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Part One: Robert Baden-Powell: Founder Of The Boy Scouts

Behind the Bastards

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The Boy Scouts and the Catholic Church

Matt Welch: The pedophilia problem in the Boy Scouts is on the same scale as the Catholic Church. At least a hundred thousand alleged victims, just to have come forward in a couple of years. "I think an organization with the broad goal of teaching kids self-reliance and survival in the woods is wonder and absolutely necessary," he says.

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