She claims that the legal system is often poorly equipped to handle historical sexual abuse cases and places an unfair burden of labor on the survivors themselves.

“Like they make you do a lot of the work. Like a lot of the leg work is on the survivor. Like can you get us your therapy notes? Can you give us the old phones that you had in your childhood? Can you bring us your phone and have it plugged in for 9 hours and not be able to use it”

Courtney asserts that the legal and protective systems, including the prosecutor's office and police, failed to investigate the evidence she provided and effectively enabled the ongoing abuse.

“We went to them with evidence. We went to them with pictures. We actually went into the woods that had happened and found pictures of a lot and lots and evidence that I don't want to go into details about just for the sake of having it. Um, we have pictures of it all and they just didn't take it.”

Institutions fail victims when they ignore abuse allegations, provide positive references to predators, or prioritize their public image over the safety of the children in their care.

“The Huntington YMCA did more to help William Nolan escape to the Meyer YMCA than they did for any of us. They helped him start a new life where he continued to pray upon little boys and destroy even more lives.”