A Boy Scouts of America whistleblower says administrators blocked proposed child protection measures because they feared objections from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- The allegation appears in the popular Netflix documentary, “Scout’s Honor,” released Wednesday.
Driving the news: The whistleblower, Michael Johnson, was the BSA’s former director of child protection. He said in the film that he wanted to implement “what I felt were very medium-level policies and content training upgrades for youth protection.”
- “I kept getting told that the Mormons may not like that, the Mormons don’t like that,” Johnson said.
- A BSA executive told him: “You need to understand something … The Mormons are sacrosanct,” Johnson said.
The church did not immediately respond to Axios’ request for comment and did not participate in the film.
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