CALIFORNIA
Courthouse News Service
By WILLIAM DOTINGA
MARTINEZ, Calif. (CN) – A group of sisters whose parents subjected them to 20 years of horrific sexual abuse and torture say they may still have a case against church officials.
Each daughter, now an adult woman, said that church leaders, police officers and social workers stonewalled investigations to protect the parents, Zion and Glenda Lea Dutro, who were prominent evangelical leaders in Antioch, Calif.
Zion Dutro accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to 300 years in prison, while his wife pleaded no contest and received a 15-year prison sentence for her actions.
The original complaint sought punitive damages from the city of Antioch, Contra Costa County, a number of officials, Calvary Open Bible Church and two pastors.
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