KENTUCKY
WPSD
Reporter – Julie Collins
PADUCAH — A judge dismissed the case involving a local church and the alleged abuse of two former Boy Scouts.
In February 2011, 49-year-old Joseph Andrecht filed a lawsuit saying his former scoutmaster, Danny Middleton, sexually abused him. Andrecht said the abuse happened in the late 1970s.
He brought suit against the Boy Scouts of America, the Shawnee Trails Council, Grace Episcopal Church in Paducah and the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, claiming they never did anything about the allegations.
After the initial suit, another man, Timothy Vasseur, stepped forward with similar allegations.
But on Monday, Judge Tim Kaltenbach dismissed the case, citing statute of limitations, meaning too much time had passed since the alleged abuse.
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