From KPTV – FOX 12 NEWS – 10/4/2007

The lawsuit claims both organizations knew the danger of having Timur Dykes, 51, as a scout leader and did not take steps to protect the boys. Dykes is a convicted child sex offender

From katu.com

By WILLIAM McCALL
The Associated Press

October 3, 2007

PORTLAND — A $25 million sex abuse lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Boy Scouts of America filed Wednesday alleges that child abuse has been widespread since the 1960s and little was done to prevent it.

The new lawsuit also claims the church and the Scouts “knew that assignments were being used by pedophiles to victimize children … “

Kelly Clark, the attorney who filed the complaint on behalf of six men now in their 40s, called it an “infestation of child abuse, stretching across the country, involving hundreds of predators and thousands of children.”

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KXMC CBS 13

North Dakota

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A $25 million lawsuit against the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts alleges that child sex abuse has been widespread since the 1960s and little was done to prevent it.

Six men now in their 40s allege in their suit that the church and the Scouts "knew that assignments were being used by pedophiles to victimize children." Their attorney, Kelly Clark, calls it an "infestation of child abuse, stretching across the country, involving hundreds of predators and thousands of children." But an attorney for the Mormon church says only one individual was accused of abuse in the complaint the same man as in a previous lawsuit.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press.)

KUTV Channel 2 News
Salt Lake City, Utah
Written by: Doug G. Ware

Email: dware@kutv2.com

SALT LAKE CITY -  Several men have filed a $25 million lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, claiming that they were sexually abused by a Sunday school teacher more than 20-years ago – and the church did nothing about it.

The suit is brought by six men in the Portland, Ore. Area who say the incidents of abuse happened between 1980 and 1985 – when they were adolescents.  The accused is Timur Dykes, 51, who at the time taught Sunday school at a Portland ward, was an LDS home teacher and local Boy Scout leader.

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Reuters

Wed Oct 3, 2007 8:24pm EDT

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – A lawsuit filed against the Mormon Church and the Boy Scouts of America expanded on Wednesday to include four more men charging the organizations with ignoring sex abuses committed decades ago by a man who served as a church teacher and a scout leader.

The six men, who filed a new lawsuit in Oregon state Circuit Court in Multnomah County, allege that Timur Dykes, a former spiritual leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and former scout leader, repeatedly abused them when they were boys.

Dykes, a convicted sex offender, is listed on Multnomah County‘s registered sex offender Web page. He is not named as a defendant in this suit.

"Both the Mormon Church and Boy Scouts were well aware by at least the 1960s that they had a serious, institution-wide infestation of child abuse, stretching across the country," said the plaintiffs’ attorney Kelly Clark. "They did not clear it up."

The original two plaintiffs, two brothers in their early 30s, dropped the original lawsuit and refiled the case to add four more plaintiffs. The men filed the lawsuit under the names "Jack Doe."

The lawsuit asks for $25 million in damages.

Dykes was allowed to continue in positions of trust and continue to abuse boys for four or five years after he was first arrested or investigated as early as 1981, said Clark.

"We work very, very hard to protect children in the Boy Scouts," said Gregg Shields, national spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America, who declined to comment on the suit.

Portland attorney Stephen English, representing the Mormon Church, said the church is thoroughly investigating what happened. He also said Dykes was never a member of the Mormon clergy and has been excommunicated.

$25 million – The six allege a former troop leader and church teacher abused them

Thursday, October 04, 2007

PETER ZUCKERMAN

The Oregonian Staff

Six Portland men sued the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday, seeking more than $25 million for alleged sexual abuse by a church teacher and Scout leader more than 20 years ago.

The lawsuit contends that Timur Van Dykes, 51, molested Boy Scouts in Troop 719, which was supervised by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The lawsuit includes two brothers who dropped a previous complaint. It does not name Dykes as a defendant.

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KOIN 6 News

October 3, 2007

PORTLAND – Four more men filed suit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ("LDS" or "Mormon" Church) alleging child abuse at the hands of Timur Dykes.

Dykes was a Sunday School teacher, an elder in the Church and a Boy Scout Leader. Dykes was first convicted for childhood sexual abuse in the 1980s and has since been convicted several times for child abuse.

In February, two brothers files suit against the Mormon Church, claiming that the Church knew for several years about Dykes’ history.

The previous suit named the Boy Scouts of American and the Cascade Pacific Counsel of the Boys Scouts as well as the Mormon Church as defendants. The new suit, filed Wednesday, names both institutions as defendants.

From dailymotion.com

Home teacher has denied allegations of 1980s incidents

By, Associated Press from Deseretnews.com

PORTLAND, Ore. — A $45 million sex-abuse lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be mediated by a judge in an effort to reach a settlement instead of going to trial, attorneys said Thursday.

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