Boy Scouts sex abuse victims vote on $1.9 billion settlement plan

More than 82,000 men who say they were sexually abused in Scouting have begun voting on a controversial reorganization plan to settle their claims and allow the beleaguered Boy Scouts of America to emerge from bankruptcy.

If the plan wins approval, the claimants will share in a settlement fund that stands at nearly $1.9 billion with contributions from the Boy Scouts' national organization, its 250 local councils, one of its insurers and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

But even that sum will yield only a fraction of the claims' true value, say opponents, who contend that