BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled against three men who claim they were sexually abused by a Boy Scout leader, saying the decades-old allegations are not valid under Idaho’s statute of limitations.
The ruling is a legal setback to three men who sued the Boy Scouts of America and its Boise-based Ore-Idaho Council in 2007.
Ronald Morgan, of Mesa, Ariz., and two men identified as John Doe I and John Doe II claim the organization knew that a Scout leader was molesting children but failed to act.
The Boy Scouts asked that the lawsuits be dismissed because the allegations occurred before 1989, the year Idaho adopted its statute of limitations law for child sex abuse.
A 4th District Judge denied that request, but the Supreme Court overturned that ruling and sent the case back.
