Why Payouts Are All Over the Map for Boy Scout Sexual Abuse Victims Settlement fund could pay hundreds—or hundreds of thousands—for the same abuse As a Boy Scout victim from Alabama, Gill Gayle is likely to get around $15,000 from a settlement fund compensating child sexual abuse victims, according to estimates. But if he had been abused…

The Michigan attorney general’s office said it is close to bringing criminal charges in its investigation into allegations that troop leaders and others associated with the Boy Scouts of America sexually assaulted youths in the state. A spokeswoman for Dana Nessel, the state’s attorney general, said Wednesday that her office is investigating five individuals. She…

Amid the Boy Scouts of America’s complex bankruptcy case, there is worsening friction between the organization and the major religious groups that help it run thousands of Scout units. At issue: the churches’ fears that an eventual settlement — while protecting the Boy Scouts of America from future sex-abuse lawsuits — could leave many churches…

Paul Mones quoted in the USA Today article. More than a year into the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy proceedings, frustration is at a boiling point for sex abuse survivors who say the nonprofit organization is doing little to put forth meaningful reparations for their trauma.

Read Paul’s comments on the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy in this New York Times article.
As the Boy Scouts of America goes through a contentious bankruptcy, dozens of lawyers are working on the case. Many are charging more than $1,000 an hour.