A mammoth civil suit filed in 1994, is now underway in Saskatoon. A dozen people are suing the Crown, police and others over charges of foster child abuse in a case that was once dubbed the 'scandal of the century.'

A total of 16 people were arrested on July 10th, 1991, after three foster children alleged they had been abused in a Saskatoon home. The accusations grew to eventually include almost every adult the three had ever known.

The children -- now adults -- have since publicly admitted the accusations were lies.

It was eventually revealed the older boy had been abusing his two sisters.

In 1993, charges against 12 of the 16 were stayed while one person pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault. The birth parents and a family friend were found guilty, but the decision was later overturned by the Supreme Court.

Richard Klassen was one of those accused of range of offenses including human sacrifice, animal mutilation and child sexual abuse. He told CTV's Canada AM Tuesday, the allegations were beyond the pale.

"They were pretty bizarre allegations. I mean, one can't imagine just child molestation itself, but the allegations that went with it were just so bizarre, it was unbelievable," Klassen said.

But the suit isn't targeting the accusers, as they were young, wards of the government, and in therapy Klassen said.

Instead, the malicious prosecution suit names two Crown prosecutors, a Saskatoon police officer and others -- seeking $10 million in damages.

"We believe that there was an overzealous police investigator," Klassen said.

"We also believe that the therapist helped to convince the children to come up with these bizarre allegations. And then of course, there's the prosecution who we allege either knew or should have known that the allegations weren't true from the beginning."

Klassen is representing himself in the case. Saskatoon lawyer Robert Borden represents the other plaintiffs.

Justice George Bayton, who is presiding over the trial without a jury, said the issues raised by the case are "complex and convoluted."

Six weeks have been set aside to hear the lawsuit at Saskatoon's Court of Queen's Bench.