FILE - This July 8, 1937 file photo, President Franklin D. Roosevelt stops briefly to pin an Eagle Badge, highest honor of "scoutdom" on the chest of Franklyn C. St. John, 17, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., at the jamboree camp in Washington. The filing Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, in Wilmington, Del., is an attempt to work out a potentially mammoth compensation plan for abuse victims that will allow the 110-year-old organization to carry on.
The bankruptcy petition listed the Boy Scouts’ assets as between $1 billion and $10 billion, and its liabilities at $500 million to $1 billion. The Boy Scouts’ finances have been strained in recent years by declining membership and sex-abuse settlements. “We are outraged that there have been times when individuals took advantage of our programs to harm innocent children,” said Roger Mosby, the BSA’s president and CEO. “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.
Amid the crush of lawsuits, the Scouts recently mortgaged the major properties owned by the national leadership, including the headquarters in Irving, Texas, and the 140,000-acre Philmont Ranch in New Mexico, to help secure a line of credit.
setabrr165 Children have nowhere to be safe if it involves any type of organized religion 😞😡
boy Scouts are post pubescent young men that makes the sexual assault homosexual pederastry. Why do you skirt around the issue?
Boy Scouts sound like the Catholic church without the wealth or the ability to take financial advantage of the poor
I can't begin to relay how sad this makes me. Scouting was an immense part of my developing years and gave me loving memories I'll have forever. Am deeply saddened any son I might have had will not get to have those experiences
Sexual predators at the boys scouts of America will reach out to Trump, another sexual predator and he will pardon them too...
Wow - can’t scout masters here married?
So we have priests and now the boy scouts, but bathroom choices are the problem? 😂😂😂
Yeah, I was a Boy Scout but I had a real father that let people know he would beat yo ass if you touch his kids. (for any reason) So I never saw any issues... Peace to my pops!
With all the child sex trafficking and online stuff exchanged, how can people think there are ONLY OLD CASES? Our current youth may not speak out until they are adults! Watch your kids around everyone! Family, friends, teachers, leaders...everyone! Talk to your kids!
What about the Weblows?
A once honorable group fallen on hard times.
they are letting cis girls in now right? seeing how girl scout will let cis boys in, so now the'll be double the abuse
It's sad to think adult men join the Boy Scouts simply to sexually abuse little boys. You can't trust anyone with your kid. No one!
Not as rich as the Catholic Church. 😬
If there was only some baked goods they could sell to raise money? Oh ... if only there weren’t pervs leading the groups.
There are many prominent Eagle Scouts in business and politics. Even some very wealthy entrepreneurs and barons of commerce. I believe that a new organization, modeled after the principles and motto of the original BSA, founded by Lord Baden-Powell could be started, &start anew.
Somebody *really* needs to rethink the Boy Scout memorial near the White House in DC.
Didn't the boys scouts change their name to the scouts to include girls? And let's not mention that these are gay men molesting boys.
EricReitz60
Ahhaahaaahhaahaahaahhhaahahaha 🙃
I was a boyscout,and I never had a problem,never new anyone who did. This is a shock.
Almost as if it was a bad idea to put a Jewish woman in charge of “culture” who allowed gay scout leaders even though your two biggest customers are the Mormons and Catholics and having gay guys go camping with little boys in the woods is like having open bars in AA meetings.
I feel sad because I see a real need in connecting boys to our obligations as stewards of this world. But it ought to be clear to everyone by now that we cannot assume that we can trust men to be alone with our boys AND girls.
The only surprise here is that this is a surprise to people. These institutions are created for the purpose of victimizing children. 🤦♂️
Frayzilla_ We were JUST talking about them!
And as for parents who have opted to have their girls join...RUN. BSA has a looong history of being a racist, sexist, and homophobic organization. Now add to that rampant sex abuse? WOW Creeps.
The USG should bail out and takeover the BSA under the umbrella of the Army.
So sad... while I can't support what BSA has become - It's always been up to the charter organization to screen the adult leaders and use the tools supplied by BSA to make sure abuse isn't allowed. Sadly again in our society no one wants to take ownership of a problem.
The BSA should not have folded to PC and the left's demands to let high-risk people serve as Scoutmasters.
MAYBE THEY SHOULD STOP WEARING ALL THOSE SHORT SHORTS.
Dear Anyone-Trying-To-Blame-The-Left, The boyscouts is a right-wing organization that systematically ignored abuse allegations since the 1920s--and kept lists, so they knew who was doing it. The 'lefties, 'girls' and 'gays' cannot take the blame for DECADES OF SEXUAL ABUSE!
A bankrupt organization with a sexual abuse history....Certainly cries out as a place to entrust your child.
AllResistNews Just another example of ETTD realDonaldTrump
Some of us had good memories of scouts and grew up in bad neighborhoods. I’m glad so had it. Sickos now ruin for other children.
hmmm...who didn't see that coming?
