The Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday filed for bankruptcy protection, as one of the country’s largest youth organizations tries to endure intensifying legal pressure over accusations of childhood sexual abuse going back decades. The chapter 11 filing covers the national Boy Scouts organization and automatically halts the hundreds of lawsuits it faces alleging sexual… Continue reading Boy Scouts Seek Chapter 11 Protection from Sex-Abuse Lawsuits
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Unique Sex-Abuse Suit Filed Against Boy Scouts in U.S. Capital
A team of lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking to establish the nation’s capital as a venue for men across the U.S. to sue the Boy Scouts of America for allegedly failing to protect them from long-ago sexual abuse at the hands of scoutmasters and other leaders. The eight… Continue reading Unique Sex-Abuse Suit Filed Against Boy Scouts in U.S. Capital
Boy Scouts Failed to Stop Hundreds of Previously Unreported Sexual Predators, Lawsuit Alleges
A group of lawyers is claiming to have uncovered hundreds of previously unreported cases of sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts, according to a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania on Monday. The plaintiff in the case, named only as S.D. because he wishes to keep his identity private, is alleging that he was assaulted hundreds of… Continue reading Boy Scouts Failed to Stop Hundreds of Previously Unreported Sexual Predators, Lawsuit Alleges