ABUSED IN SCOUTING: Arizona survivors face new deadline to seek justice

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January 31, 2020

By Nicole Crites

The group Abused in Scouting just filed a new lawsuit in federal court in Washington D.C. against Boy Scouts of America, BSA, where the scouts were originally chartered by congress in 1910.

There is an avalanche of new sex abuse accusations against Boy Scouts of America as the deadline for local survivors to take action is fast approaching. A new law passed last year gives child sex abuse survivors in Arizona until December 30, 2020, to file a civil suit against the abusers and institutions that gave them access to children.

The group Abused in Scouting just filed a new lawsuit in federal court in Washington D.C. against Boy Scouts of America, BSA, where the scouts were originally chartered by congress in 1910.

[Download PDF Boy Scouts complaint]

As part of that charter, BSA was required to submit annual reports, which never disclosed anything about the liability of widespread allegations of abuse within its ranks or the fact the organization secretly maintained and destroyed thousands of files naming accused and convicted pedophiles working with young boys.

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