In court filings dating back to 2009, the Boy Scouts of America, a New York boys & girls club and 13 separate Catholic institutions each have cited state laws extending abuse victims’ right to ...

The National Catholic Committee on Scouting (NCCS) announced today a new memorandum of understanding with Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America, which the organizations say ...

A pair of Catholic churches in Howell and Brighton, both of which operate elementary schools, have decided to formally disassociate from the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts due to legal ...

A legislative effort to bolster Georgia's Hidden Predator Act by granting additional protections to victims of childhood sexual assault is under fire by Atlanta's Catholic Archdiocese and the Boy ...

“I was so oblivious.” These days, the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Church no longer command such unquestioned trust. Both are in the throes of a reckoning over decades of child sex abuse ...

recently including the Boy Scouts of America and scores of Catholic dioceses in the United States. According to Nicole Langston, a bankruptcy scholar and assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt ...

They name as defendants individuals and organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America, Catholic dioceses and other religious groups such as Jehovah's Witnesses, which has its world ...

Last year, the archdiocese asked the Girl Scouts to "cease promotion of activities, resources, badges and awards repugnant to Catholic teaching." That request would have impacted all Girl Scout ...

In court filings dating back to 2009, the Boy Scouts of America, a New York boys & girls club and 13 separate Catholic institutions each have cited state laws extending abuse victims' right to sue ...

Lawmakers around the United States have tried to grant justice to victims of decades-old incidents of child sexual abuse by giving them extra time to file lawsuits. Now some of the defendants in ...

In court filings dating back to 2009, the Boy Scouts of America, a New York boys & girls club and 13 separate Catholic institutions each have cited state laws extending abuse victims’ right to ...