Boy Scouts of America reach $850 mn settlement with sexual abuse victims
Washington (AFP) - The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced on Friday that they have reached an $850 million settlement with tens of thousands of victims of sexual abuse by scout leaders. The BSA said the agreement with the Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice was negotiated as part of the bankruptcy filing by the youth organization. The BSA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2020 after revelations of decades of sexual abuse of boys in US scouting circles emerged in 2012. "This agreement ensures that we have the overwhelming support of survivors for the BSA's proposed Plan of Reorg...