Boy Scouts sex-abuse claims reach $7 billion
June 18, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: The Wall Street Journal reported that “the cost of compensating men who were sexually abused in the Boy Scouts of America has reached over $7 billion, double the amount forecast in the youth group’s bankruptcy plan.”
The Boy Scouts of America’s abuse scandal has garnered markedly less media coverage than the clerical abuse scandal. A recent study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate estimated the overall cost of the clerical abuse scandal over the decades at just over $5 billion.
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