Boy Scouts file for bankruptcy due to sex-abuse lawsuits

by AP National Writer
| February 18, 2020 12:05 AM

Barraged by hundreds of sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the 110-year-old organization to carry on.

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