BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge says a man’s lawsuit against the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts of America must focus on sexual abuse he claims to have suffered in Oregon, because it’s too late to sue over similar claims in Idaho.
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter handed down the ruling last week, saying Idaho’s statute of limitations prevents the man, identified only as Tom Doe, from suing over alleged abuse in Idaho.
In the lawsuit, Doe alleges that the leader of his Nampa, Idaho Boy Scout troop sexually abused him for about three years in both states more than four decades ago, and the abuse left him with debilitating physical, emotional and mental injuries. Doe says the troop was jointly operated by the Boy Scouts and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Carter says claims arising out of the alleged abuse that happened on the Oregon side of the border may move forward in court.
