Health, he is not a scapegoat, but a prominent part of the problem. And I am not trying to bury him, as if an anonymous poster on the CR could. I haven’t even mentioned his name. As I said in a previous post, The best outcome would be for him to say – I was wrong, I am sorry to the victim and his family, and I will not approach cases like this in the same way ever again, as molestation is a real, all too prevalent, and destructive force in our society – not for him to be “buried”.
One of the reasons I am so shaken by his stance in these cases is the fact that he suggested a few years ago serious and costly gedorim to a prominent youth group as to avoiding even the proximity of same gender teens sharing a room potentially coming in physical contact. So if he is aware of the practicalities of such potential issues (And he is. More than 200 people heard him say this), his only rationale must be ideological.
Additionally, There were 9 local Lakewood rabbis who signed a a statement about it who are also part of the problem, and there is one godol / manhig from Israel (of a very high stature in the Yeshivish world) who we all know of who got involved against the family of the victim. There is no accountability among these Lakewood leaders. There is no one in Lakewood who will stand up to them, because they are all afraid of being shunned, harassed, and driven out of the community.