May each and every abuser of young men and women suffer eternity right next to tRump...
In yall thought all these patches meant something else 😐🤔 all different types of sex moves. In a boat, it was filmed, on a railroad..just disgusting
See what happens when you let girls into your club?
It hasn’t been the Boy Scouts for long while. It’s also been broke for a long time.
ETTD
Broke & Woke
AllResistNews Damn...the boy scouts..
They’re not called Boy Scouts anymore. Nevertheless, good riddance! Is what you all get for allowing girls into an all boys organization. Girl Scouts are better anyways, they sell cookies.
It's a tragedy that they were infiltrated by absolute creeps. :( We need our Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H Clubs, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America to give kids safe groups to learn & grow & have fun & not become victims.
Meanwhile in Ottawa scoutscanada we have...
I'm sure it had nothing to do with the liberal polices put in place to destroy this organization
Saw this coming long ago! They stepped into it with gays, trans thingys and allowing females!
Goodbye predator breeding ground 🖕
Wow you people couldn't handle having mixed scouts (like almost everyone else) for two years without going bankrupt ? And over THAT issue ? No wonder your country ends up with a trump v Clinton choice XD XD
Sad
tomoffinlandmodel looks a lot like BoyScoutsofAmericaStaute
Let in the degenerates and whoops, you get what you deserve
TheBoyScoutsofAmerica looking more like TomofFinland_Ts FinlandTomof
huh, who could have predicted that letting homosexuals sleep and shower with vulnerable boys could end up like this
The organization reached moral bankruptcy long before it reached financial bankruptcy Woke LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
The BSA were doomed when the democrats took over, allowed girls and prayed to Allah instead of to God and country! It was only a matter of time, same as when the left took over large urban cities!
I wonder what it is about an organisation for young boys that attracts so many paedophiles? How do you spell vetting? What about due diligence? It's obviously a complete mystery ........
Meanwhile.... yougogirls
It doesn't stop there. I am going after all property owned by Lobytz and Soden. Any scoutmasters or anyone else involved in child sex trafficking will answer to me eventually. I suggest making a space ship fast.
The BSA has ran its course.. It should close down. Parents shouldn’t let kids go off alone camping without parental supervision. Too many weirdos.
Another win for democrats... oh, wait...
When the Catholic church has to do the same, that will represent significant progress.
LOL ! Another institution bankrupted by liberal perverts. I hope that pervert Rex Tilerson is happy
Zigmanfreud So a significant number of the citizenry wants to go back ? To what ? Institutions that let people in positions of power and authority abuse children so much so that they are forced into bankruptcy to pay for massive institutional malfeasance ?!?
God fucking damn it! Well at least I got eagle before this. It's a shame, boy scouts was my childhood, it helped me find my love for nature and helped me become a more responsible adult. I'll miss it greatly.
Can we do the Catholic Church next?
boyscouts is paying for their long history of mistakes and cover up. Just like churches, they were factories of sexual predators and in a failed attempt to distract from that, they decided to admit girls. How many dads pulled their boys out that crap? I hope they dissolve!😈💵💰
your headline is wrong they're not Boy Scouts anymore they're Scouts
So much evil and greed in the world.😢🙏🏻
This is so major
The Scouts got “too open minded and PC” and ended up hurting their own scouts- so sad, they ruined a good organization
What about Girl Scouts will they be next for lawsuits?
Who didn’t see this coming?
Maybe they should have been more careful with their troop leaders.
America!
All downhill for them once gays got involved
I have so many jokes. Starting with the picture of the statue, and ending with that yellow scarf thing, with camping retreats in the middle. But I’ve decided to stop giving out free jokes. Someone is copying my material.
The Evil is defeated They've been giving Scouts globally such a bad wrap Order can be restored to America's scouting This is great
I say good riddance. Destroyed too many lives
No because no one buys that shitty popcorn. They need to have Boy Scout treats or something. The girls got the goods!
The fascist part of it was So cool but other than that boy scouts was the second lamest thing i ever did
'Diversity is out strength!' Congratulations liberals. Is there anything you touch that doesn't get destroyed?
How about instead of filing for bankruptcy they stop abusing kids? Just a thought
That's a lot of 'Merit Badges' to rescind
I feel terrible for the kids and the parents who expose their kids to this without knowing.
So much for being against gays for being immoral. It was the straight guys you have to worry about. Being that they are immoral.
I was a Webelos Cub Scout. I didnt think of how funny that sounded till I was 24.
PREDATORS MASKED as Republicans?
Oh oh, can we bankrupt the Catholic Church next?
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My parents tried to get me to be a 'cub scout'. I joined ,reluctantly , but quit soon afterwards seeing, in my youth already, that it was/is bullshit. There are MANY similarities between Hitler Youth etc. and Boy Scouts and scouts in general. Got out b4....!
