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Boy Scouts of America Reach $850 Million Settlement with Survivors of Sexual Abuse

HeadlineJul 02, 2021

The Boy Scouts of America has reached an $850 million settlement with tens of thousands of people who were sexually abused as scouts. It’s the largest settlement of a child sexual abuse case in U.S. history. More than 84,000 people have joined lawsuits against the Boy Scouts, with claims that sexual abuse was an “unspoken norm” within the organization since the 1960s.

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