TULSA (OK)
Tulsa World
By JARREL WADE World Staff Writer
Published: 9/22/2012
The mother of a 13-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by an employee at Victory Christian Center filed a lawsuit against the church Friday claiming church officials blamed the girl for her involvement in an attempted cover-up, court records show.
The lawsuit, filed in Tulsa County District Court, claims the church intentionally inflicted emotional distress by not reporting the alleged crime to police or the victim’s parents for about two weeks after learning of the assault.
“Rather than contacting the appropriate authorities, defendant (Victory Christian Center) chose to conduct its own ‘investigation’ with the ultimate purpose of doing damage control as opposed to protecting” the victim, according to the lawsuit.
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