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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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.
June 16th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Back in a day when an individual was accountable for his/her own actions, parents were known to be soley responsible for their own children. You can NOT tell me that the parents of these young men did not have a clue. If they did…shame on THEM! If not, then where exactly is the validity of these claims? If these claims are valid, then perhaps charges should be filed against the parents for failure to protect and or neglect. Come on people, where does responsiblity really lie?