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November 17, 2020

Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Claims Top 92,000 
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Back in the United States, nearly 93,000 claims of sexual abuse have
been filed against the Boy Scouts of America. Monday was the deadline
for victims to submit claims against the now-bankrupt organization.
Andrew Van Arsdale, a lawyer with the group Abused in Scouting, said
sexual abuse was an "unspoken norm" within the Scouts.


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