[AlAhram] More than 80,000 victims of sexual abuse that took place in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are expected to come forward by Monday evening, the deadline to receive compensation from the organization, a lawyer for the victims told AFP.
Attorney Andrew Van Arsdale said he expected the group of claimants by 5:00 pm (2200 GMT) to be around eight times the size of the 11,000 claims brought worldwide against the Catholic Church.
"We are devastated by the number of lives impacted by past abuse in scouting and moved by the bravery of those who have come forward," the scouting organization said in a statement. "We are heartbroken that we cannot undo their pain."
The group, founded in 1910, has 2.2 million members between the ages of five and 21.
Rocked by accusations of sexual abuse, the BSA filed for bankruptcy in February in an effort to block settlement claims from hitting the organization directly and instead funneled them to a compensation fund.
The group, which is valued at more than $1 billion, has not said how much they intend to spend via this fund.
Revelations of misconduct in US scouting circles came to widespread attention in 2012 when the Los Angeles Times published internal documents spelling out details of decades of sexual abuse.
Some 5,000 "perversion files" were uncovered, identifying about as many alleged culprits among scout leadership, including scout masters and troop leaders.
Most incidents were never reported to authorities and the BSA took it upon themselves to remove the accused offenders.
Multiple cases have been filed against the BSA since 2012, especially after several states extended the statute of limitations on allegations of child sexual assault.
And US Catholic Church leadership, also roiled by child sexual abuse claims, is set to meet virtually for its annual conference Monday.
The agenda has been updated to include discussion on a damning Vatican report released last week on defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and the silence of many of his peers.
The 450-page document details several incidents in which young priests or seminarians reported allegations of abuse by McCarrick but investigations were never opened.
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Was a Cub Scout and then made...I think first class Boy Scout back in the Fifties. My Mom was a den mother and when my brother and I got into the Boy Scouts, my father was in charge of the outdoor stuff, camping and suchlike.
Far as I know, every adult male involved was some kid's father. Wouldn't have stood for anything. Mostly veterans, as well.
Never heard a word.
Interesting legal issue, though. If the kid/parent doesn't want to press charges, what is the organization supposed to do?
Failure to supervise is a likely locus of criminal charges I suppose--see Larry Nasser and all the failures of Duty to Report which aren't being charged--but you'd have to out the kid and his parents in the process.
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...internal documents spelling out details of decades of sexual abuse.
I'm willing to bet it wasn't decades in the literal sense - compare the dates of the allegations against the timeline that forced the Boy Scouts to accept gay scoutmasters and then rerun the numbers.
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How's that ghey scoutmaster thing workin' out for ya?
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Considering the way they've been running ads for victims on TV, I'm suprised there's not more.
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Bingo!!!! No one wants that answer.
With that many pending lawsuits the payout to actual victims has reached the point of diminishing returns, only the predatory lawyers will keep pushing the narrative.
[NYPOST] A black 15-year-old boy was found dead in a sugar cane field days after he vanished in Louisiana, according to authorities who are probing his death as a homicide.
The body of Quawan "Bobby" Charles was discovered on Nov. 3 by Iberia Gay Pareeh sheriff’s deputies in a creek near Loreauville after his family first notified cops in Baldwin about his disappearance on Oct. 30, sheriff’s officials said.
Police in Baldwin met with one of the teen’s relatives that day, but failed to issue an alert or to launch a search for him, family members told the Advocate during a protest Saturday calling for answers in the ongoing homicide investigation.
A preliminary autopsy released Friday indicates the teen likely drowned. Injuries to his face occurred post-mortem and were probably caused by animals since he was found in water, a coroner found.
But the teen’s family has commissioned an independent autopsy, the results of which are pending, the Advocate reported.
"Quawan’s face looks like he was tortured," cousin Celine Charles told the outlet, pushing back on drowning as the teen’s most likely cause of death.
Activist Jamal Taylor also called on a Baldwin police officer to be put on administrative leave, claiming the cop failed to investigate the initial missing person report and was probably at a football game instead.
"What we have witnessed is an attempt to undermine an investigation," Taylor said Saturday. "Had he done his job, this mother would not be grieving here today."
Iberia Gay Pareeh Sheriff Tommy Romero said Saturday Sherlocks immediately treated the case as a homicide "at the very moment" the teen’s body was found — just hours after deputies were contacted directly by one of his parents on Nov. 3.
"I want to assure the public that I, and my team, are doing everything we can, and following every lead, to gather evidence into what happened in the untimely death of Quawan ’Bobby’ Charles," Romero said in a statement. "Although we believe it is important not to compromise any part of our investigation, we are prepared to release some details so that the public can be assured we are not resting in our effort to find the truth."
