Boy Scouts will sell Norman Rockwell paintings to fund sexual abuse claim payments
by Victoria Bekiempis from on (#5EV2C)
Organization to create $300m victims' fund to deal with legal claims made by more than 85,000 former scouts
The Boy Scouts of America has said it will establish a victims' fund of at least $300m, to deal with payments arising from lawsuits over sexual abuse and funded in part by selling its portfolio of Norman Rockwell paintings.
More than 85,000 former scouts have made legal claims against the 111-year-old organization about alleged sexual abuse by leaders, according to reports.
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