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Tue Dec 7, 2010 11:08 am (PST) </h4>
Hi List,<br>
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I need to add more information so you folks don't go scratching your heads going Huh?<br>
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This all dates back to when I was Kingdom Youth Combat Marshall. Ben the
Steward was the individual arrested, tried and convicted for the
incident. The parents of the accusing child are now looking for a
paycheck. In addition to the SCA, others named in the suit are the East
Kingdom, the Seneschal of Eisental (even though he was not an officer at
the time), and a couple of others, including Ben's parents. For
whatever reason (and I am grateful) I was not included in the suit.<br>
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Effectively, the parents of the kid (who was an older teenager at the
time) are saying everyone on the list should have known that Ben was
predatory and a child molester and we should not have allowed him any
contact with children. In fact the first time any of us heard anything
about Ben's behavior was in the arrest report published in the local
papers. While I was initially opposed to the Level 3 banishment during
the trial (I wanted the court to complete its work first), I did support
it after he was sentenced. Unfortunately, as none of us on the list
were trained psychologists, psychiatrists, or social workers, none of us
recognized any signs of Ben's behavior. No child ever came to any of us
with comments or complaints, either, so we had nothing to suspect
concerning him.<br>
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This is what eventually led to the SCA requiring background checks on
all Youth workers. Unfortunately, as Ben had no previous record, there
is no way these checks would have identified him as a potential problem
for us. That being said, we can only hope that our children will tell us
when any adult acts "wrong" around them, or touches them in ways that
make them uncomfortable. <br>
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That's what I have to say on this one.<br>
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Yours in Service,<br>
Baron Master Cormac macEamon na Connemara<br></div>
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