Paul Mones, an attorney representing hundreds of former Scouts, called the plan “woefully and tragically inadequate.”“The problem is that the Boy Scouts are not willing to dig deep enough for the deep pain they caused,” he said.
“I think the Boy Scouts have a responsibility here to make sure those men are taken care of,” Mones said.
Some 600 of the lawsuits were filed after the Boy Scouts asked the bankruptcy judge for a preliminary injunction halting lawsuits against local councils and sponsoring organizations.
The committee has complained about a lack cooperation by local councils in response to its requests for information about their financial assets.
Meanwhile, a court-appointed panel of mediators submitted a court filing Monday night indicating that the Boy Scouts have reached settlements with the official committee of unsecured creditors and with JPMorgan Chase, the organization’s senior secured lender.