Sex Abuse Victims Join Lawsuit Against Salem Mormon Church

Salem-News.com (Oct-03-2007 11:36)
Tim King Salem-News.com

In February, two brothers files suit against the Mormon Church claiming that the Church knew for several years about the dangerous tendencies of Timur Dykes, who was first convicted for childhood sexual abuse in the 1980s.

Salem-News.com

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Four more men will file suit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Salem today. The organization is also known as the “LDS” or “Mormon” Church. This brings the total number of victims to six, for abuse they say they suffered at the hands of a person at the facility named Timur Dykes.

This information was released by Portland attorney Kelly Clark, who frequently handles such cases on behalf of adult victims of child abuse.

In February, two brothers files suit against the Mormon Church claiming that the Church knew for several years about the dangerous tendencies of Timur Dykes, who was first convicted for childhood sexual abuse in the 1980s and has since been several times convicted for additional child abuse.

Dykes was a Sunday School teacher and an Elder in the Mormon Church and a Boy Scout Leader as well. 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.

Clark says the new suit will also name both institutions as defendants. The case will be filed in the Circuit Court for the State of Oregon in the County of Multnomah at 1:00 PM Wednesday.

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2 Responses

  1. Latest Sexual Abuse Litigation Against The Church « Messenger and Advocate Says:
    October 4th, 2007 at 7:35 pm

    […] to hit the Oregon courts, by the same attorney and law firm (surprise surprise, and which isn’t at all bashful about grandstanding publicly about it) which brought the last round (at least in Oregon). Update: 7:30 p.m. The Church’s […]

  2. ann mere Says:
    November 3rd, 2007 at 2:25 pm

    Is respondent #l saying that he knows before the trial when evidence will be introduced what the truth is? If so, the respondent must believe he is God. So therefore, he’s probably a mormon as well.

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