Lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday in Washington seeking to establish the nation’s capital as a venue for men across the U.S. to sue the Boy Scouts of America for allegedly failing to protect them from sexual abuse.
A team of lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court in Washington seeking to establish the nation’s capital as a venue for men across the U.S. to sue the Boy Scouts of America for allegedly failing to protect them from long-ago sexual abuse at the hands of Scoutmasters and other leaders.
The Boy Scouts said it could not comment on pending litigation. It reiterated its previous apologies to “anyone who was harmed during their time in Scouting.”“We believe victims, we support them, we pay for counseling by a provider of their choice and we encourage them to come forward,” the Boy Scouts said.
“However, never once in 103 years of reporting to Congress has BSA disclosed the fact that its programs were, and are, magnets to tens of thousands of pedophiles,” the lawsuit says. “Instead, BSA’s reports to the nation have miscast the organization as a bastion of moral authority.
Without specifying any dollar figures, the lawsuit seeks compensatory damages for physical and emotional injuries, as well as punitive damages and attorneys’ fees.
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