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Scouting Abuse Claims • Settlement Trust • Updated October 2026
Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Lawsuit 2026: Case Status, Trust Claims & Filing Options
The Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuit litigation led to a court-supervised Settlement Trust for qualifying historical abuse claims filed in the Boy Scouts of America Chapter 11 case. Boy Scouts of America is now known as Scouting America, but the bankruptcy plan, Scouting Settlement Trust, claim determinations, distributions, releases, and survivor legal questions remain central to the 2026 litigation landscape. Claims against schools, churches and other youth organizations are covered in our guide to institutional sexual abuse lawsuits.
Quick answer: The U.S. Supreme Court denied the remaining petition challenging the Boy Scouts reorganization plan on January 12, 2026. The original Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case closed on March 13, 2026, while continuing matters were directed to Delaware BSA, LLC Case No. 20-10342. The newest court-filed Scouting Settlement Trust statistics report, program-to-date as of October 1, 2026, shows 63,190 claims determined, 53,162 claim disbursements issued and $1,331,813,046 in claim disbursements. The Trust still pays 4.7% of each allowed claim while the Trustee’s request to raise that to 5.7% awaits a ruling; our Boy Scouts settlement payout guide shows what that means per person.
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$1.332BClaim disbursements reported through Oct. 1, 2026
63,190Claims determined in the Oct. 2026 Trust report
53,162Claim disbursements issued program-to-date
Nov. 16, 2020Bankruptcy Sexual Abuse Claims Bar Date
2026 Settlement Trust Snapshot The bankruptcy plan remains in place while Trust administration continues.
The Supreme Court denied the remaining certiorari petition in January 2026. The Settlement Trust continues determining claims and issuing distributions under the confirmed plan. Its October 1, 2026 program statistics show continuing claim determinations and substantially higher cumulative distributions than the March report, and the payment percentage remains 4.7% while a request to raise it is pending.
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- Existing Trust claim numbers, determination letters, payment notices, and Additional Information Requests may be important.
- Troop, council, camp, chartered-organization, membership, and alleged-abuser details can help identify the Scouting history.
- A person who missed the 2020 bankruptcy bar date should not assume a new Settlement Trust claim can now be opened.
- Separate legal review may still matter for release questions, non-protected parties, post-bankruptcy facts, or state-law issues.
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Important: This is not the official Scouting Settlement Trust portal. The bankruptcy Sexual Abuse Claims Bar Date was November 16, 2020. Submitting this form does not reopen an expired Trust filing period.
Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Update — October 2026
The most important 2026 Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuit developments involve finality of the Chapter 11 plan, continued Settlement Trust administration, the transition to the remaining Delaware BSA bankruptcy docket, the newest October Trust statistics, the pending motion over the payment percentage, and ongoing claim-specific disputes before the Bankruptcy Court.January 12, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court denied the remaining petition for certiorari challenging the confirmed Boy Scouts reorganization plan.March 13, 2026
The original Boy Scouts of America Chapter 11 case closed. Continuing filings were directed to Delaware BSA, LLC Case No. 20-10342.October 1, 2026
The newest Trust statistics show 63,190 claims determined, 53,162 disbursements issued and $1.332 billion in cumulative claim disbursements, filed as Docket No. 942 on October 9, 2026.October 13, 2026
The Settlement Trustee told the court that 4.7% is still the maximum approved payment percentage and that her motion to raise it to 5.7% remains pending, supported by the STAC and opposed by the Future Claimants’ Representative (Docket No. 971).Why this matters: The Supreme Court's denial of certiorari did not create a new merits opinion approving every part of the plan. It ended that avenue of further review and left the confirmed plan in place. Trust administration, claim determinations, distributions, liens, releases, and other case-specific issues continue.
Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Trust Statistics — October 2026
The Settlement Trustee's newest monthly program statistics, filed October 9, 2026, report activity program-to-date through October 1, 2026: 53,162 claim disbursements totalling about $1.33 billion, from 64,347 questionnaires submitted and 63,190 claims determined (Trust report, Dkt 942).Those are program-wide totals, not what any one survivor receives. The breakdown by claim process, the 4.7% payment percentage and the per-claim arithmetic are in our Boy Scouts settlement payout guide.