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Peru’s interim president Manuel Merino resigned on Sunday after less than a week in office, leaving the country in limbo following lawmakers’ demands he step down over two deaths during protests at the sudden ouster of his predecessor.https://t.co/jG0qo86MKQ
More than 700 people were jailed following latest anti-government protests in #Belarus, says the interior ministry, as anger mounts over the recent death of a protester.https://t.co/VML3c1UUFn
China will conduct military training in the #SouthChinaSea from Nov 17 to Nov 30; entry will be prohibited, according to Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration. (file pic) pic.twitter.com/DXM3prt1UW
(Reuters) - Home Depot Inc HD.N said on Tuesday it would spend about $1 billion more annually on employees' compensation as the home improvement chain benefits from a sustained surge in demand for tools, paint and building materials.
Demand has jumped since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as people stuck at home, with limited options for travel or leisure activities, spend more of their discretionary income on minor home remodeling and repair work.
To compensate employees working through the health crisis, Home Depot was providing temporary weekly bonuses and more hours of paid time off. The company on Tuesday said it will change some of those programs to permanent additional compensation.
Home Depot’s blue-chip stock fell about 1.7% in premarket trading, despite the company posting a 24.1% rise in same-store sales for the third quarter ended Nov. 1, and beating analysts’ average estimate of a 14.8% increase.
ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo met Tuesday with the Istanbul-based spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians during a short trip to Turkey that has raised the ire of Turkish officials and includes no meetings with any of them.
Pompeo, who is on a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East, tweeted pictures of him being greeted by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the leader of some 300 million Orthodox Christians, after being shown around the Patriarchate. He was also scheduled to meet with the apostolic nuncio to Turkey, Archbishop Paul Russell.
The talks were to center on religious freedoms in Turkey, which has angered Ankara and prompted officials to call on Washington to focus on human rights violations in the United States.
Last week, Turkey issued a sharply-worded statement criticizing Pompeo’s plans and said Washington should "look at the mirror" and deal with issues such as racism, Islamophobia and hate crimes.
But the talks went ahead, and Pompeo on Tuesday tweeted that "as leader of the Orthodox world" Bartholomew "is a key partner as we continue to champion religious freedom around the globe."
The EU may not be able to digest these particular countries they swallowed, which will be a healthy change for all concerned.
[IsraelTimes] Hungary and Poland block approval of the EU’s long-term budget and coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men... rescue — a 1.8 trillion euro package — and plunge the bloc into political crisis.
Warsaw and Budapest oppose tying EU funding to respect for the rule of law and their envoys vetoed any decision to proceed, EU diplomats at the Brussels meeting say.
"Hungary has vetoed the budget," Zoltan Kovacs, a front man for Prime Minister Viktor Orban says, arguing that the package must reflect a deal reached in July.
"We cannot support the plan in its present form to tie rule of law criteria to budget decisions," he said.
Poland and Hungary remain implacably opposed to tying their future funding to Brussels’ judgment on whether their spending is in line with EU law.
[Breitbart]President Donald Trump’s job approval remained steady at 52 percent on Monday, according to Rasmussen Reports’ Daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
A majority, or 52 percent, of likely voters stated they approve of Trump’s job performance, up three points from November 4, 2020. Of those who took part in the survey, 47 percent said they disapprove of Trump’s job performance.
At the same point in his presidency in 2012, former President Barack Obama saw a similar approval rating of 53 percent among likely voters.
Since November 6, Trump’s job approval has remained steady above 50 percent, with Trump reaching 53 percent on November 11.
The data from the poll also included 41 percent of voters who stated they "strongly approve" of Trump’s job performance, while 41 percent also said they "strongly disapprove," giving him a presidential approval index rating of zero.
The news comes as Trump pursues legal challenges in certain states regarding election fraud and as the country continues to recover from the economic impact caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The survey outlined above was taken by 1,500 likely voters and has a margin of error of +/- 2.5 percent.
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The university has been asked to comment on recent statements made by Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution who is on leave of absence from that position.
Stanford’s position on managing the pandemic in our community is clear. We support using masks, social distancing, and conducting surveillance and diagnostic testing. We also believe in the importance of strictly following the guidance of local and state health authorities.
Dr. Atlas has expressed views that are inconsistent with the university’s approach in response to the pandemic. Dr. Atlas’s statements reflect his personal views, not those of the Hoover Institution or the university.
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[AlAhram] More than 80,000 victims of sexual abuse that took place in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are expected to come forward by Monday evening, the deadline to receive compensation from the organization, a lawyer for the victims told AFP.
ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo met Tuesday with the Istanbul-based spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians during a short trip to Turkey that has raised the ire of Turkish officials and includes no meetings with any of them.
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
[Breitbart]President Donald Trump’s job approval remained steady at 52 percent on Monday, according to Rasmussen Reports’ Daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
