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The lawsuit contends that the BSA has known since its early years that it attracted pedophiles into its ranks Cheap Newport Cigarettes Online Sale of adult leaders, yet avoided public acknowledgement of the dangers for decades even as it kept secret files of men known or suspected of committing sex abuse.
The lawsuit notes that the BSA submits an annual report to Congress summarizing its recent activities.
“However, never once in 103 years of reporting to Congress has BSA disclosed the fact that its programs were, and are, magnets to tens of thousands of pedophiles,” the lawsuit says. “Instead, BSA’s Reports to the Nation have miscast the organization as a bastion of moral authority.”
The lawsuit’s premise that the Washington, D.C. federal court has jurisdiction because of the BSA’s congressional charter has not been tested and will likely be challenged, but Aitan Goelman, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers, says it’s worth a try.
“We’re intentionally trying to make this a venue for a national case against the Boy Scouts,” he said. “We’re Cheap Newport 100s cigarettes doing it conscious of the fact that it’s unusual and we explain why we believe it’s legally sound.”