{"id":11364,"date":"2018-12-13T12:21:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T16:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=11364"},"modified":"2018-12-13T12:21:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T16:21:19","slug":"boy-scouts-of-america-may-declare-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/boy-scouts-of-america-may-declare-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy Scouts of America may declare bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New York Post<\/strong>
\nby Max Jaeger
\n12\/12\/2018<\/h3>\n

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The Boy Scouts of America is mulling declaring bankruptcy amid flagging membership and an avalanche of costly sex abuse allegations, according to the Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Leaders have hired Chicago law firm Sidley Austin for help in a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, sources told the outlet.<\/em><\/p>\n

The organization has been fending off lawsuits over alleged abuse<\/a>, including one filed by four former scouts who called the club a \u201cpedophile magnet\u201d and alleged that they were molested by scoutmaster Waldron Ackerman between 1974 and 1976.<\/em><\/p>\n

The organization has reportedly lost two-thirds of its members \u2014 some 4 million boys \u2014 since the 1970s.<\/em><\/p>\n

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