Brothers File Lawsuit Against Mormon Church
Source: Brothers File Lawsuit Against Mormon Church Channel: Associated Press Published: November 17, 2009 | Archived: May 24, 2026
Video: Brothers File Lawsuit Against Mormon Church
Channel: Associated Press
Published: November 17, 2009
Duration: 1:32
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Category: News & Politics
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Three brothers who claim they were sexually molested by their Silicon Valley Boy Scout and Mormon youth leader in the 1970s and 1980s have sued both organizations. (Nov. 17)
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0:00 Three Brothers have filed a lawsuit in California accusing both the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts of ignoring sexual abuse the men filed the suit Monday accusing the Mormon Church of allowing Bill Knox to molest them while serving as a church Bishop then as a scoutmaster and later as their stepfather the three men identified as John Doe numbers 1 through three claim the abuse happened in the 70s and 80s child sexual abuse is a crime committed in silence covered up through secrecy and shame the men claimed they came forward and filed the suit after KNX moved near them when I realized he was in my community and I saw him in a car that I drove by I literally shook I’m a 44y old man I literally Shook at his presence an attorney for the Mormon Church described the allegations as serious but says the law does not impose responsibility on the church for the kind of claims that are made in this the boy Scots of America said it could not respond to the charges because it has not seen the complaint we
1:04 are alleging that the Mormon church and the arm of the Mormon Church the Boy Scouts of America and several other um individuals are negligent and they also have responsibility under what we call vicarious liability similar suits were filed in Washington and Oregon representing other plaintiffs against the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts Brian Thomas the Associated Press
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