Boy Scouts’ sexual abuse victims one step closer to restitution

By Barnini Chakraborty

Published September 21, 2021 8:38pm ET

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Boy Scouts’ sexual abuse victims one step closer to restitution — A Boy Scout reads a book during the Second Annual World Championship Pinewood Derby, Saturday, June 25, 2016, in New York's Times Square. Over 250 Boy Scouts ages 7 to 10 from around the United States raced hand-crafted cars on a 45-foot custom race track, achieving speeds up to 40 MPH. | (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

A Delaware judge on Tuesday pushed forward with proceedings that could determine whether the Boy Scouts of America will be able to emerge from chapter 11 bankruptcy this year with a plan to settle thousands of lawsuits by men who claim they were sexually abused in the youth organization.

The Irving, Texas, organization had sought bankruptcy protection in February 2020 following a wave of lawsuits by members who claimed they were abused as boys.

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