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 […]
Victim of Mark Laverdure, Convicted Child Sex Offender, Sues Native American Youth and Family Center for Child Abuse
September 11, 2019 By
Boy Scout Sex Abuse Lawsuit Names Former US Congressman Gary Ackerman
August 27, 2019 By
A new lawsuit names former U.S. Congressman Gary Ackerman as a child molester. The new Boy Scout sex abuse case alleges that Ackerman sexually abused a boy at a Boy Scout camp in in 1966 in New York state. Ackerman was born November 19, 1942 and was serving as a Democrat member of the US […]
Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Claims: Will SOL Windows or BSA Bankruptcy Help?
August 23, 2019 By
Boy Scouts sex abuse is in the news. Hundreds of men hoping to sue the Boy Scouts of America over alleged sexual abuse are coming forward for the first time. They are coming forward now, as adults, because the Boy Scouts have been talking about filing for bankruptcy. Bankruptcy does mean the Boy Scouts would […]
Ashley Vaughn Awarded the Arthur H. Bryant 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 Trials 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 […]
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 […]
Army Captain and Former Boy Scout Leader Awaits Extradition to Washington to Face More Sex Abuse Charges
August 5, 2019 By
Already convicted of seven counts of child sex abuse in Virginia, former Army Captain and Boy Scout leader Robert Sypole is awaiting extradition to the state of Washington where he faces more sex abuse charges, including the alleged rape of his step-brother who committed suicide in 2017. Garrett Sypole was 17 years old when he […]
Colorado Catholic Church to Offer Compensation Fund and Following Inquiry into Priest Abuse
July 31, 2019 By
Earlier this year, the Archdiocese of Denver agreed to a joint investigation into allegations of abuse by members of the clergy, along with the Colorado Attorney General’s office. The Dioceses of Pueblo and Colorado Springs also agreed to take part. Attorney General Phil Weiser and Archbishop Samuel Aquila announced the investigation in February, promising a […]
Scouts Change Their Story in Testimony to Congress and Admit They Let Those Accused of Sexual Abuse Return to Scouting
June 24, 2019 By
The leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have retracted earlier testimony they provided Congress concerning the problem of sexual abuse in Scouting. Initially, the Scouts told Congress that they didn’t allow men accused of sexual abuse to return as Scout volunteers. BSA has reversed that position and acknowledged that it has allowed back in […]
Cub Scout Leader Arrested for Raping 14-Year-Old in Oregon
May 10, 2019 By
Former Oregon Boy Scout volunteer, Douglas Wardell III, 34, was arrested last week and charged with repeatedly raping and fondling a 14-year-old girl between 2016 and 2019. A Marion County grand jury indicted him this week on two counts of first-degree rape and two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Wardell had been a Cub Scout […]
Boy Scouts’ Own Expert Estimates 12,254 Boy Sexually Abused in Scouting: More Likely Over 100,000
April 26, 2019 By
The Boy Scouts’ own files on child molesters are in the news again. An expert witness hired by the Boy Scouts of America calculated that 12,254 boys were abused in Scouting programs. The abusers were 7,819 troop leaders and other Scout volunteers, all documented in BSA’s “Ineligible Volunteer” files. These are files BSA kept since […]