[MR] Article on Lawsuit

[Olwen the Odd]

The other thing is; were these weekends on the schedule as an SCA event or 
were they simply get togethers?  That is a big question in my opinion.  Even 
if everyone in the SCA got a background check and then something happened at 
a non sanctioned gathering the SCA is still not responsible.

It seems to me I have heard of this farm and that "gathereings" for 
different SCA related things happen there but are not "official".  Tis a 
shame if it is the same place, the folks I spoke to about their place were 
very nice indeed, but this article mentions "the parents were away" so they 
probably had no idea.

What I can not understand at all is how this went on for so many years and 
no one came forward before.
Olwen
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>It may be rhetorical, but the question that comes to mind is did this 
>individual have a criminal record before entering in the SCA?  Would a 
>background check have found anything?  Would a background check have 
>protected those kids in the case?
>
>   I am all for protecting kids but as parents, we have to take ultimate 
>responsibility for the care of our young ones.  All the background checks 
>and multiple adults at children's activities cannot replace our own 
>responsibility to actually PARENT our children.
>
>Just my humble opinion,
>   Lord Sebastien de Valmont
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>MaddNancy at aol.com wrote:
>   For those of you who have been following the discussion on background
>checks, here is a link to an article on the lawsuit that was filed.
>
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>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07129/784449-85.stm
>
>Maddalena
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