Allegations of sexual assault made almost 20 years ago are being dredged up in Yukon Supreme Court this week in the trial of Dudley Taylor.

Taylor is accused of sexually assaulting three young boys and a girl during the time he lived in Whitehorse, from January 1989 to May 1990.

The 70-year-old man disappeared from the Yukon shortly before his trial was scheduled to begin in the fall of 1990.

Last year, he was found and arrested near Tonasket, Wash., where he had been living under his brother's name for almost two decades.

The first three charges were laid against Taylor in 1990, after two brothers and a sister - all younger than 13 - accused him of having sex with them.

A fourth charge was laid Monday, stemming from an accusation made by the claimants' youngest brother.

Taylor maintains his innocence on all the charges.

Crown prosecutor John Phelps will call six witnesses.

The RCMP officer, Const. Craig Thur, took over the file in 2005.

Thur, with the help of several U.S. law enforcement agencies, located Taylor living in an off-the-grid home in the mountains outside of Tonasket.

He was arrested by U.S. Marshals late last year and voluntarily extradicted to Canada.

Before Taylor ran away to the U.S., a preliminary hearing into the charges was held.

Based on the testimonies given by the complainants at that hearing, a judge decided there was sufficient evidence to go ahead with a trial.

In addition to Thur, Phelps will put the four compainants and their mother on the stand.

None of the family members can be identified.

See more coverage in Wednesday's edition.