Boy Scouts of America sex abuse cases

Boy Scouts of America can now create $2.4 billion fund to pay claims for Scouts who survived abuse – a bankruptcy expert explains what's next

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Friday, April 21, 2023
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Some insurance companies and sex abuse claimants objected to the Boy Scouts’ plan to pay claimants, but the 3rd U.S.

Key Points: 
  • Some insurance companies and sex abuse claimants objected to the Boy Scouts’ plan to pay claimants, but the 3rd U.S.
  • Circuit Court of Appeals held that the plan can go ahead anyway while the insurers’ appeal is pending.
  • The BSA filed for bankruptcy in February 2020 to halt the hundreds of lawsuits that were then pending in state courts.

What happens next?

    • The plan the court approved in the BSA’s bankruptcy case will create a settlement trust to process and pay sexual abuse claims.
    • Two retired judges and a committee made up of lawyers who represent sex abuse claimants will administer the trust, which will be the largest sexual abuse compensation fund ever established in the U.S.

Where will the money come from?

    • The BSA will contribute to the trust property estimated to be worth $220 million.
    • Local councils will contribute about $515 million in cash, property and money obtained from their insurers.
    • The trustee of the settlement trust has the authority to sue the insurance companies that have not agreed to the settlement to try to get more money to pay claims.

How much money will survivors get and when will payments begin?

    • About 6,700 survivors have already elected this option.
    • 2) Submit additional information and have the trustee determine the amount based on agreed-upon factors, including the severity of the abuse.
    • Payments will not start to flow until the trust determines the payment amount of each claim.

How will this settlement affect the Boy Scouts?

    • The organization’s revenue depends on membership dues, contributions from its troop sponsoring organizations, product sales, service fees and donations.
    • The BSA now has a little more than 1 million members across the country – about half as many as in 2019.
    • Trying to convert some of the Boy Scouts-owned properties into cash to meet the organization’s obligations under the bankruptcy plan is complicated.
    • Local Boy Scouts councils own a significant portion of open space in the U.S., and much of it may be lost.

Are there precedents for this?


    Catholic organizations have resolved liability for child sexual abuse in bankruptcy cases with plans that are similar to the BSA’s. But the scale of the Boy Scouts’ case in terms of the number of claims and the size of the settlement trust fund is much larger than any case involving a single diocese, or any other nonprofit organization bankruptcy case.

Award-winning Independent Filmmaker, Darlene Lieblich Tipton, Calls Upon Famous Boy Scouts to Help Sexually Abused Scouts

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Monday, August 15, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ON MY HONOR – Individually those three words have no power. However, when used as the first three words of the Boy Scout Oath they become the bedrock on which all Scouts build the own personal character and integrity which ensures that each Scout will always do the right thing.

Key Points: 
  • Award-winning independent filmmaker, Darlene Lieblich Tipton , is relying on this code of conduct in her effort to have all state statutes of limitations on sex abuse be repealed or modified to allow sexually abused Boy Scouts to receive justice under the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  • Over the 111 years that the Boy Scouts has operated it has been estimated that between 100,000 and 240,000 sexually abused Boy Scouts have died prior to the BSA bankruptcy, taking their guilt and shame to their graves after suffering in silence their entire lives.
  • The repeal of all statute of limitations is the right thing to dofor abused Scouts.
  • It is time for ALL Statutes of Limitations on sex abuse across America be repealed or allow a "Look Back" open window!

Mystic Museum of Art (MMoA) Presents Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post Covers: Tell Me a Story

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Thursday, June 2, 2022
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MYSTIC, Conn., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Mystic Museum of Art (MMoA) is pleased to present Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post Covers: Tell Me a Story, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA. The highlight of the MMoA Year of Narrative Art, the exhibition will run from June 18 through September 18.

Key Points: 
  • Mystic Museum of Art (MMoA) is pleased to present Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post Covers: Tell Me a Story, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.
  • MYSTIC, Conn., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Mystic Museum of Art (MMoA) is pleased to present Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post Covers: Tell Me a Story, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.
  • Taken together, Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post covers detail Americans' lives and the history they shared for 47 years.
  • What: Special exhibition, Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post Covers: Tell Me a Story, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA
    When: June 18 through September 18, 2022
    Cost: Special exhibition admission $10 per person, members free

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA'S PLAN FAILS TO GARNER SUFFICIENT SURVIVOR VOTES ACCORDING TO TORT CLAIMANTS COMMITTEE

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Official Tort Claimants' Committee ("TCC") of the BoyScouts of America ("BSA") projects that the BSA failed to garner enough votes from eligible voters forthe approval of the BSA'sSecond Modified Fifth Amended Plan of Reorganization ("Plan").

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Official Tort Claimants' Committee ("TCC") of the BoyScouts of America ("BSA") projects that the BSA failed to garner enough votes from eligible voters forthe approval of the BSA'sSecond Modified Fifth Amended Plan of Reorganization ("Plan").
  • The overbroad releases of the local councils, chartered organizations, and their respective insurancecompanies are the cornerstone of the BSA's Plan.
  • The vote isone of the primary gating items theBankruptcy Court will consider when asked to approve the Plan.
  • To accomplish those goals, the Boy Scouts must now workwith the TCC to address the fundamental flaws in the BSA's Plan.

