Boy Scouts to pay $2.4 billion to sexual abuse survivors
A bankruptcy judge in Delaware has approved the Boy Scouts' reorganization plan that will enable it to pay more than $2.4 billion to sexual abuse survivors.
(Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News via AP, File) FILE – In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, Boy Scouts of America uniforms are displayed in the retail store at the headquarters for the French Creek Council of the Boy Scouts of America in Summit Township, Pa. Close to 90,000 sex-abuse claims have been filed against the Boy Scouts of America as the deadline arrived Monday, Nov. 16 for filing claims in the BSA’s bankruptcy case. The number far exceeded initial projections of lawyers across the United States who have been signing up clients in the case since the Boy Scouts filed for bankruptcy protection in February in the face of hundreds of lawsuits.
CNN— A bankruptcy judge in Delaware has approved the Boy Scouts’ reorganization plan that will enable it to pay more than $2.4 billion to sexual abuse survivors.
The organization owes that money to more than 82,000 survivors who suffered abuse over decades.
Most of that money is going to come from insurance companies, but some of it will also come from the Methodist Church and the Boy Scouts organization.
The plan also calls for the Boy Scouts to implement safety measures to prevent future abuse.
