The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on March 4, 2022 that it has charged former Beaverton mayor Dennis “Denny” Doyle with possessing child pornography. Doyle is 73 years old. He served as a councilman in Beaverton for more than a decade. He was elected as Beaverton’s mayor in 2008. He served three terms until 2020. The […]
Mark Laverdure Convicted for Sex Crimes Against 5 Girls
September 12, 2019 By
Article adapted from KOIN6 News. Mark Alan Laverdure was indicted in 2017 by a grand jury for 27 counts of sex crimes against children dating back to 2003. He was charged with 21 counts of first-degree sexual abuse, two counts of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, two counts of using a child in the display of […]
Victim of Mark Laverdure, Convicted Child Sex Offender, Sues Native American Youth and Family Center for Child Abuse
September 11, 2019 By
VICTIM OF MARK LAVERDURE, CONVICTED CHILD SEX OFFENDER, SUES NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER FOR CHILD ABUSE In a lawsuit filed today in Multnomah County, a woman alleges she was sexually assaulted as a teenager by Mark Laverdure when she was a student at the Early College Academy (now known as Many Nations […]
Ashley Vaughn Awarded Public Justice Award
August 20, 2019 By
Dumas & Vaughn partner Ashley Vaughn was recently awarded the Arthur H. Bryant Public Justice Award by the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. This prestigious award is only awarded once a year. Ashley received the award as one of a group of four female attorneys who represented women who had been sexually harassed at the Oregon […]
New Jersey Latest State Set to Open Statute of Limitations in Child Sex Abuse Cases
March 18, 2019 By
Last week, the New Jersey Senate passed a bill to reform the statute of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse. The Senate approved the measure, 32-1. It now goes back for a vote in the Democrat-controlled Assembly, where it has already passed through committee. The new law will allow victims of child sexual abuse […]
Idaho Priest Sentenced to 25 Years for Child Porn
December 21, 2018 By
The Rev. W. Thomas Faucher, 73, will spend the next 25 years behind bars for his conviction on two counts of distribution of sexually exploitative material, two counts of possession of sexually exploitative materials, and one count of drug possession. Foucher had served as a longtime priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise until […]
Ohio Boy Scout Leader Arrested and Charged with Producing Child Porn
November 9, 2018 By
A Boy Scout leader in Ohio was arrested last week charged with the production of child pornography. The man, 39-year-old Thomas Close, also known as Joe Close, admitted to recording underage scouts over a seven-year period. Close is reported to have been the Scoutmaster of Troop 406 in Shelby, Ohio, chartered by the First Evangelical […]
US House Votes to Ban Child Sex Dolls and Robots
June 15, 2018 By
It seems nauseating to think that we needed a law for this, but the US House of Representatives recently voted to ban the sale and import of child sex dolls and robots that “normalize sex between adults and minors.” The bill was called the CREEPER Act, which stands for Curbing Realistic Exploitative Electronic Pedophilic Robots […]
Sex Abuse Allegations Leveled Against Former President of Mormon Missionary Training Center
March 29, 2018 By
The former president of the Mormon Church’s Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah faces allegations that he sexually assaulted a young woman in 1984. The sexual abuse allegedly occurred during the training program at the LDS facility. The woman accuses Joseph L. Bishop of attempting to rape her when she was serving as a young […]
Idaho Priest Arrested for Child Porn and Drugs Now Faces Sexual Abuse Allegation
February 16, 2018 By
Sadly, it comes as no surprise that Father William Thomas Faucher now faces an allegation of sexual abuse. Prosecutors have noted that Faucher’s online activity included “desires to rape and kill children,” as well as collecting hundreds of images of child pornography. While the Diocese of Boise claimed in its initial press release that there […]