(Des Moines Register) The Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church is advising local churches to stop sponsoring Boy Scouts of America units until the organization emerges from bankruptcy.
The BSA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2020 to protect it from hundreds of lawsuits by victims who have said they were sexually abused during their time with the organization. A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware last week signed off on part of an $850 million settlement agreement BSA reached with a majority of the attorneys for sex abuse claimants in the case.