Lawsuit over Decades-old Abuse of Idaho Scouts Charges Fraud by Bsa, Church; Link to Full Story

By Betsy Z. Russell
Idaho Press
June 17, 2018

https://www.idahopress.com/eyeonboise/lawsuit-over-decades-old-abuse-of-idaho-scouts-charges-fraud/article_53382206-d59c-5531-bb3e-647065acbcec.html

Boise attorney Andrew Chasan

Eight years after the Idaho Supreme Court dismissed their claim for damages against the Boy Scouts of America, three victims of decades-old childhood sexual abuse are once again seeking justice through Idaho’s legal system. To find it, they’ve launched a novel legal claim involving fraud. Attorneys debated it for hours in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho Friday afternoon. The lawsuit now has six plaintiffs; all say they were sexually abused by Boy Scout leaders in Idaho — many of them sponsored by the Mormon Church — between 1969 and 1983. You can read reporter Tommy Simmons' full story here from Saturday’s Idaho Press.

Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for the Idaho Press-Tribune and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at @BetsyZRussell.