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A lawsuit filed Tuesday claims the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints protected a Corvallis-based youth leader who sexually abused children. The suit alleges the plaintiffâs experience in the 1980s is part of a broader pattern established over the course of nearly 60 years. Plaintiff David Hiser, 51, of Salem alleges the church protected Ron Kerlee and âfailed to protect children after learning on at least six different occasions that Kerlee had sexually abused children.â The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Eugene. Hiser is represented by Peter Janci and Steven Crew of Crew Janci LLP, based in Portland. Janci said Hiser, who is still active in the Latter-day Saints Church, feels the time is right to go public with his experience. ....
Oregon man sues LDS Church over alleged sexual abuse Brady McCombs, Associated Press Share This SALT LAKE CITY (AP) David Hiser felt sick to his stomach when he learned that a man he says sexually abused him in his childhood had been convicted of molesting someone else before him and was still allowed to be a youth leader in his church where the abuse occurred. The revelation came during a recent period of awakening during which Hiser confronted the impact the sexual abuse he alleges happened in the 1980s had on his life all of it at the hands of a youth leader in an Oregon congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ....
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