Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy upheld in bid to resolve sex abuse claims

Tens of thousands of men have claimed to have been sexually abused while children in the Boy Scouts of America (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

A federal district court judge has upheld the approval of a 2.4 billion US dollar (£1.95 billion) bankruptcy reorganisation plan aimed at resolving tens of thousands of child sexual abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America.

The ruling recorded on Tuesday rejects arguments by non-settling insurance companies and attorneys representing dissenting abuse survivors that the reorganisation plan was not proposed in good faith and improperly strips the insurers and survivors of their rights.