DOVER, Del.: The official committee representing survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy is asking for authorization from the judge to issue subpoenas for information that it claims is being withheld by the organization and its local councils.
Attorneys for the tort claimants committee, or TCC, said in a court filing Tuesday that they need to review financial assets, troop and camp rosters, and insurance policies to participate in discussions regarding a possible global resolution of the thousands of sexual abuse claims that drove the Boy Scouts to seek bankruptcy protection.
Without the facts in hand, the parties mediation may stall, the court filing states.
The committee is seeking discovery from the BSA, members of an ad hoc committee of local councils and 47 specifically named councils, including eight that are members of the ad hoc…