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...The Boy Scouts of America, one of the nation's oldest and largest youth organizations, filed for bankruptcy protection late Monday as former Scouts' legal claims of past sexual abuse continue to mount.
...The Scouts' Chapter 11 petition, filed in Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, comes amid declining membership and a wave of new sex-abuse lawsuits after several states, including California, New York and New Jersey, recently expanded legal options for childhood victims to sue.
...The Boy Scouts of America "Cares deeply about all victims of abuse and sincerely apologizes to anyone who was harmed during their time in Scouting. We are outraged that there have been times when individuals took advantage of our programs to harm innocent children," Roger Mosby, the Scouts' president and chief executive officer, said in a statement.
...The Scouts statement noted that local Scouts councils are not part of the bankruptcy.
..."The Boy Scouts of America is working with experts and exploring all options available so we can live up to our social and moral responsibility to equitably compensate victims who suffered abuse during their time in Scouting, while also ensuring that we carry out our mission to serve youth, families and local communities through our programs," the organization said in a statement to The Times.
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