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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · 13d

Not sure if Robert’s guilty plea is more unbelievable or his only getting six months WTF?!? Surely this is only the beginning with accountability, now to civil claims!
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/r...

Robert Morris, Gateway Church founding pastor, pleads guilty in Oklahoma child sexual abuse case

The longtime Texas pastor admitted to indecent conduct with a child, resolving a decades-old case tied to allegations of abuse in Oklahoma.

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Sep 15

Tyler Robinson, the 22 year old that assassinated Charlie Kirk, was a Mormon Boy Scout! Not surprised! We’re now checking his BSA Council/Troop to see if there was any known related sexual abuse.

Neighbors reeling after 'nice, quiet' Boy Scout arrested for Charlie Kirk assassination - News - SOSCSA.org

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Sep 7

Sandra Birchmore's tragedy is a fairly recent one, in the Boy Scouts of America/Scouting America's Explorer program, and involved a police officer that was a child predator and murderer.

Sandra Birchmore - CSASurvivors.org

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Sep 8

What You Did - Jon Bush, a Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivor and BSA bankruptcy Claimant

What You Did

YouTube video by Legacy Lap

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Sep 7

Sandra Birchmore's tragedy is a fairly recent one, in the Boy Scouts of America/Scouting America's Explorer program, and involved a police officer that was a child predator and murderer.

Sandra Birchmore - CSASurvivors.org

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Aug 31

BTK serial killer was a Cub Scout and Boy Scout leader who shined his shoes on Saturday nights and wore his best suits when he took his wife, Paula Dietz, and their children — Rawson and her brother, Brian — to church on Sundays. sexabuseregistry.org/perpetrator/...

Dennis Rader - Registry - SexAbuseRegistry.org

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Aug 28

Do you know of any Boy Scouts Child Sexual Abuse Survivors that are BSA Bankruptcy Claimants and have passed away?

Please let us know so they can be honored.
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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Aug 27

Help Us Hold the Boy Scouts of America Fully Accountable For over 115 years, on average, a child predator was reported to the Boy Scouts of America every other day... and thousands of children were sexually abused every year... for decades! gofund.me/2150f600

Donate to Help Us Hold the Boy Scouts of America Fully Accountable, organized by SOSCSA

As of August 24, 2025, it has been more than five years, six months, a… SOSCSA needs your support for Help Us Hold the Boy Scouts of America Fully Accountable

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Aug 27

BSA SURVIVOR & BANKRUPTCY CLAIMANT: Jon Bush is a Claimant in the Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse bankruptcy. He was abused by a Scoutmaster in the Bluegrass Council in Lexington, KY in 1991-92 at the ages of 9 and 10.

Jon Bush - BSA Survivor & BSA Bankruptcy Claimant - SurvivingScouting.org

YouTube video by Surviving Scouting

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Aug 26

Help Us Hold the Boy Scouts of America Fully Accountable

For over 115 years, on average, a child predator was reported to the Boy Scouts of America every other day... and thousands of children were sexually abused every year... for decades! A known problem since the 1920s! gofund.me/120b73a3

Donate to Help Us Hold the Boy Scouts of America Fully Accountable, organized by SOSCSA

As of August 24, 2025, it has been more than five years, six months, a… SOSCSA needs your support for Help Us Hold the Boy Scouts of America Fully Accountable

gofund.me

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Aug 26

Help Us Hold the Boy Scouts of America Fully Accountable

For over 115 years, on average, a child predator was reported to the Boy Scouts of America every other day... and thousands of children were sexually abused every year... for decades! A known problem since the 1920s! gofund.me/120b73a3

Donate to Help Us Hold the Boy Scouts of America Fully Accountable, organized by SOSCSA

As of August 24, 2025, it has been more than five years, six months, a… SOSCSA needs your support for Help Us Hold the Boy Scouts of America Fully Accountable

gofund.me

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Aug 24

FYI… this is a ground breaker indicator of what’s to come… the next chapter beyond BSA’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy will hold @scoutingamerica.bsky.social fully accountable!

More than 170 people file suit against Maryland Boy Scout councils for alleged sexual abuse

The suits come as the deadline to the Child Victims Act amendment looms.

www.wypr.org

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Jun 30

82,209 @boyscouts Child Sex Abuse Survivors are Claimants in @boyscouts bankruptcy filed over five years ago, February 18, 2020. Over 100 are dying waiting for justice every month. We were promised & voted to be Paid in Full, but those receiving anything are only getting 1.5%!

