Sex abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America have now surpassed 88,000, according to lawyers who represent victims who’ve filed claims against the organization.
Christopher Hurley, the managing partner with a law firm representing 4,000 survivors of childhood sexual abuse who say they were victimized while participating in the Boy Scouts, said in a statement to The Christian Post that there are over 88,500 victims that have come forward as of Monday, the deadline the bankruptcy court set for such claims.
Lawyers told The New York Times that over 82,000 abuse claims were made against the group as of late Sunday and that the number of sexual abuse cases filed against BSA far exceeds the number of cases linked to abuse claims in the Roman Catholic Church.
“I knew there were a lot of cases,” said Paul Mones, an attorney who has been working on BSA cases for approximately 20 years.
“I never contemplated it would be a number close to this,” noting that with the prevalence of the abuse the number may represent a mere fraction of victims.
The BSA has filed for bankruptcy but hopes to reemerge anew one day.
According to its bankruptcy filing, the organization founded in 1910 reportedly has over $1 billion in assets, much of it in real estate.
“The response we have seen from survivors has been gut-wrenching,” the BSA said in the statement, noting that it was “devastated by the number of lives impacted by past abuse in Scouting.”
Full story at The Christian Post.
So, we’ve got that going for us now, We’re #2! We’re #2 We’re #2.
Love does not rejoice in the wrong.
Although it’s absolutely no consolation or excuse or anything but a tragic statement about our society, the Church does not have the second highest number of cases. As the children’s treatment center reports, “Of children in 8th through 11th grade, about 3.5 million students (nearly 7%) surveyed reported having had physical sexual contact from an adult (most often a teacher or coach).”
And, do people who are promoting further surrender to the sexual revolution think that will make it better for children?
Mostly homosexual abuse too. That’s why we need to stop the radical gay infiltration of our institutions and churches.
Sell some of the property. Some jail time for the perpetrators. This type of sinful abuse can not go without punsihment.
What the BSA has in common with the Church is that it is a world-wide, identifiable and defined organization. And it stood for an ethical and moral system that was in stark opposition to the secular zeitgeist that is currently bull dozing western culture.
If the all evangelical/protestant movements were under one roof, their abuse claims would be right up there with the BSA, no doubt. But because they represent no deep pockets, no one is interested. Same for the public school system in this nation. But claims against them would dwarf the BSA’s, the Church’s and the protestant movement’s combined.
There will be a large group of rich lawyers when this is over.
I venture that 90% plus of the abusers are married men, not single homosexual men.
You can venture all you want. It makes no difference. It is homosexual sodomy no matter how you look at it.
The Anon post Nov. 19 at 6:04 pm was mine — Anne TE. See also my post far below.
Homosexuals have a higher rate of abuse I believe it’s around 40% to 10% heterosexual. Of course, not all homosexuals are abusers and some are struggling with SSA and we must help by leading them to groups like Courage, and fight laws that discriminate against those who want help. It’s the radical gay lobby who are using fascist tactics (conversion therapy bans) to stop young people from getting the help they need (and foolish politicians, some even Republican, New Hampshire comes to mind) We must strongly protect people’s right to know their options and let then make their own decision. What are they so afraid of?
Any reports of child sex abuse of girls, by lesbian Girl Scout leaders?? Never heard of such a thing. All the Scout Leaders I knew of, when growing up, were mothers and homemakers!
Yes, there are cases.
Girl Scouts are subtly involved in abortion, Planned Parenthood indoctrination. They at first congratulated Amy Coney Barret on her nomination as they did with all the liberal women Justices, but quickly rescinded that. Behind the scenes they are extremists furthering an immoral agenda.
Really, Anonymous? I have not seen this, in the news. Are there lawsuits also, and is the Girl Scouts of America also going bankrupt? Tragic! I have not been able to support them, in today’s era, as they have becone corrupted– evilly infiltrated by Planned Parenthood and feminists, destroying those poor girls with brazen, unnatural, sick feminism, sexual filth and sin, and encouraging abortion. I cannot buy boxes of “Satan’s” Girl Scout Cookies! So sad!
I recall, in the 1960s and up until the early 1970s, proudly doing volunteering, and some paid work too, for both our local YWCA and local Girl Scout Council. By the time of the early 1970s, the top leaders of both organizations were upset with the filthy “hippie revolution,” and sick, mis-educated, radical, liberal leftist college kids were infiltrating. High ideals and good Christian morals were scoffed at by these losers. I and everyone else ended up finally giving up and resigning– never to return. Where to volunteer, and do good for the community?? No more volunteering, for nice women! Not even occasional work as a substitute teacher, or enjoying volunteering for something special, at a local school! And the Catholic schools all fell apart, at that time, too! Local charities, and the public libraries, were now accommodating the sick, demented demands of liberal leftist “hippie scum.” Hordes of radical, liberal leftist “hippie filth” were now being given leadership roles, everywhere in the nation. It made everyone sick— so nice ladies with good values, stayed away.
An organization that used to be strong, that I have really missed in the Church, that sort of seemed to go by the wayside in the Vatican II era — is the Legion of Mary.
Of course, some of these charges, as also those against some Catholic clergy, are true and some false. May God sort out the wheat from the chaff. And I remind anyone out there that according to Biblical teaching any person who knowingly lies about such things deserves the same punishment they sought to inflect on any innocent person.