by Brenda Capen | Dec 14, 2022 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
This letter provides important and notable developments about the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) agreements with local churches. For churches that have not implemented new facilities use or affiliation agreements in 2022, please note that existing agreements will...
by Brenda Capen | Dec 14, 2022 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
This letter provides important and notable developments about the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) agreements with local churches. For churches that have not implemented new facilities use or affiliation agreements in 2022, please note that existing agreements will...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 26, 2022 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
September 26, 2022 Recently there was the unfortunate release of incorrect information by the General Commission on United Methodist Men about future agreements between the Boy Scouts and local United Methodist churches. While this information has been removed from a...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 9, 2022 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
Bishop John Schol, who leads the United Methodist Church’s BSA Leadership Team, shared with U.S. Bishops a September 8 Reuters article sharing that Judge Silverstein approved the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) settlement. Schol and the UMC BSA Leadership Team will...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 30, 2022 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
August 30, 2022 Though a final ruling in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) settlement has yet to be made, Judge Silverstein said in a 284-page opinion that the United Methodist piece of the settlement meets the tests of bankruptcy law. The Virginia Conference will...
by Brenda Capen | Aug 1, 2022 | News, Scouting, Scouting Bankruptcy, Virginia News
A 281-page ruling last Friday in the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) bankruptcy proceedings indicates that most of the reorganization plan meets the criteria of bankruptcy law and is constitutional. The ruling approves the United Methodist portion of the...
