The official committee appointed to represent abuse claimants described the planned settlements as 'grossly unfair,' and far below its estimate of liability.
The Boy Scouts of America proposed a new bankruptcy plan that would release thousands from liability in the sexual abuse allegations that have been filed against the organization.
The Hartford has agreed to pay $787 million, and the Mormon church has agreed to pay $250 million. In exchange, both would be released from any further liability involving child sexual abuse claims brought against the organization. The Boy Scouts, based in Irving, Texas, sought bankruptcy protection in February 2020, seeking to halt hundreds of individual lawsuits and create a fund for men who said they were molested as children by scoutmasters and others. Although the organization was facing 275 lawsuits at the time, it's now facing some 82,500 sexual abuse claims in the bankruptcy case.
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