'He took kids like a pied piper on a bus' - Documentary examines scouting abuses and cover-ups

A new documentary reveals major failures in Scouting Ireland's handling of suspected sexual predators.

'He took kids like a pied piper on a bus' - Documentary examines scouting abuses and cover-ups

A new documentary reveals major failures in Scouting Ireland's handling of suspected sexual predators.

Up to March this year, there were 401 sexual abuse complaints and 247 alleged abusers identified on file in Scouting Ireland. An RTÉ investigation which will air tonight sheds light on a number of issues, including how one alleged sexual predator who abused scouts for decades was only removed from the organisation last year and how sexual predators were free to move between various scout troops.

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