Two lawsuits have been filed against the Portland Metro area’s Boys & Girls Club. They claim a Club volunteer was allowed to re-register after sexually abusing one five-year-old girl in 2010, and that he then abused a ten-year-old girl in 2011 before he was stopped. Attorney Steve Crew says he doesn’t know if the Club had a screening process in place for volunteers, but he advises non-profits to be aware of the risks.

“That’s one of the messages of this case. If you’re going to give someone access to kids, whether you’re hiring them as a teacher, a coach, or volunteering, you’ve got to have same safeguards in place,” says Crew.

In this case, the alleged offender was a minor helping supervise summer programs. The suspect was 15 at the time of the first incident, 16 at the second. The plaintiffs are seeking $2.75 million dollars each in damages.

A statement from the Boys and Girls Club of Portland expressed concern for the alleged victims, and promised to cooperate fully with the judicial process.

This story originally appeared on Oregon Public Broadcasting.