy Scouts. The city, after providing free berthing for a Sea Scouts boat for 60 years, said in 1998 that a Boy Scout policy barring gay scouts and atheists violated Berkeley's rules against discrimination. The city said the Scouts would have to leave the berth or pay $500 a month rent.

Mr. Evans sued for discrimination and for violating the Scouts' First Amendment rights. The California Supreme Court ruled in favor of Berkeley.

I'm thinking there are probably thousands of openly gay people who would have made much better Scout leaders than this closeted self-hater. But, isn't that the way it always is?

Tagged as: homophobia, child molestation, boy scouts

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