Who Should Request a Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Review?
A confidential Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuit review may be useful when a survivor experienced abuse connected to Boy Scouts of America, Scouting America, a local council, troop, chartered organization, volunteer, employee, camp, or another Scouting-related person or entity and needs help understanding how the confirmed bankruptcy plan may affect the available path.Existing Settlement Trust Claim
- You filed a sexual-abuse proof of claim before the bankruptcy bar date.
- You submitted a Matrix, Expedited Distribution, or IRO claim.
- You received a determination, Additional Information Request, lien notice, or payment notice.
- You have questions about documentation, claim status, payment calculations, or a prior election.
Uncertain or Different Legal Path
- You are unsure whether a bankruptcy claim was filed on your behalf.
- The alleged abuser or organization may fall outside the plan's protected-party structure.
- The relevant conduct occurred after the February 18, 2020 bankruptcy filing.
- You need state-specific review of revival laws, limitation periods, releases, or a possible non-Trust claim.
Do not assume a new Trust claim is available. The official restructuring materials list November 16, 2020 as the Sexual Abuse Claims Bar Date. Whether any other legal option remains depends on the claimant's history, defendant, release status, jurisdiction, and other facts.
How claims are assessed
What Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuits have to establish before value is discussed
- The setting and datesWhere and roughly when the conduct is alleged to have occurred, which decides the law that applies.
- An identifiable personThe individual alleged to be responsible, even where they have died or cannot be located.
- An institution that owed a dutyA school, employer, church, agency or platform alleged to have failed to protect.
- Notice or prior complaintsRecords suggesting the institution knew, or should have known, of a risk.
- A live filing windowA limitation period, discovery rule or revival window that has not closed.
- Documented effectsRecords showing the impact over time, which shape what a civil claim can recover.
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Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Claim Processes
The confirmed Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuit plan created different ways for filed abuse claims to be liquidated. The correct path depends on the election and Trust procedures already applicable to the claim.Matrix Claim
Matrix claims are evaluated under the Trust Distribution Procedures using claim information, supporting evidence, and plan-defined valuation factors. Trust processing can involve information requests, investigations, liens, and other case-specific issues.Expedited Distribution
The plan's Expedited Distribution path provided a $3,500 final payment option for eligible electing claimants. A July 2026 Third Circuit decision affirmed rulings involving two claimants who sought to change that election.Independent Review Option
The IRO uses neutral retired judges to evaluate elected claims and make settlement recommendations under the Trust procedures. It is separate from the standard Matrix pathway.Other Legal Questions
Late-discovered facts, protected-party releases, non-protected defendants, post-bankruptcy conduct, or state-law theories require individualized analysis and should not be treated as routine new Trust filings.Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Payments in 2026
The Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuit bankruptcy plan established a survivor compensation structure funded through contributions from Scouting-related entities, insurers and transferred assets. The Trust continues administering allowed claims and pursuing or liquidating additional assets. Its October 1, 2026 report shows more than $1.33 billion in cumulative claim disbursements. Every status, deadline and figure published on this page about boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuits is traced to a primary source before it appears.Allowed Claim ≠ Cash Payment
The Trust pays the same percentage of every allowed claim — 4.7% as of October 2026 — so an allowed claim amount and the cash actually distributed are very different figures. Our Boy Scouts settlement payout guide works through that arithmetic with the court-filed totals.Future Funding Can Matter
Insurance proceeds, real estate, notes, art, and other assets may affect later Trust funding. Future distributions depend on Trust finances, reserves, obligations, litigation, liens, and plan requirements.Evidence checklist
The records that carry Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuits
- Enrollment and employment recordsDocuments placing the survivor and the accused in the same setting at the same time.
- Prior complaints and personnel filesInternal reports, transfers or disciplinary records held by the institution.
- Contemporaneous accountsLetters, diaries, messages or anything told to another person at the time.
- WitnessesClassmates, colleagues, family members or others who observed the setting or the aftermath.
- Platform or account dataWhere the conduct involved an online service, the account history and message records.
- Institutional policiesSupervision, reporting and safeguarding rules that were in force at the time.
