Unique sex-abuse suit filed against Boy Scouts in US capital
A team of lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking to establish the nation’s capital as a venue for men across the U.S. to sue the Boy Scouts of America for allegedly failing to protect them from long-ago sexual abuse at the hands of scoutmasters and other leaders.The eight plaintiffs in the potentially groundbreaking lawsuit, identified as John Does 1 through 8, live in states where statute of limitations laws would prevent them from suing the […]
