News Boy Scouts says it’s safe, and offers sex abuse victims just 80 days to file claim. Victims balk. February 19, 2020 Cara Kelly, Lindsay Schnell and Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY Comments Off on Boy Scouts says it’s safe, and offers sex abuse victims just 80 days to file claim. Victims balk. Deep in the paperwork filed Tuesday is a time bomb: a proposal to give sex abuse survivors just 80 days to submit their claims.