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Boy Scouts file for bankruptcy under weight of child sex abuse lawsuits

'You’re talking about tens of thousands of victims. This will be the largest bankruptcy the country has ever seen,' an attorney representing victims says.

February 20, 2020 – In a move that has been long speculated by many, the embattled Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for bankruptcy Tuesday, concluding it to be the organization’s only choice in the face of years of costly lawsuits over decades of sexual abuse claims against employees and volunteers. 

In 2012, the Oregon Supreme Court ordered the release of 20,000 pages of confidential files the BSA kept on suspected abusers within the organization from 1965 to 1985, though battles continued over abuse lawsuits and the release of post-1985 files. According to public filings, the BSA’s legal bills to outside law firms amounted to $7.6 million in 2017, $3.5 million in 2016, and $859,347 in 2015.

“You’re talking about thousands of perpetrators," said Seattle attorney Michael Pfau, who has represented more than 300 Boy Scout accusers across the country. "You’re talking about tens of thousands of victims.

This will be the largest bankruptcy the country has ever seen, and likely one of the largest corporate bankruptcies.”

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/boy-scouts-file-for-bankruptcy-under-weight-of-child-sex-abuse-lawsuits