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The Boy Scouts of America has long struggled with the problem of sexual abuse and how to handle abuse allegations. J.L. Tarr, a Chief Scout Executive in the 1980s, said regarding sexual assault cases against Scout leaders across all 50 states: "That's been an issue since the Boy Scouts began." [ 2]
The 144 abuse claimants contend the deal unlawfully stops them from pursuing lawsuits against organizations that are not bankrupt, such as churches that ran scouting programs, local Boy Scouts ...
(Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily halted the Boy Scouts of America's $2.46 billion settlement of decades of sex abuse claims, which is being appealed by a ...
Special Report-Boy Scouts, Catholic dioceses find haven from sex abuse suits in bankruptcy. C poses for a portrait at a state park in Sacramento, California. By Kristina Cooke, Mike Spector ...
Scouting sex abuse by country Australia. In 2014, Darryl Rubiolo, a former Scout Association of Australia leader, area commissioner and member of the New South Wales state branch council was convicted of serial child sex offences against three boys aged 9, 13 and 14, between 1975 and 1987 while he was an official of the Scout Association of Australia.
Bill Vahl waited until the last minute to file his claim against the Boy Scouts of America. Silent for most of his 71 years about the sexual abuse he alleges he suffered from a Dubuque adult Scout ...
Boy Scouts of America et al. v. Dale, 530 U.S. 640 (2000), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court, decided on June 28, 2000, that held that the constitutional right to freedom of association allowed the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to exclude a homosexual person from membership in spite of a state law requiring equal treatment of homosexuals in public accommodations.
In 2020, the Boy Scouts of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and later agreed to a nearly $2.5 billion settlement to compensate more than 82,000 victims of alleged sexual abuse. A central ...