Michael Wyke, The Tulsa World, October 12, 2007
Three former Oral Roberts University professors have amended their lawsuit against the school, and have included an internal report detailing allegations against ORU President Richard Roberts, his wife and others.
The new suit adds a new defendant to the case — the ORU regents — and two new allegation, negligence and civil conspiracy.
Oral Roberts University officials, including President Richard Roberts, declined to comment afterhours on Friday because they had not seen the amended lawsuit, a spokesman said.
The new suit includes a new allegation that Richard Roberts and ORU gave ”a convicted sexual deviant unrestricted access to the students of the university.”
The suit doesn’t identify the person, but says that prior to his association with the school he had confessed to crimes in Tulsa, Tulsa County and Payne County.
”All three allegations of sexually-deviant conduct resulted in convictions,” the suit says.
The person was hired at the direct personal instruction and under the supervision of Richard Roberts, the suit says.
The person, identified as a ”Mentor” for ORU students, ”confessed to the facts regarding exposing himself to a fifteen year old boy in a school locker room,” the suit says.