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Boy Scout councils under pressure to share sex abuse costs

by AP National Writer
| May 20, 2020 12:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Nine sex abuse lawsuits were filed Tuesday in New York against three Boy Scout local councils, signaling an escalation of efforts to pressure councils nationwide to pay a big share of an eventual settlement in the Scouts’ bankruptcy proceedings.

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