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Looming wave of sex abuse cases poses threat to Boy Scouts of America
WJLA ^ | Apr 24, 2019 | David Crary

Posted on 04/24/2019 6:03:19 AM PDT by bgill

The lawyers’ ads on the internet aggressively seeking clients to file sexual abuse lawsuits give a taste of what lies ahead this year for the Boy Scouts of America: potentially the most fateful chapter in its 109-year history.

Sexual abuse settlements have already strained the Boy Scouts’ finances to the point where the organization is exploring “all available options,” including Chapter 11 bankruptcy. But now the financial threats have intensified.

The reason: States have been moving in recent months to adjust their statute-of-limitations laws so that victims of long-ago sexual abuse can sue for damages. New York state has passed a law that will allow such lawsuits starting in August. A similar bill in New Jersey has reached the governor’s desk. Bills also are pending in Pennsylvania and California.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: boyscouts; bsa; molestation; scouts; scoutsusa
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1 posted on 04/24/2019 6:03:19 AM PDT by bgill
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Mr. Rex Tillerson, any comment?


2 posted on 04/24/2019 6:05:18 AM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: All

They’re about to get RICO’d


3 posted on 04/24/2019 6:05:23 AM PDT by JonPreston ( The GOPe is on board with the North American Union and the European Union.)
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To: bgill

They are forced to allow homosexuals and then when something happens sue them for it.


4 posted on 04/24/2019 6:05:49 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: bgill

A once great organization and American institution targeted and destroyed by the leftist radical homosexual movement.


5 posted on 04/24/2019 6:07:09 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: bgill

How homophobic to suggest queers shouldn’t be around impressionable young males. The faggots just want to teach your sons the error of their hetero ways and the joy of being gay.


6 posted on 04/24/2019 6:07:16 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: bgill
I recall in the mid-60's when our Troop leadership transitioned from married fathers of active scouts to single guys.

Not aware of active abuse, but encouraging skinny dipping.

7 posted on 04/24/2019 6:08:10 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: bk1000

Thanks Rex you idiot


8 posted on 04/24/2019 6:08:51 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: JonPreston; bgill
The lawyers’ ads on the internet aggressively seeking clients to file sexual abuse lawsuits give a taste of what lies ahead this year for the Boy Scouts of America

Call attorneys Dewe, Cheatem and Howe for your chance at your pound of flesh.

The blood is in the water and the sharks are circling.

9 posted on 04/24/2019 6:11:14 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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B..Bu...But I thought once they started letting in girls & homos everyone would start liking them and the establishment would start protecting them.
So what gives?
/sarc


10 posted on 04/24/2019 6:11:20 AM PDT by rhinohunter (Dear Mr. Trump: I'm still not tired of winning)
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To: bgill
Yeah, but the idiotic liberals in America will do what they always do, viz. continue to lie to themselves that all is well. And America has so many liberals, that the BSA (or, FSA?) will always continue.

Savage is right.

11 posted on 04/24/2019 6:12:38 AM PDT by LouAvul (Freedom without responsibility is chaos. Next step? The Abyss.)
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12 posted on 04/24/2019 6:13:49 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: Pontiac

Yes, it will be destroyed. I have no idea if it’s warranted or not considering I haven’t heard any defense to date.


13 posted on 04/24/2019 6:14:20 AM PDT by JonPreston ( The GOPe is on board with the North American Union and the European Union.)
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To: bgill

I used to be a Boy Scout. I was not a good Boy Scout, but for at least four years it was part of my life, and I appreciated what I learned from it, and the experiences that I had.

I would occasionally support it with money.

But when they went all in on full acceptance of homosexuality, that was it for me. No more.

What makes this all the more bitter is that this is EXACTLY what the Left had in mind when pressuring the BSA to fully accept open homosexuality.

They KNEW it was a poison pill. They knew the host of abuse lawsuits that would ensue. It was a win-win for them. They get more acceptance and endorsement of open homosexuality, and at the same time, destroy a male-only organization.

Never mind it was a constructive organization that taught many life skills to boys that would serve them and society well as they grew into men. That was far less important than advancing homosexuality, and destroying a “male patriarchy” and making men even weaker in the end.

They managed to destroy marriage, fathers in children’s lives, and the BSA.

How I despise the Left and all they stand for.


14 posted on 04/24/2019 6:15:25 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: Can't control their emotions. Can't control their actions. Deny them control of anything.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

This has been going on for awhile. It seems to me that they were not forced to accept homosexuals, but had always had them, just a little more quietly. Now they get to do what they want openly and brazenly.


15 posted on 04/24/2019 6:18:36 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: bgill

Let’s ask “Mayor Pete” Buttplug what he thinks.


16 posted on 04/24/2019 6:19:06 AM PDT by SkyPilot (("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6))
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To: Blue Jays

"...Boy Scouts / Girl Scouts..."


Was life so darned difficult when Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts could hang with each other while Brownies and Girl Scouts could do the same?

Good grief...a storied American institution and a wonderful innocence totally lost. Thanks, libs!


17 posted on 04/24/2019 6:19:36 AM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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Yes, it will be destroyed.

The writing was on the wall when the BSA joined the United Way.

The United Way is a Leftist organization that corrupts all it touches.

The United Way forced the BSA to accept gay scouts and gay scout masters.

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

18 posted on 04/24/2019 6:20:22 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: PeterPrinciple

They are forced to allow homosexuals and then when something happens sue them for it.
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They weren’t forced to admit homosexuals. They won in court and then caved, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, as weak-kneed Republicans do continually. They deserve to be sued into oblivion. Good riddance to them.


19 posted on 04/24/2019 6:20:29 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adical Islam,)
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"A once great organization and American institution targeted and destroyed by the leftist radical homosexual movement."

Yep, that about sums it up.

20 posted on 04/24/2019 6:21:03 AM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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