Boy Scouts of America is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy because of child sex abuse? We thank thee, O God, for our Profit, Russel M. Nelson for getting the Mormon church out of Scouts before all those lawsuits crippled BSA! While this isn’t a story directly about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, these issues long predate the divorce of these two institutions. Braden and I explore the common threads and what this bankruptcy means. Then Braden tells us about some kids at a Catholic school who walked out when their gay teachers were fired for being gay!
Links:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/02/18/boy-scouts-of-america-files-for-bankruptcy-over-sex-abuse-claims/#353a52cd2e58
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-wave-of-sexual-abuse-lawsuits-could-cost-catholic-church-over-4-billion-2019-12-02
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/18/806721827/boy-scouts-of-america-files-for-bankruptcy-as-it-faces-hundreds-of-sex-abuse-cla
https://theoutline.com/post/8687/boy-scouts-bankruptcy-filing-sexual-abuse-lawsuit?zd=1&zi=oeee5led
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/us/boy-scouts-bankruptcy-sex-abuse.html
https://abusedinscouting.com/history-of-abuse/
https://www.reddit.com/r/BSA/comments/8il1du/on_the_separation_of_assets_the_financial_cost_of/
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