Former Boy Scout Leader Sentenced for Decades-Old Sexual Assault

The sentencing comes amid Scouts of America's efforts to emerge from bankruptcy and overhaul safety measures following a widespread sexual abuse scandal.

• Michael Brady, a former Boy Scout leader and camp counselor in New Hampshire, has been sentenced to a year in jail for sexually assaulting a boy in his troop in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
• As part of a plea agreement, Brady was also given a six- to 15-year prison sentence that will remain suspended if he pays restitution to the victim and meets other conditions.
• The sentencing comes weeks after the Boy Scouts of America named a new chief executive, retired businessman Roger Krone, who plans to reverse the trend of declining membership and improve safety programs.
• The Boy Scouts of America is emerging from bankruptcy following a sexual abuse scandal, with a federal judge upholding a $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan in March.
• The bankruptcy plan allows the organization to keep operating while compensating more than 80,000 men who filed claims saying they were sexually abused while in scouting.

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