When one of my sons turned 12, the bishop informed me that he was inspired to call me to be a scoutmaster over the 12-14 year old boys. I balked, I hesitated, I did everything I could to avoid this horrible task but in the end I bowed my head and mumbled, "yes". I caved because, well, that is what faithful mormons did when asked to fulfill a church calling. When my son turned 14 and advanced into the next level, I asked to be released. The bishop had suddenly lost his hearing and couldn't hear me. I ended up releasing myself and stopped going.
But what I fear the most of all of this is the fact that any one of these kids I was a scoutmaster over could claim "abuse" and there isn't a dang thing I could do about it. I wasn't an abuser, but even typing that sounds hollow like I am already trying to prove innocence. I always had another adult present whenever I was with any of these kids, that was standard procedure, but still.
I think that the BSA will eventually fold, they needed the mormon monies to fund their entity. This lawsuit might just be the nudge that pushes them over the edge.
LDS leadership tried to get me to say yes to the young men's program. I showed them complete dis-interest and that was enough for them to be inspired about others to take on the job.
I took a job in elder's quorum for a short time. It was lame and and eventually released. I didn't give a hoot if we saw inactive families and bringing them back. I wanted out of it myself.