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Jun 25

By lowering the age at which children made their first confession, Pius exposed children to priests in unsupervised situations of extraordinary privacy and intimacy. A significant minority of those confessors proved to be sexual abusers.

Pope called Pius turned confessional box into paradise for paedophiles

'At my Catholic boarding school a jolly priest asked if I was ever tempted to

www.dailymail.co.uk

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Jun 22

'Trey's Law, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, is named for Trey Carlock. His sister Elizabeth joined Lone Star Politics to talk about the law prohibit the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in civil settlement agreements for child sexual abuse victims.

A closer look at ‘Trey's law' which ends NDAs for child sexual abuse victims

‘Trey’s Law,’ signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, is named for Trey Carlock. His sister Elizabeth joined Lone Star Politics to talk about the law prohibit the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in civil ...

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Jun 19

This reminds us of the @scoutingamerica.bsky.social child sexual abuse and BSA bankruptcy BS! Surviving Ohio State on Max… play.max.com/movie/cd882f...

Watch Surviving Ohio State (HBO) | Max

Watch Surviving Ohio State (HBO) on Max. Plans start at $9.99/month. Bravely told by the student-athletes and others who concealed their trauma for years, this film tells the story of the male victims...

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Jun 11

Excellent five minute video just released on the Trey’s Law website.

Trey's Law

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SOSCSA @soscsa.org · Jun 10

SOL UPDATE! Pennsylvania House just passed HB 462 and HB 464 Child Sexual Abuse Statute of Limitations

HB 462: Passed 122–80
HB 464 (Constitutional Amendment): Passed 138–64
The Primary Sponsor of these bills is: Rep. Nate Davidson

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Pennsylvania HB462 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

Summary (2025-06-09) In limitation of time, further providing for infancy, insanity or imprisonment; in matters affecting government units, further providing for exceptions to sovereign immunity and f...

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Jun 10

Note: This is the same legislation proposed two years ago, which passed the House but ultimately died in the Senate. Also worth noting the Pennsylvania legislature meets year-round (January through December), so even if the Senate takes up the bills, it may still be some time before a final vote.

SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Jun 10

SOL UPDATE! Pennsylvania House just passed HB 462 and HB 464 Child Sexual Abuse Statute of Limitations

HB 462: Passed 122–80
HB 464 (Constitutional Amendment): Passed 138–64
The Primary Sponsor of these bills is: Rep. Nate Davidson

CONTINUED…

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · Jun 6

Louisiana’s legislature has voted to outlaw attempts to gain children’s trust with the intent to sexually abuse them – an anti-grooming statute that was championed by a survivor of Catholic clergy molestation, his wife & her father, who’s a state lawmaker.

Louisiana passes anti-grooming law championed by clergy abuse survivor

Tim Gioe, who was befriended and abused by a priest as a child, hopes other states are inspired to adopt similar laws

www.theguardian.com

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · May 12

"Crimes against children are a priority for the workforce. Operation ‘Restoring Justice,’ where we locked up child predators and 764 subjects, in every part of the country, is just the beginning," he said. "We are going to take your freedom if you take away a child’s innocence."

FBI Deputy Director Bongino: Illegal alien criminals and child predators are next in ongoing crackdown

Dan Bongino, the FBI's deputy director, said operations targeting illegal alien criminals and child predators will expand as the bureau prioritizes safety and transparency.

www.foxnews.com

SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · May 8

Same shit, different pope!
www.pillarcatholic.com/p/cardinal-p...

Cardinal Prevost never investigated abuse claims, alleged victims say

The head of the Dicastery of Bishops has been accused of failing in 2022 to open an investigation into the accusations of abuse.

www.pillarcatholic.com

SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · May 7

BREAKING NEWS! Texas HB748 “Trey’s Law” is set for a public hearing this Thursday 9AM in Chairman Senator Bryan Hughes Senate State Affairs Committee! It passed the TX House unanimously, TX Senate needs to pass TreysLaw.com!

"Trey's Law"

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SurvivingScouting.org @survivingscouting.org · May 7

BREAKING NEWS! Texas HB748 “Trey’s Law” is set for a public hearing this Thursday 9AM in Chairman Senator Bryan Hughes Senate State Affairs Committee! It passed the TX House unanimously, TX Senate needs to pass TreysLaw.com!

"Trey's Law"

TreysLaw.com