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Boy Scouts victims committee says claims worth $103 billion

By Associated Press
Published: April 5, 2021, 8:05pm

DOVER, Del. — The official committee representing child sex abuse victims in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy is asking a judge for permission to file its own reorganization plan, saying the plan proposed by the BSA falls woefully short of fairly compensating abuse victims while shielding local Boy Scouts councils and sponsoring organizations from liability.

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