A close up of a Boy Scout uniform is photographed on Feb. 4, 2013, in Irving, Texas. On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, a federal district court judge upheld the approval of a $2.4 billion bankruptcy reorganization plan aimed at resolving tens of thousands of child sexual abuse claim against the Boy Scouts of America. Tony Gutierrez/AP hide caption
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The Deer Lake Boy Scout Reservation in Killingworth, Conn., sits empty on May 11. The camp is among many nationwide being sold by local councils as membership dwindles and the organization raises money to pay sexual abuse victims as part of a bankruptcy settlement. Pat Eaton-Robb/AP hide caption
A boy scout in uniform. John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via Getty Images hide caption
Boy Scouts Of America Sexual Abuse Victims Seek Justice In Bankruptcy Court
Boy Scouts at Los Angeles National Cemetery prepare a U.S. flag beside the graves of war veterans on May 25, during the annual flag placement ceremony for Memorial Day to honor the fallen. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
New Lawsuit Reveals More Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Boy Scouts Of America
French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin said he will offer his resignation to Pope Francis after a court found him guilty of failing to report to authorities allegations of sexual abuse by a priest. Laurent Cipriani/AP hide caption
A poster at the entrance of the Laurel Highlands Council headquarters in Pittsburgh shows a young girl in a Cub Scouts uniform. The program for younger kids can include co-ed troops, but older kids will have single-sex troops. Katie Blackley/WESA hide caption
Members of Flambeaux â the evangelical Protestant scouting group â walk along a street in downtown Bangui, Central African Republic. Will Baxter hide caption
Girl Scouts of the USA has sued Boy Scouts of America, alleging trademark infringement. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
The Mormon church says it will end its relationship with the Boy Scouts of America and will create a youth development program of its own. George Frey/Getty Images hide caption
Tatum Weir (center) carries a tool box she built as her twin brother, Ian (left), follows after a Cub Scout meeting in Madbury, N.H., on March 1. For more than a century, the Boy Scouts of America's flagship program for older boys has been known as the Boy Scouts. With girls soon entering the ranks, the name will change to "Scouts BSA." Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
President Trump waves to the crowd after his speech during the National Boy Scout Jamboree on Monday. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump speaks at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree in Glen Jean, W.Va., on Monday. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Sydney Ireland has been an unofficial member of Boy Scout Troop 414 in Manhattan since she was a little girl. She wants to become an Eagle Scout, but girls aren't allowed to earn merit badges. Yasmeen Khan/WNYC hide caption
A Boy Scout stands in line to get a canoe at a summer camp outside Payson, Utah. More than 99 percent of Boy Scout troops in Utah are sponsored by the Mormon Church. George Frey/Getty Images hide caption
Robert Gates, president of the Boy Scouts of America, warned that failure to make changes quickly could spell "the end of us as a national movement." Thierry Roge/Reuters /Landov hide caption
The California Supreme Court ban prohibits state judges from belonging to nonprofit youth organizations that practice discrimination. That includes Boy Scouts, which has restricted gay troop leaders. David Manning/Reuters/Landov hide caption