Boy Scouts of America uniforms are displayed in a store at the headquarters for the French Creek Council of the Boy Scouts of America in Summit Township, Pennsylvania. Photo: Erie Times-News via AP
About 90,000 sex abuse claims filed against Boy Scouts of America
- Number far exceeds what US lawyers expected by Monday deadline in organisation’s bankruptcy case
- Compensation fund will be set up to pay out settlements to abuse survivors whose claims are upheld
Boy Scouts of America uniforms are displayed in a store at the headquarters for the French Creek Council of the Boy Scouts of America in Summit Township, Pennsylvania. Photo: Erie Times-News via AP