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  • Lawsuit filed against church for coverup of sex abuse [Lds church accused of cover-up]

    11/07/2013 4:15:46 AM PST · by Colofornian · 26 replies
    Journal-News.Net (Martinsburg, WV) ^ | Oct. 25, 2013 | Edward Marshall
    MARTINSBURG - A lawsuit filed in Berkeley County against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, otherwise known as the Mormon Church, and local church officials accuses church leaders of covering up allegations that the son of local church officials sexually abused 12 children over the course of more than five years. Christopher Michael Jensen, 22, of Cheswick Drive, Martinsburg, was found guilty of one count of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of sexual abuse by a custodian Feb. 6 following a jury trial in Berkeley County Circuit Court. The criminal charges involved only two of the 12...