Only in so far as it illustrates a pattern. One of the claims made against Smyth is that he had behaved in an unorthodox way with boys from a certain school, that the school had forbidden him from meeting its pupils, but had not made any of this public, allegedly in the interests of the boys involved.
Whether or not that claim is true I cannot and do not say, but other organisations with responsibility for chld protection would do well to ponder on whether secrecy and cover-up of thse issues is (a) the best policy overall and (b) whether claims that they are concerned about protecting the reputation of the victims are not motivated as much by protecting the reputations of themselves.
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Re: Child protection guidelines
The story indicates the problems facing organizations like the WMF, which need to protect minors, as Rogol noted.
It also suggests some of the dangers posed by the men with an interest in the caning of boys, a topic raised earlier in this thread (and in other threads, some of which are hidden).
It also suggests some of the dangers posed by the men with an interest in the caning of boys, a topic raised earlier in this thread (and in other threads, some of which are hidden).
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“Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be—or to be indistinguishable from—self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.”
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