It's a shame that what happened to the boy scouts it was supposed to be about men that showed boys about manhood
It was never a problem before they forced gays in the boy scouts maybe in the future a guy who addresses as women play with girl scouts
I am a bit confused. Will they be closing down, or is this to prevent it?
What about the catholic church? They do it all the time
Gay men looking after young boys scouts its like a calithic priest looking at alter boys
theodd1sout
You know this doesn’t surprise me at all and I’m glad because a group that protects pedofiles and child groomers and moelesters should be shut down completely. Failing to protect kids is a complete failure of the system and taking a Catholic Church approach isn’t a answer.
Sorry about that girl scouts never ever had a medal like eagle scouts so ask why are we are here lesibions back in the 80s.wanted to be men but men can't be a girl scout
Good hopefully they tear down its statue and they don't sell cookies remember girl scouts have a medal so fuck eagle scouts
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
It is disappointing that some perverts are bringing down a long established program that served kids.
Now do the Catholic church
They been abusing children for hundreds of years just like the catholic church.
Informative short video
Same thing should be happening to the Catholic Church.
Now bankrupt the Catholic Church.
I'm glad I never let my boys in the scouts for that very possibility.
no not the good ol’ boy scouts... They like the kids these guys.
TonyTodd54
SMH
child molesters have always found a way to destroy the UNSURPERVISED Children, no matter what organization, circumstance. These people are are pure evil. And some wonder why kids nowadays are so confused with their gender.
TonyTodd54
lol
P1Domo sex sex sex when we gonna stop with the pinky in the dinky
hope the same thing happens to the catholic church. no more weird dated pedophile clubs!
Zigmanfreud Money makes everything better. Land of the payout MeToo
I still think it’s bs that they can sue the organization. Isn’t it fairly loosely tied together? My GS troop seemed that way...tho I was a kid then Take it out on the perpetrators themselves. No reason to allow the destruction of an organization that’s helped MILLIONS of boys.
Mixed feelings about this. Clearly, boyscouts is doing this to avoid compensating victims fairly... and robbing them of their voices in a short-circuited process. On the other hand, real risk there are so many victims that the organization folds. Protect children always.
The fact that BSA is accepting girls. Vice versa for GSA?
BigDaddyMalon3 won’t you one 😂😂
MAGA
I hope this doesn't make it more difficult for victims to seek justice. But I'm glad to hear the Boy Scouts may finally be coming to an end.
I have a lot of good memories from my time in Boy Scouts. It’s sad to see it come to this but given what I’ve read from a few articles, it’s for the best.
Zigmanfreud Time for the Swansons.
😢😢😢
ChosenBoy will declare ANOTHER national emergency, funnel $$'s from his socialist subsidy experiment with American farmers and built a wall of narcissistic bs around this crisis. Addisonandthelocksteplackeys will rubber stamp it and Heritagefoundation SCOTUS will make it so.
Well this sucks! Hope the organization can recover from this.
Shame such a worthy concept turned into such a magnet for a small percentage of boy predators. Pretty disgusting.
Time to clean up the house
WoW. Big WOW! Boyscouts SexAbuse
Bahahahaha
Everything the left touches is destroyed in no time!
TheRickWilson ettd?
Good. Fuck em.
Hahahaha remember when they allowed gay leaders and transgenders
I never did trust that organization...
Now will the girl scouts decide the let boys into there organization?
Hindsight being 20/20, I guess it’s not the best idea to blindly trust folks with children.
holyhexes
Break my heart 💔
A sad day in America!
Lord Baden Powell would be rolling in his grave at what the Boy Scouts have went through.
Only the imprisoned champion the cause of liberty. Only the oppressed champion the cause of freedom. Redemption, an action not by those imprisoned or oppressed, but rather by those who unjustly inflict imprisonment and oppression.
Looks like they weren’t “prepared”
Get woke go broke...
In a way it is a shame, but if this protects kids from weirdos then it is necessary.
Liberalism at work here. They ruined it when they allowed the opposite sex in.
I'm outraged that Bill and/or Hillary Clinton haven't been impeached for this yet. And what nefarious part does Obama play? I demand answers!
This has nothing to do with them allowing homosexuals in or anything does it?
So they're still clinging to thrifty in the Boy Scout Oath?
damn
And having that doozy already in their backpack, they'd actually started accepting homosexuals openly!
How could we let this happen? Can we get a Mark Cuban, or a Magic Johnson, or an Arnold Swartzenegger to step in with some $$$$
Men ruin everything.
I got kicked out of Boy Scouts... for eating a brownie
Crazy how churches have endless money to avoid all this.
Yikes
How evil is the US political system for allowing the existence of such atrocities for so long, Americans should overthrow their evil regime asap.
Bigot organizations I don’t feel sorry for
Well that’s what happens when you protect pedophiles unless you’re the Catholic Church of course
Is one of the abuses when Trump told the whole 2017 jamboree about the yacht orgy he attended?
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