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Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Deadlines and the 2020 Bar Date
For the Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuit, the official restructuring materials list November 16, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time as the Sexual Abuse Claims Bar Date for abuse claims against the bankruptcy debtors arising from conduct on or before the February 18, 2020 bankruptcy filing.The bankruptcy bar date — November 16, 2020 — closed nearly six years ago, and most survivors who missed it cannot join the Trust. But "most" is not "all", and this is the section where accurate information is worth the most.
The Trust Distribution Procedures keep two doors open:
- Other Protected Party Claims. For survivors who missed the bar date where the abuse is connected to a local council or another protected party. The claim must either already be the subject of a timely-filed state court action naming the local council, or be submitted at a time when it would still be timely under applicable state law if filed in state court that day. These are still arriving: eleven such submissions came in during the April–June 2026 quarter alone.
- Future Abuse Claims. For survivors who were under 18 as of February 17, 2020, or who were unaware of their claim because of repressed memory where the state's highest court recognises that doctrine. Again, timeliness is measured under applicable state law on the date of submission.
The mechanism inside both routes is the one worth understanding: because eligibility turns on whether the claim would be timely under state law on the day it is submitted, a state revival or lookback window that is open today can make an otherwise time-barred Scouting claim compensable. Those windows vary enormously by state and several have opened and closed in recent years, so the specific deadline in your state is worth confirming directly rather than assuming. Our institutional abuse filing guide covers how those revival statutes are used in practice.
Separately, survivors whose abuse is connected to an organisation that was never a protected party under the plan may still have a direct claim in state court, outside the Trust altogether. Whether a particular church, school district or council is covered by the channeling injunction is a document-specific question, and getting it wrong in either direction is costly.
A web form cannot determine whether a survivor is bound by the bankruptcy plan, whether a protected-party release applies, whether a claim was already filed, whether a state revival statute changes an outside claim, or whether a different defendant remains available. Those questions require case-specific review.
For broader childhood sexual-abuse filing rules, review TortAdvisor's Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuit guide and the parent Sexual Abuse Lawsuit hub.
Evidence That May Matter in a Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
A Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuit can involve records created decades apart. Preserve available information without contacting an alleged abuser or putting yourself at risk.Scouting Records
- Troop number and local council
- Chartered organization
- Camp names and event locations
- Membership cards, photographs, rosters, or yearbooks
Claim & Trust Records
- Bankruptcy claim number
- Trust questionnaires
- Additional Information Requests
- Determination, release, lien, or payment notices
Harm & Corroboration
- Therapy or counseling records
- Medical or mental-health records
- Prior disclosures or witness information
- Employment, education, or financial-loss records
Legal Questions That Can Still Exist After the Boy Scouts Bankruptcy
The confirmed Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuit plan channels covered abuse claims against protected parties into the Settlement Trust. That does not mean every Scouting-related legal question is identical. The defendant, timing, filing history, releases, applicable state law, and whether a separate claim was preserved can all matter.Protected-Party Questions
Local councils, chartered organizations, insurers, and other entities can have different treatment under the plan depending on settlement participation and release status.State-Law Questions
States have changed childhood sexual-abuse limitation periods and revival rules, but those laws do not automatically override bankruptcy releases or the confirmed plan.Post-Bankruptcy / Outside Claims
Conduct after the February 2020 bankruptcy filing or claims against parties outside the protected structure may require separate analysis.Where claims are decided
Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuits do not all follow the same route
- State civil courtMost survivor claims are civil actions under the law of the state where the conduct occurred.
- Revival windowsSome states have reopened expired claims for a defined period. These windows open and close.
- Institutional bankruptcyWhere a diocese or other organization has reorganized, a court-supervised trust pays claims under published criteria.
- Criminal prosecutionSeparate from a civil claim. A prosecution does not by itself compensate a survivor.
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Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Resources & Related TortAdvisor Guides
Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Guide
Review broader survivor rights, civil claims, evidence, institutional responsibility, and state filing rules. Read the Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuit guide →Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Hub
Explore TortAdvisor's parent sexual-abuse resource hub and related institutional claim guides. Visit the Sexual Abuse Lawsuit hub →
Sexual Abuse Settlement Calculator
Organize general severity, evidence, treatment, and damages factors. It does not calculate a Scouting Trust distribution. Use the sexual abuse calculator →How this page is sourced
The order TortAdvisor trusts sources in when researching Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawsuits
- 1. Court recordsDockets, orders and opinions from the state, federal or bankruptcy court handling the case.
