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

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/07/02/boy-scouts-settlement-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.

The agreement — the first legal settlement in a litany of lawsuits against the Boy Scouts — is more than double the group’s initial proposal to victims in March. The organization is facing roughly 275 abuse lawsuits and 1,400 potential claims.

The settlement notes that local councils are expected to contribute to the settlement fund, with court records showing that the groups are mandated to pay at least $300 million. The deal also calls for commitments to abuse victims that include youth protection measures, a reporting system and the formation of a Child Protection Committee.

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[ProfessorGAC]

1. They Got Off Easy

That's around ten grand per victim.
That doesn't begin to repair the damage long since done.

[llmart]

2. You can bet that that number is way too low.

There are probably many who would never come forward or who are now dead who were abused in the Boy Scouts.

[ColinC]

3. Isn't that like a low sign on bonus for the service members?

[lindysalsagal]

4. I hope the protections are real. I hope the abuse stops.

[BigmanPigman]

5. Wow, last night I read 60,000 victims on a DU post.

Now it's 84,000!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2764296

A friend told me about 30 years ago that the Boys Scouts did this a lot and he knows from his own time in the group. I didn't believe it was as bad as he said but apparently I was wrong, very wrong.

The Catholic Church has competition with the Boy Scouts for the most abuse cases by a group of amoral, hypocritical men.