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    Read an introduction to this site and learn more about Scouting's Youth Protection Director, Mike Johnson.

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    Dr. Janet Warren conducted an independent review of ineligible volunteer files from 1965 – 1985.

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    • Read an open letter from the Key 3 to the Scouting community

In the News

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  • Boy Scouts Of America Talking Publicly About Past Abuse (10-15-2012)
  • BSA committed to youth protection as sex abuse files released (10-15-2012)

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  • Major youth groups make headway against sex abuse
  • When abusers are 'like us,' how can they be stopped?
  • Why Witnesses Do — Or Don't — Report Abuse
  • Boy Scout leaders work to prevent abuse. Will Penn State do the same?
  • Boy Scouts of America Appoints Michael Johnson as Youth Protection Director

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