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Deal includes contributions from local BSA councils, such as Erie-based French Creek Council
French Creek Council has yet to detail what it might give; assets include Custaloga Town camp
Since the 1960s, Boy Scouts in northwestern Pennsylvania have camped, hiked and held jamborees at Custaloga Town Scout Reservation, on more than 500 acres in Mercer County.
The future of the camp, as well as the future of the other assets of the Boy Scouts in the Erie area, is likely to become clearer by the end of the month.
The clarity is required as part of the proposed $850 million settlement that the Boys Scouts of America s national organization has reached with tens of thousands of child sex abuse victims who filed claims in the organization s bankruptcy case.
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By DAVID CRARY and RANDALL CHASE Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) An $850 million agreement by the Boy Scouts of America to compensate sex-abuse victims prompted outrage on July 2 from some survivors and their advocates, while others were encouraged and saw it as the best outcome that could be achieved under the circumstances.
The agreement, filed in court late on July 1 as a step toward resolving a complex bankruptcy case, includes the BSA national leadership, abuse victims, local Boy Scout councils and lawyers appointed to represent victims who might file future claims.
Lawyer Tim Kosnoff, whose Abused in Scouting legal team says it’s representing thousands of clients, called it “a lousy deal a sellout of tens of thousands of brave men” because it did not press local councils to contribute the bulk of their unrestricted assets.
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