UNITED STATES
Christian Post
By Jeff Schapiro, Christian Post Reporter
October 19, 2012
A class action lawsuit was filed against Sovereign Grace Ministries on Wednesday accusing the church of habitually covering up child sexual assault and abuse over an extended period of time.
The complaint, filed in Montgomery County, Md., claims the ministry led by C.J. Mahaney “cared more about protecting its financial and institutional standing than about protecting children, its most vulnerable members.”
Founded in 1982 in Gaithersburg, Md., Sovereign Grace Ministries is a family of about 90 churches that are located primarily in the United States, but also in Australia, eastern Asia, Africa, Western Europe, Bolivia, Mexico and Canada. Mahaney is named as just one of the defendants in the lawsuit, along with other church leaders including Gary Ricucci, David Hinders, Louis Gallo, Frank Ecelbarger, John Loftness, Grant Layman and Lawrence Tomczak.
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