NY: & US: Nearly 100 say they were abused in Capital Region Boy Scouts over decades (Includes video)
Times Union – July 02, 2021
The Boy Scouts of America declared bankruptcy last year, and since then more than 80,000 people have stepped forward to say they were sexually abused as Scouts, a number that dwarfs the roughly 9,000 who have alleged abuse at the hands of Catholic priests, according to one estimate by The New York Times. Experts are careful to point out, however, that many or even most abuse survivors won’t come forward, so estimates like these are not fully reliable. In the Capital Region, about 74 percent of CVA cases have been against the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese, with 9 percent against the Boy Scouts. In recent weeks, however, the trickle of cases against the Boy Scouts has increased, with more coming in Albany against the Scouts than against the church. The deadline for CVA cases is next month.
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