Man suing LDS Church and Boy Scouts

Man suing LDS Church and Boy Scouts


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(KSL News) An Oregon man is suing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Boy Scouts of America for alleged sexual abuse.

The plaintiff says that Larren Arnold--a leader of his Nampa, Idaho, LDS Boy Scout troop--sexually abused him for about three years, starting in 1967.

The man later moved to Oregon but says the abuse left him with debilitating physical, emotional and mental injuries

Both the Church and the Boy Scouts of America say they are taking allegations seriously.

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