WASHINGTON, Feb 18 — The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy today in what it said was an effort to safeguard compensation payouts for sexual abuse victims. The organisation has been accused of covering up generations of abuse inflicted on thousands of its young members and failing to do...
File picture shows a detail of a Boy Scouts of America uniform in Irving, Texas. The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy on February 18, 2020, in what it said was an effort to safeguard compensation payouts for sexual abuse victims. — AFP pic
Bankruptcy proceedings will help the Boy Scouts to “equitably compensate” victims through the establishment of a victims’ compensation trust and allow the organisation to continue at a local level, a statement from the group said. The national Boy Scouts council and its affiliated local councils together hold nearly US$5 billion in assets, according to a Wall Street Journal report last month.
The existence of that documentation — known as the “perversion files” and listing scoutmasters or troop leaders accused of sexual abuse — was first revealed in a 2012 court case.
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