PORTLAND - A Mormon youth leader in Oregon has been accused of sexually abusing a boy in the mid-1970s in a lawsuit filed Monday in Portland.
The lawsuit filed by Portland attorney Kelly Clark on behalf of a man who is now 46 alleges the abuse occurred repeatedly between 1974 and 1977 in Woodburn.
The lawsuit claims that the youth leader for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was a music teacher at the time, and the abuse was later reported to a church bishop.
But the complaint alleges that no abuse was reported to law enforcement.
The church referred calls to a Portland attorney, Steve English, who was not immediately available.
The lawsuit identified the youth leader as Michael Simms. The complaint seeks nearly $5 million in damages.
