because over the course of the year after bsa filed bankruptcy, 82,000 men came forward. >> reporter: voted to accept a proposed $2.7 billion settlement from the boy scouts of america as part of its reorganization plan. if approved, it would be the largest sexual abuse payout in american history. >> this is a reckoning. this bankruptcy is really a reckoning, i think, for them. and i think it remains to be seen if financially the organization can survive. >> we're not really in this for justice, you know. the best we could hope for is a settlement that puts money in some people's pockets where they can make their life just a little bit easier. >> identified over 1,000 men that were using the program to abuse boys -- >> reporter: the documentary explores how the organization kept records now known as "the perversion files." >> these were meticulous files that the bsa kept, showing they were aware there were pedophiles circulating troop to troop, state to state. they pretty much were sitting on the information and not doing anything about it. >> reporter: irene says the perversion files