Boy Scouts Of America Files For Bankruptcy The Boy Scouts of America has $1.4 billion in assets. The national organization may hope that its bankruptcy filing will shield the even larger assets of its local councils. Wade Goodwyn
The Seattle Archdiocese has secret files on clergy sex abuse. A Catholic group wants the church to open them up Kim Malcolm talks with Colleen Kinerk, founding member of Heal Our Church. Kim Malcolm
Montana Court Reverses $35 Million Child Abuse Verdict Against Jehovah's Witnesses The unanimous Montana Supreme Court decision found that religious institutions are not always obligated to report child sexual abuse to authorities due to an exemption in Montana state law. Merrit Kennedy
Harvey Weinstein Reaches Tentative $25 Million Deal To Settle Sex Misconduct Claims It isn't clear how many of Weinstein's accusers will agree to the deal. He still faces a criminal trial in New York next month on charges of sexually assaulting two women. Richard Gonzales
Reports Find Health Workers Still Aren't Alerting Police Regarding Likely Elder Abuse Workers in nursing homes, hospital ERs and other health facilities are required by law to notify police whenever they notice likely signs of physical or sexual abuse. But that's often not happening. Ina Jaffe
Sexual Assault Of Detained Migrant Children Reported In The Thousands Since 2015 Opponents of the Trump administration's family separation policy say migrant children are not safe in government custody. Administration officials say most of the allegations are unproved. Richard Gonzales
Former Seattle nun wants less talk, more action from Pope Francis to address sex abuse Kim Malcolm talks with Mary Dispenza about the recent Vatican meeting on clergy sex abuse. Kim Malcolm
Seattle Archdiocese pays $7 million in priest sex abuse cases Six men say that former priests in the Seattle Archdiocese abused them when they were children. The men say the archdiocese knew or should have known about the danger. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Pope Francis To Visit Ireland Amid Church Scandals Across The World The pope is under intense pressure to enact concrete measures to ensure accountability for church officials who ignored or covered up sexual abuse by clergy. Sylvia Poggioli
Did it take a white accuser to bring down Seattle Mayor Murray? Let’s be clear. The mess that culminated in the resignation of Seattle’s ex-Mayor Ed Murray should not be celebrated as vindication that “the process... Gyasi Ross
