Boy Scouts Abuse Victims Risk Losing Millions Over Filing Errors

Several hundred former Boy Scouts are at risk of losing out on millions of dollars in sex abuse compensation due to paperwork errors made when voting on the organization’s $2.46 billion bankruptcy settlement.

The Boy Scouts of America abuse survivors are now relying on a bankruptcy court judge to let them correct their nearly two-year-old mistakes to collect from the largest sex abuse settlement in US history. They cite confusion from a lengthy and complicated form in which they inadvertently chose to receive a one-time, expedited payment of just $3,500 instead of pursuing potential six- or seven-figure recoveries.

“Making that ...