As Boy Scouts Near Civil Settlement, Criminal Probe Looms

In January, the Michigan State Police notified Dana Nessel’s office that 1,700 of those sex-abuse claims were in the state. Her office said it now thinks that up to 3,000 victims were abused in the state.

In an interview, Ms. Nessel said she plans to investigate systemic failures at the Boy Scouts, and that she will issue a report at the end of her investigation.The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy in February 2020, amid a decline in membership at the century-old organization. Here’s how the largest youth organization in the country found itself filing for bankruptcy.

Other states, which also have thousands of abuse claims involving the Boy Scouts, could follow Michigan’s lead in investigating the institution, say some legal analysts. A report that identifies perpetrators could later be used by law enforcement to investigate future allegations, according to several lawyers who represent sexual assault victims.

In the Boy Scouts bankruptcy, more than 1,100 men have written letters to the judge overseeing the bankruptcy, describing abuse by scout leaders and others on camping trips and at other venues. But her office hopes a state law that stops the clock on statutes of limitations when perpetrators leave the state will open the door to bringing charges. If someone came to Michigan for a Boy Scouts event, committed abuse, and left, they could be vulnerable to criminal prosecution, even if it were years ago.

But thousands of files are still held by the Boy Scouts, while nearly 20,000 were destroyed in the 1970s, Mr. Mones said. He alleged that the organization’s failure to report suspicions of abuse documented in the files to police and other groups allowed perpetrators to abuse others.

84 thousand? 84-f***ing thousand? How many didn’t come forward? Why is every traditional institution so full of people protecting paedophiles & sex abusers?

Find those who are guilty, but also find those who are fraudulently in this for the money!

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