Boy Scouts of America settles for $850 million with more than 84,000 sexual abuse victims

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Boy Scouts of America settles for $850 million with more than 84,000 sexual abuse victims

The Boy Scouts of America reached an $850 million settlement Thursday with tens of thousands of people who say they were sexually abused when they were Scouts over decades and later sued in a case that rocked the historic institution.

The settlement, which came after the organization filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year while facing mounting legal costs over the abuse claims, is one of the largest of its kind in a child sexual abuse case in U.S. history. The lawsuit involved more than 84,000 people who claimed sexual abuse dating as far back as the 1960s.

Boy Scouts of America reaches historic settlement with sexual abuse survivors

The Boy Scouts of America has reached an $850 million settlement with more than 60,000 men who sued the iconic institution over alleged sexual abuse by adults in scouting over several decades.

The agreement, announced on Thursday, is the first legal settlement in a long list of lawsuits against the Boy Scouts, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2020.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

Sadly, sexual assaults is typical behavior. I'm not surprised that this happens.

 

[durangodawood]

I was a happy boy scout. So this makes me sad for the unhappy victims and for the organization which provided some great things to kids but also seems to have prioritized itself over its members when pressed (which sounds familiar).