TULSA (OK)
News On 6
Tami Beyersdoerfer, NewsOn6.com
TULSA, Oklahoma –
The controversy surrounding Victory Christian Center intensified Friday, as the mother of an alleged sexual abuse victim filed a lawsuit against the church, claiming employees willfully concealed allegations of rape on the church campus.
According to the petition, the mother is accusing the megachurch of gross negligence and intentional or reckless infliction of emotional distress, with regard to the way church leaders handled her daughter’s allegation that she was raped on the Victory Christian campus.
The suit claims that Chris Denman, 20, who was arrested and charged with rape and child molestation on September 5, forced the 13-year-old into sexual intercourse and forced her to perform oral sex.
Read the nine-page petition filed by the victim’s mother on Friday.
The mother alleges that the church failed to do a proper investigation into Denman’s background before he was hired to work at the church’s Camp Victory, which is where the mother claims her daughter first met Denman, and then, once notified of the alleged assault, failed to report it to the proper authorities and the parents.
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