As Boy Scouts eye end to bankruptcy, tough work lies ahead in vetting, valuing sexual abuse claims – USA TODAY

Which Boy Scout sexual abuse victims will receive settlement money and how much? Court records filed this summer offer the first glimpses of big decisions ahead.

The sizeof the case alone more than 90,000 claims were filed suggest the complicated path ahead, which will involve determining the value of a claim based on its severity, believability and location.

There is little precedent to rely on because, although the Scout bankruptcyis one in a chain of modern-day sexual abuses cases, its scope and legal challenges set it apart. The largest Catholic diocese bankruptcy cases involved a few hundred claims.

A USA TODAY analysis of court filings suggests that most could end up with a fraction of what their counterparts have been allotted in more than a dozen bankruptcy cases involving Catholic dioceses.

Read how these vexing decisions are made: In Boy Scouts bankruptcy, which sexual abuse victims will get a settlement?

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As Boy Scouts eye end to bankruptcy, tough work lies ahead in vetting, valuing sexual abuse claims - USA TODAY