Chapter 11 announced - Part 14 - Plan Effective

[ThenNow]

1 hour ago, Eagle1970 said:

And congrats to you, as well.  In the end, absolutely nothing mattered other than the Statute of Limitations.  I am Tier 1 with almost all the aggravating factors.  But the administrator was adamant, no matter how much caselaw and settlements I showed, that Missouri was a 10% SoL state.  So, in the end, each of those factors that would have been very important in the calculation hardly mattered, as every one was reduced by 90%.  I am happy for you and others who can move on.  I will remain bitter towards this process as long as I live.  There is no peace and there is no justice for those who were abused in a state where the insurance companies and Chamber of Commerce can come in to the process and block a window from opening.  I no longer live in Missouri and as I watched this process and other local politics play out, moving away was a good step.  Ironically, I moved to a state which is 100% open.

Truly sorry. I hate this for you and all in this situation. Terrible. Unjust. Brutal. I will pray for you, if that is acceptable.

[Eagle1970]

As you might remember from our very early conversations, I was very tempted to not file a claim.  And in the end, the amount I was awarded was not enough to have gone through these 6 years.  In the beginning, I was told by the first administrators (far before the Trust) that this would be subject to Federal SOL so everybody would be equal.  So I jumped in.  Then the Trust swooped in and assigned low factors that left many of us with little.  And it's not just Missouri.  I have heard from folks in many of the more conservative states who were dealt the same hand as I was.  Missouri, btw, was a 10-25% SOL state.  However, the administrator would have none of that.  "10% and you're lucky at that because you would have 0% chance in court".  It is what it is.  Thank you for the kind thoughts.

[OaklandAndy]

While it didn't happen in Scouting, I did suffer from my own abuse while in the military after I was drugged. It took me close to 15 years to deal with it, but the therapy far outweighed the money for me. Not to take anything away of course, but the peace of mind was what I was really after. 

[johnsch322]

Yesterday my attorneys contacted me and informed me that my claim amount had been determined. After years of anxiety about what the outcome (I truly believed I deserved the maximum amount) my claim came in at 2.67 million. Yes, I know I will most like only get a fraction of that amount but the fact that my pain and suffering was valued at that amount is the most important aspect. In all honesty I cried, just like after 50 years of telling not one soul I finally opened up about what had happened to me.

With the appeals and the court cases that may come up I know that this is not over yet, but I finally feel like I have crossed third base, and I am on my way to home plate.

Over the past 22 hours I have thought quite a bit about how I have survived these past 6 years and the people that have given me moral support. I have reached out to those folks and thanked them. I now want to reach out to my survivor community on this forum and say thank you, without all of you I do not know how I would have made it.

Thank you to Scouter Forum for giving me a place to vent my frustrations, state my opinions and allow me to interact with other survivors and not kicking me off the site. Thank you, moderators, for your patience. I am sure some of my posts made some of you cringe.

I want to thank @ThenNow for always having my backside no matter how outrageous some of my posts were. Our DM's to each other always made me feel like I had a brother standing next to me.

I want to thank the TCC (I am sure there are members here on Scouter Forum). I know that all of you took on an almost impossible thankless task that was never going to please everyone.

One last thing (at least for now) @skeptic please no sad or confused faces. Maybe this will be the one post that you can give a green up arrow to that I have written.

Thank you all,

John

 

[skeptic]

2 hours ago, johnsch322 said:

Yesterday my attorneys contacted me and informed me that my claim amount had been determined. After years of anxiety about what the outcome (I truly believed I deserved the maximum amount) my claim came in at 2.67 million. Yes, I know I will most like only get a fraction of that amount but the fact that my pain and suffering was valued at that amount is the most important aspect. In all honesty I cried, just like after 50 years of telling not one soul I finally opened up about what had happened to me.

With the appeals and the court cases that may come up I know that this is not over yet, but I finally feel like I have crossed third base, and I am on my way to home plate.

Over the past 22 hours I have thought quite a bit about how I have survived these past 6 years and the people that have given me moral support. I have reached out to those folks and thanked them. I now want to reach out to my survivor community on this forum and say thank you, without all of you I do not know how I would have made it.

Thank you to Scouter Forum for giving me a place to vent my frustrations, state my opinions and allow me to interact with other survivors and not kicking me off the site. Thank you, moderators, for your patience. I am sure some of my posts made some of you cringe.

I want to thank @ThenNow for always having my backside no matter how outrageous some of my posts were. Our DM's to each other always made me feel like I had a brother standing next to me.

I want to thank the TCC (I am sure there are members here on Scouter Forum). I know that all of you took on an almost impossible thankless task that was never going to please everyone.

One last thing (at least for now) @skeptic please no sad or confused faces. Maybe this will be the one post that you can give a green up arrow to that I have written.

Thank you all,

John

 

It is and has been "sad", as the entire fiasco not only has made so many suffer, with long term emotional effects long past the itiital trauma, but it also has made it obvious to me how warped our entire society really is, and how much seems totally beyond control of logical responses, and a complete rehabilitation.  We all carry our personal issues, much that few if any ever see, though may sense.  So, know it is sadness about which I cringe, and sadness that the human species can be so warped and pathological, using other people's trauma for personal gain in the guise of real caring.  As noted many times, I can only pray for you and others in the suvivor/victim pool find some closure, even knowing it will never be complete, at least not in our current lives.