They should have confronted the issue at it's earliest stages instead of covering it up like the Catholic Church did. The cover up did as much to break that "trust" as the crime itself, so the organization isn't entirely blameless. Maybe, in the eyes of some, it's better that they just go away and the price that must be paid for covering it up. ... In the process of trying to make those that were abused whole again, it's probably the least that could happen.
You do realize that the vast majority of rank and file troop leaders and related would have had ZERO knowledge that this kind of thing was actually going on right?
Only the higher level administrators would have known such things. The number of pedos and such were a tiny number of people out in the field. Even the victims of the pedos acknowledge that the overwhelming majority of troop leaders were not involved in any way and would not have known anything, could not have known anything.
A couple of victims even stated that they didn't want to see the lawsuit bankrupt the organization and were unhappy that this would be the result, they only wanted the perps and those that looked the other way and knew prosecuted. That's really a high compliment for the innocent members of the organization.
I'm old school, but not that old, and make no apologies for embracing traditional values. That also means that those responsible for the activities and those ignoring those criminal activities should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Those that assaulted these children should get life in prison with no chance for release.