(FILES) this file photograph taken on May 9, 2018, shows a sign hanging on the outside of the headquarters of the Utah National Park Council of the Boy Scouts of America in Orem, Utah. - The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy on February 18, 2020, in what it said was an effort to safeguard compensation payouts for sexual abuse victims. The organization has been accused of covering up generations of abuse inflicted on thousands of its young members and failing to do enough to root out pedophiles using the youth movement to prey on minors over its 110-year history. (Photo by GEORGE FREY / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Washington (AFP): The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday (Feb 18) in what it said was an effort to safeguard compensation payouts for sexual abuse victims.
The organization has been accused of covering up generations of abuse inflicted on thousands of its young members and failing to do enough to root out paedophiles using the youth movement to prey on minors over its 110-year history.
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