Sex Abuse Settlement Prompts Sale Of Killingworth Camp: Report

KILLINGWORTH, CT — A 255-acre wilderness camp and reserve in Killingworth is up for sale as part of the Boy Scouts of America sex abuse settlement, reported the New Haven Register.

Deer Lake Camp, named in a lawsuit in 2012 as a site where abuse took place, has been appraised at between $3.7 million and $4.2 million, and $2.6 million will go to the Boy Scouts of America to helo pay off the organization's $850 million settlement with abuse victims.

The camp was owned and operated by the Connecticut Yankee Council, and a private Facebook group has been set up to try to save the site.

"The CT Yankee Council is selling Deer Lake Scout Reservation," wrote organizers of the Facebook group. "Our mission is to either raise enough money to purchase the camp outright or make sure that the land is protected as an educational and recreational camp or as a conservation area. The mission may evolve as we hear from the community and interested parties."

Read the New Haven Register story.