Boy Scouts' $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan upheld by judge

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By RANDALL CHASE 20 minutes ago

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal district court judge has upheld the approval of a $2.4 billion bankruptcy reorganization plan aimed at resolving tens of thousands of child sexual abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America.

The ruling docketed Tuesday rejects arguments by non-settling insurance companies and attorneys representing dissenting abuse survivors that the reorganization plan was not proposed in good faith and improperly strips the insurers and survivors of their rights.

The ruling follows a September decision in which U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein approved the plan. The plan would allow the Irving, Texas-based Boy Scouts of America to continue operating while compensating tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children while involved in Scouting.

More than 80,000 men have filed claims saying they were abused as children by troop leaders around the country. Plan opponents say the staggering number of claims, when combined with other factors, suggests that the bankruptcy process was manipulated.



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[pnwmom]

1. 80,000? That's even more than the number of complaints against the US Catholic Church.

The U.S. dioceses have tallied complaints from 17,000 people for what they paid out about $4 billion to victims since the 1980s. That figure could double given recent lookback laws that give them more time to sue.[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sex_abuse_cases_in_the_United_States

[Earth-shine]

2. My experience with being a Boy Scout -- In my troop, the leaders did not abuse us.

It was the older boys doing it when the adults were not around.

Lots of homoerotica from people who are just beginning to sexually mature.

Stick your sweaty dick in someone's face. Hold a boy down while others sit bare-assed on him.

I survived these rituals.

However, all things in consideration, overall, scouting was a very positive experience for me. I can still tie those knots.

[pnwmom]

4. As parents, we went to one meeting for the local Cub Scouts troup, which was set up

for potential new recruits.

Both of us left there thinking it was way too militaristic -- and that was even here, in a Seattle suburb.

It seemed nothing like the Brownie (Girl Scouts) troup that I'd joined at that age.

[Earth-shine]

5. My experience with Cub Scouts -- it was run entirely by women referred to as the den mothers.

In CS, the boys were never alone, so no trouble.

There was nothing especially militaristic about my direct scouting experiences, but I did see it in other troops.

One time at camp, I watched the scoutmaster of another troop publically paddle the ass of a 12-year-old boy who failed his swimming test.

I was horrified. Nothing like that from the adult leaders in my troop.

Just a lot of bullying from the older boys.

[Wuddles440]

6. My experience was very rewarding, enjoyable,...

and provided an opportunity to develop useful life skills. During my years in scouting in the 60's and early 70's, I never encountered, observed, or even heard about any abusive practices. Must have been a different culture then because it's extremely disheartening how this organization has devolved and imploded.

[Elessar Zappa]

9. Oh there was plenty of abuse in the Boy Scouts

in the 60s and 70s.

[Wuddles440]

10. Possibly...

but I never was aware of any such behavior and did not know of anyone who did.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Did the judge have children in the boy scouts?

[Miguelito Loveless]

7. It is time to liquidate the BSA

which has been a haven for child predators almost since its inception.

[SYFROYH]

8. I'm an Eagle Scout and my scoutmaster abused a lot of boys

Three scouts from my peer group contacted me about their abuse and asked if I was abused, too. I had not been abused, but I supported them in telling their stories and seeking compensation. wasn't.

I think my scoutmaster may be one of those the BSA protected by destroying his file because he had retired and was old. It's unforgivable that they did that.

The BSA is riddled with conservatives now and I think they still ban atheist scouts. There is a lot not to approve, but yet, the organization still provides much guidance and educational experiences to young people.