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Boy Scouts open defense of Ore. $25 million case

The Columbian
Published: March 30, 2010, 12:00am

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Attorneys for the Boy Scouts of America have begun their defense of a $25 million lawsuit filed by an Oregon man who was sexually abused decades ago.

The 37-year-old victim was molested by assistant Scoutmaster Timur Dykes in the early 1980s. Dykes, who was convicted three times of molesting boys, provided a videotaped deposition in which he admitted assaulting the victim.

The lawsuit began about two weeks ago and claims that Boy Scout leaders knew Dykes had been convicted, but allowed him to continue Scouting activities.

The case hinges partly on an extensive file the Boy Scouts kept between 1966 to 1984 on suspected molesters among its adult volunteers.

Attorneys for the Boy Scouts say the documents protected children by helping national scouting leaders weed out sex offenders.

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