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Boy Scouts of America may file for bankruptcy following lawsuits over sexual abuse allegations
KATE FELDMAN
7 hrs ago
Amid falling membership and rising costs of battling lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America is reportedly weighing filing for bankruptcy.
The decades-old youth organization has hired a law firm to look into chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The group plans to “explore all options available to ensure that the local and national programming of the Boy Scouts of America continues uninterrupted,” according to a letter sent to its employees Wednesday and acquired by the Wall Street Journal.
Since its peak in the 1970s, the Boy Scouts has seen massive drops in membership, including 610,000 in the last two years when the Mormon Church yanked its scouts from the rank.
But the larger issue at work is the influx of lawsuits related to sexual assault allegations; dozens of suits have been filed stemming from hundreds of claims of abuse in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Legal fees have also gone to fight a lawsuit from the Girl Scouts, who sued the Boy Scouts in November after the group tried to expand recruitment to girls and transgender scouts.
Last year alone, the Boy Scouts paid $7.6 million to an outside law firm to help fight legal battles, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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