Supreme Court pauses Boy Scouts of America’s $2.46 billion bankruptcy settlement
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. grants sex abuse victims' request to pause BSA bankruptcy plan
Earlier this month, a group of sex abuse victims asked the justices to place the billion-dollar settlement on hold while they appeal, noting that the justices are considering a similar matter in a different dispute --- the legality of third-party releases in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case.
The 144 victims asked the high court to prevent the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy plan from being implemented in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, saying the plan would preclude their lawsuits against other parties. They point to the Supreme Court weighing whether bankruptcy plans can authorize third-party releases without consent in the case involving Purdue Pharma and the family behind the opioid OxyContin.
“Abuse Claimants strongly disagree with the district court’s conclusion that they will be fully compensated for their sexual abuse under the bankruptcy plan.” the victims’ lawyers said in the court filing submitted Feb. 9.
Lawyers for the Boy Scouts of America responded in their court filing, saying the court should not pause the deal because many parties have been relying on it --- and that many sex abuse victims are awaiting to be compensated.
“The organization has acknowledged that thousands of young people were sexually abused in Scouting --- the vast majority (80%) before 1988. [Boy Scouts of America] cannot understate how deeply it regrets that abuse. It has spent more than four years and expended most of its financial resources to prosecute the bankruptcy case and compensate Scouting-abuse survivors,” the filing read.
Monday, February 19, 2024
I am involved with my son in the program. While it isn't perfect, by being an adult leader I can control what my son has to deal with. They are a boy only troop, and we pray in the name of Jesus Christ at our meetings. No LGBT, no woke, etc. That said, there was talk about removing God from the program nationally. At a regionally meeting over half the people there(myself included) said that would be the final straw and they would leave the program. These are your most active volunteers. People have had enough. National jamboree had an LGBT tent. The new parents don't give me much hope. Its going downhill fast.
Its a dying program. It saddens me greatly the left destroyed something else that was truly good. Currently 700k members left, down from 2.5m pre covid. This is combined boys and girls. In the 70's there were over 4.5 million boys at a much smaller US population. Anecdotally my son's troops of over 4 decades will likely not make it through for recharter next year.
Boy Scouts is desperate for money at the moment. 1/2 their camps sold for the lawsuits. They are charging fees for everything. We are getting nickel and dimed just to volunteer. I am looking at trail life, but no troops nearby and I simply don't have the time to start one.
Not condoning the actions resulting the lawsuits, but 18000 out of 100million is a much smaller percentage than the church or schools. Their safety program is fairly good at the moment, but they will have future lawsuits. Put 15 year old boys and girls 15 feet apart and don't be surprised the outcome.
A small ramble, but I have some insight in a program that was really good in my youth, but going downhill fast for my youth.