Portland, Or– Kyron Horman, according to his parents, is an avid camper, beach go-er, and fisherman. While it is not known if Kyron is a cub scout, his older brother is a member of The Boy Scouts of America.

While researching for this case, and the possibility a sexual predator might be involved, I was stunned to learn a self-admitted pedophile of over 20 young boys that police are aware of, lives freely in Kyron’s community of Multnomah County Oregon.

MERIT BADGE IN SEX ABUSE

Timur Van Dykes, convicted sex offender and pedophile has been charged with over 26 crimes involving sexual abuse of minor boys since the early 80’s through 1994. They were entrusted to his care as a Boy Scout Leader and home teacher for the Mormon Church since the early 1980’s. 

In a trial this past Spring, Dykes actions costs the Church of Latter Day Saints an undisclosed settlement, The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Pacific Cascade Council over $18 million in damages.

A $14 million sexual abuse lawsuit filed in Portland, Ore. is making headlines, due to the disturbing contents of confidential files from the Boy Scouts of America, which show that the organization knew of at least 1,000 pedophiles within the Scouts from 1965 to 1985, but hushed it up. Despite numerous sexual abuse lawsuits brought by victims against the Boy Scouts over the years, the confidential files were never obtained by plaintiffs’ attorneys, with most of the cases settled quietly out of court. Even more disturbing, the scoutmaster-pedophile, who molested the victim in the current lawsuit, confessed to Boy Scout leaders that he molested 17 Boy Scouts, but inexplicably, he was allowed to continue as a scoutmaster and have contact with boys.< ?xml:namespace prefix =”" o />

Dykes admitted to a Mormon Bishop that he had molested several young boys, but it was not the church that turned him over to police. The Bishop instructed Dykes to write letters of apology to his victims, and maintained his position within the church.

After a parent of one of the boys went to police, Dykes pled guilty to second degree sex abuse and was given probation.  As a condition of his probation, he was prohibited from being around young boys. However, he was permitted to continue as a scoutmaster and molesting children until he was pulled over for a brake light malfunction in 1994 driving a van full of boyscouts headed to a camping trip.

Police ran his license, and arrested him on the spot. That was the first indication to any parent under his “leadership” that Dykes was a convicted pedophile.

That’s correct, the failure on the part of the Boy Scouts to remove Dykes and or warn parents resulted in additional victims of this monster.

PROFILE OF A PREDATORY PEDOPHILE 

Who: Timur Dykes, 53
Victims: Confessed to or was convicted of molesting more than 20 boys, most of them Boy Scouts.
First conviction: Arrested in 1983 on accusations of molesting several boys. Pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree sexual abuse and received probation.
Second conviction: Charged in 1985 with molesting boys. Pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual abuse and sexual penetration with a foreign object. His sentence is unclear.
Third conviction: Found guilty in 1994 after a nine-day trial in which several boys said he molested them. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison but was released in 2005.
Today: A registered sex offender and on post-prison supervision until 2013. Listed as a transient living at Southwest First Avenue and Burnside Street.

Update: Prior to the start of the Civil trial, Dykes moved to Oswego Lake in December 2009. He is currently a resident of Multnomah county and it is unclear when he moved or registered his return. He is listed “likely to reoffend” and a predator. (see editors note following this article)

DYKES LARGER THAN LIFE

Jack Doe, (press name for sex abuse victim) the 37 year old center of the lawsuit, considered Timur Dykes “larger than life.”

The victim, identified in court documents as Jack Doe, said he looked up to his Boy Scout leader, Timur Dykes, who was a rock climber and always seemed to have advice for whatever dilemma the boy found himself in. His relationship with Dykes, whom he first met through the Church of Latter-day Saints, intensified when he became a “Webelos” — the level after a Cub Scout — and as he earned full-fledged Boy Scout status, he said. He went on 30-plus campouts with Dykes as the leader, worked on merit badges at Dykes’ apartment, and spent the night several times at the grown man’s place.

Dykes was “larger than life,” Doe said. “I just wanted to soak up his knowledge.”

According to Clark, Dykes was 25 when he met a 9-year-old Doe in 1981. Later, Doe joined a Southeast Portland Scout troop where Dykes was an assistant Scoutmaster. The troop met at a building, in the 9900 block of Southeast Caruthers Street, owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The boys also often went to Dykes’ apartment to work on merit badges or spend the night, with their parents’ approval, Clark told jurors.

“All of the parents trusted Timur Dykes because he was a Scout leader,” Clark said.

The apartment, Clark said, was like a playground for boys.

“He had ferrets,” Clark said. “He had snakes, including a boa constrictor. … He had a knife collection. He gave (Doe) french fries for breakfast on a regular basis.”

One Question: Does he have a red eyed tree frog?

BOY SCOUT PERV FILES MUST BE PUBLIC

Because the files have been used in sealed cases due to confidential settlements, only 2 attorneys have seen their contents.

The BSA maintains they kept those files to “keep track” of their leaders with sexual allegations against them in the event they tried to move and join another region. However, there is NO evidence whatsoever that BSA notified police or parents of fellow members in the same troop if a leader was accused, or even if he was removed or reassigned.

What are the chances that an allegation that was made against one of their own, resulted in additional sex abuse to other or new victims?

Staggeringly high. Which is why they do not want them released to the public. The BSA reaction to the verdict in the civil suit, which will undoubtedly bring future suits:

“We are gravely disappointed with the verdict,” Boy Scouts of America spokesman Deron Smith said in a statement obtained by CBS News Raido. “We believe that the allegations made against our youth protection efforts are not valid. We intend to appeal.”

“This is a long standing societal issue that every youth serving organization must address,” Smith said. “Based on the standard of care of that time, the BSA believes it acted responsibly and that the evidence presented during the trial does not justify the verdict.”

Late this afternoon, the H E R C U L E A N search effort for Kyron involving over 18 different counties, was halted.

Kyron’s disappearance is now classified as a criminal investigation.

I would like to present a different thought for ponder on the serial pedophile status of the *free as a bird* Dykes and peyton perv files.

What if, within those files, which would include information on Dykes and his associates , there was a destination or possible suspect that has not been searched or an individual who was not arrested for abuse because it was not reported? 

An organization, founded on a position of public trust, has a responsibility to it’s public. I am floored.

There is positively no incentive outside of a moral one for the BSA to produce those files for Law Enforcement review if it leads to further negligence suits on their part. 

Repeat after me Multnomah County: Investigative subpoena for cause.

You won’t get a second bite at this apple for a long time.

The blinkoncrime staff would like to express our admiration and support to the Multnomah County Sheriffs Office and the men and women involved in the search efforts for Kyron Horman. You are heroes for Kyron.

We would also like to extend our deep regret and sorrow to Kyron’s family: know that you walk among friends.

To Timur the Timid:

Mark 9:42
” And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.”