Abuse claims see US Boy Scouts seek bankruptcy

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Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy over sex abuse lawsuits

The group said it was setting up a trust fund to compensate victims.

"While we know nothing can undo the tragic abuse that victims suffered, we believe the Chapter 11 process - with the proposed trust structure - will provide equitable compensation to all victims while maintaining the BSA's important mission,"The BSA has 261 councils which operate local troops and own assets including land in many states, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Last year, the Abused in Scouting group began advertising around the country and has since found nearly 2,000 people with complaints, including one in every state,

 

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Financial mismanagement badge: Achieved.

Great. Now do the Catholic church.

Imagine if the church had been caught doing the same ...

I recommend healthy soccer and baseball in the future. I think it's better to stay away from this boy, girl and cub scout category.

Yeah let's see what sordid stories we can headline about Scout Abuse shall we? Next week, back to Catholic Priests. I wait in vain for.....Imams

lmao imagine my shock..... they just passed a law to enforce that the boy scouts be forced to accept girls and so girls flooded into the boy scouts, and now this.... whod have thought that if you flooded the boy scouts with girls that sexual assaults would happen?

Scouts +abuse,surely not

this is why we can’t have nice things

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