What Parents Should Know About the Shriners
PETA has documented dozens of instances in which people connected to the circus industry have been engaged in criminal and other unsavory activities.A Tucson, Arizona, Shrine Circus clown was arrested on charges of molesting three girls, ages 6, 7, and 10, he met at the circus.
A transient who traveled to Omaha, Nebraska, with the Shrine Circus was convicted of second-degree murder for beating a woman to death with a chunk of concrete.
The former executive director of the Osman Temple Shrine Circus in Minnesota was found guilty of embezzling more than $300,000 from the organization.
Four hundred Shriners were entertained by nude lap dancers and public sex acts at the Winnipeg Khartum Shriners VIP "Gentlemen's" Dinner.
A former bookkeeper for the Al Chymia Shrine Circus filed a $1 million sexual harassment lawsuit against the organization.
