Sex Abuse Settlement Spares Boy Scouts From Turning Over More ‘Perversion’ Files

DALLAS — The Boy Scouts of America have settled a lawsuit filed by a former San Antonio Scout who said his adult leader abused him, officials on both sides said Thursday.

Paul Mones, an attorney for the former Scout now in his 20s, confirmed the settlement, but declined to discuss its terms. Boy Scouts spokesman Deron Smith also did not reveal details of the settlement, but said that any instance of child abuse “is intolerable and unacceptable.”

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