- 2. StatutesThe current text of each state's limitation and revival laws, from official legislative sources.
- 3. Government investigationsAttorney general, grand jury and agency reports.
- 4. Institutional disclosuresStatements, bankruptcy case pages and published settlements from the organizations involved.
- 5. Federal resourcesDepartment of Justice, Department of Education and other federal agency materials.
- 6. Everything elseSecondary coverage is used only as support, never as the basis for a figure.
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Primary & Supporting Sources
- U.S. Supreme Court — Lujan Claimants v. Boy Scouts, No. 25-490.
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware — March 2026 Boy Scouts bankruptcy case update.
- Scouting Settlement Trust — March 2026 court-filed program statistics.
- Scouting Settlement Trust — October 1, 2026 Monthly Program Statistics (Dkt. 942). Newest court-filed program totals used on this page.
- Status Report of the Settlement Trustee (Dkt. 971), October 13, 2026. Confirms the 4.7% payment percentage and the pending request to raise it to 5.7%.
- Scouting Settlement Trust — September 1, 2026 Monthly Program Statistics (Dkt. 849).
- Scouting Settlement Trust — official Trust website.
- Official Boy Scouts restructuring case site.
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit — In re Boy Scouts of America and Delaware BSA, LLC. Precedential opinion of May 13, 2025 describing the plan’s distribution options and the third-party releases and channeling injunction.
- Omni Agent Solutions — court-appointed claims agent notice to survivors. States the November 16, 2020 sexual abuse proof of claim deadline.
Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Lawsuit FAQ
Is the Boy Scouts sexual abuse bankruptcy settlement final?
The U.S. Supreme Court denied the remaining Lujan petition for certiorari on January 12, 2026. The original Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case later closed, while continuing matters were directed to the Delaware BSA, LLC docket.SourceU.S. Supreme Court12 Jan 2026Bankr. D. Del.13 Mar 2026
How much has the Scouting Settlement Trust paid?
The newest court-filed report shows $1,331,813,046 in claim disbursements issued program-to-date as of October 1, 2026 across Expedited Distribution, Matrix and Independent Review Option claims. The report also shows 53,162 disbursements issued. Those are Trust-wide totals, not an average or promised individual payment.Can I file a new Boy Scouts Settlement Trust claim in 2026?
Do not assume so. The official restructuring materials list November 16, 2020 as the Sexual Abuse Claims Bar Date. A lawyer can review whether a prior claim exists or whether another party, release issue, post-bankruptcy fact, or state-law theory creates a separate question.What was the $3,500 Expedited Distribution?
It was a plan-created option allowing eligible electing claimants to resolve qualifying abuse claims through a $3,500 expedited payment rather than a full Matrix or IRO valuation process.Source3d Cir.13 May 2025
Does an allowed claim amount equal the amount paid?
No. The March 2026 Trust report states that non-APP Matrix initial distributions were 1.5% of the allowed claim amount. Later distributions and final recovery depend on Trust funding, reserves, liens, plan rules, and claim-specific circumstances.What if I do not know whether a Boy Scouts abuse claim was filed for me?
Gather any bankruptcy notices, Trust letters, law-firm correspondence, claim numbers, and Scouting records you have. A confidential review can help organize the history and identify what additional records may be needed.Can state childhood sexual-abuse laws still matter?
They can, but the bankruptcy plan and protected-party releases may affect the answer. The defendant, timing, release status, jurisdiction, and filing history should be reviewed together.Source3d Cir.13 May 2025
Legal disclaimer: TortAdvisor provides educational legal information and intake technology and is not a law firm. This page does not provide legal advice, create an attorney-client relationship, reopen an expired bankruptcy deadline, guarantee representation, or predict any Settlement Trust payment. Trust rights, protected-party releases, state limitation periods, evidence requirements, distribution percentages, and legal options depend on the confirmed plan, Trust procedures, jurisdiction, and individual facts.