Tort Claimants' Committee for Boy Scouts of America Bankruptcy Rejects Proposed Settlements

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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
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The TCC calls attention to major flaws contained in the proposed settlement.

Key Points: 
  • The TCC calls attention to major flaws contained in the proposed settlement.
  • Taken together, all of the settlements announced by the Boy Scouts yield an average of approximately $28,000 for filed child sex abuse claims.
  • "The Boy Scouts touts this settlement and the settlements with The Hartford and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as 'historically high.'
  • "The Tort Claimants' Committee will oppose the Century and Chubb settlements and any other settlements that fail to compensate survivors fairly," Pachulski added.

COALITION OF ABUSED SCOUTS FOR JUSTICE INCREASES LARGEST SEXUAL ABUSE SETTLEMENT FUND IN HISTORY TO MORE THAN $2.6 BILLION

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Monday, December 13, 2021
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stated: "The settlement announced today is the result of months-long and hard-fought negotiations between Coalition attorneys and various other parties.

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  • stated: "The settlement announced today is the result of months-long and hard-fought negotiations between Coalition attorneys and various other parties.
  • We have always said that our goals in this situation are two-fold: making sure that current and future scouts are protected and building the largest compensation fund possible.
  • The new settlement also increases the Local Councils' contribution to the settlement fund by an additional $40 million.
  • The Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice includes approximately 18,000 abuse survivors, represented by 27 law firms who collectively represent more than 63,000 sexual abuse survivors of the Boy Scouts of America nationwide.

Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice Secures Support from Ad Hoc Committee to Appoint Survivors to Local Council Boards

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Friday, November 19, 2021
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NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice ("Coalition") announced today that it has received support from the Ad Hoc Committee of Local Councils of the Boy Scouts of America ("Ad Hoc Committee") on its recommendation that Local Councils include survivors on their Boards.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice ("Coalition") announced today that it has received support from the Ad Hoc Committee of Local Councils of the Boy Scouts of America ("Ad Hoc Committee") on its recommendation that Local Councils include survivors on their Boards.
  • The boards of several Ad Hoc Committee councils including the Greater New York Councils, the Atlanta Area Council, and the Crossroads of America Council have already committed to include a survivor on each of their boards.
  • We will continue with our strong momentum to fight for justice for survivors and establish accountability in scouting."
  • The Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice includes approximately 18,000 abuse survivors, represented by law firms who collectively represent more than 63,000 childhood sexual abuse survivors.

Known Sex Offenders and Unscreened Adults Still Have Access to Children in Boy Scouts of America, Say Survivors of Sexual Abuse

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Survivors of Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse want parents to know that the organization gives known offenders and unscreened adults access to children in its care.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Survivors of Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse want parents to know that the organization gives known offenders and unscreened adults access to children in its care.
  • Unscreened adults can be in charge of kids on Boy Scouts of America overnight trips and serve as volunteers.
  • This is why I am urging Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse Survivors to REJECT and vote 'NO' on the Plan.
  • Trustee, which is an arm of the United States Department of Justice, to represent the interests of all Boy Scouts sexual abuse Survivors.

Boy Scouts Of America Offers Sexual Abuse Survivors Historically Low Ultimate Recoveries

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Monday, November 8, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Survivors of Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse are urging fellow Survivors to REJECT and vote 'NO' on a proposed Modified Fifth Amended Plan of Reorganization (Plan) of the Boy Scouts of America.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Survivors of Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse are urging fellow Survivors to REJECT and vote 'NO' on a proposed Modified Fifth Amended Plan of Reorganization (Plan) of the Boy Scouts of America.
  • "Survivors need to vote 'NO' on this plan to send a powerful message to Boy Scouts of America and the Local Councils that a fair and equitable settlement for all Survivors is the only answer," said Doug Kennedy, Vice Chairman of the TCC and a Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse Survivor.
  • This is historic," said John Humphrey, Chairman of the TCC and Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse Survivor.
  • "The current plan puts Survivors on a path to receiving historically low ultimate recoveries and releases Local Councils and Chartered Organizations from more than 40 years of sexual abuse claims.

Boy Scouts Of America Sexual Abuse Survivors Say "Reject And Vote No To Settlement" And Stop Ongoing Abuse

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Thursday, November 4, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Survivors of Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse are urging fellow Survivors to REJECT and vote NO on a proposed Modified Fifth Amended Plan of Reorganization (Plan) of the Boy Scouts of America.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Survivors of Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse are urging fellow Survivors to REJECT and vote NO on a proposed Modified Fifth Amended Plan of Reorganization (Plan) of the Boy Scouts of America.
  • "'NO' is the only response," said Doug Kennedy, Vice Chairman of the Official Tort Claimants' Committee (TCC) and a Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse Survivor.
  • "A 'NO' vote is the only way to force the Boy Scouts of America to stop protecting child predators and start protecting children and Survivors," said James Stang of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, Counsel to the TCC.
  • of Justice, to represent the interests of all Boy Scouts sexual abuse Survivors.