PENNSYLVANIA
Daily America
JUDY D.J. ELLICH Daily American Staff Writer
10:12 p.m. EST, December 10, 2012
SOMERSET COUNTY—
Three women have filed a lawsuit against Christian Camps of Pittsburgh Inc., Summer’s Best Two Weeks and the Vienna Presbyterian Church in Somerset County court claiming a student ministry director molested and sexually abused them.
The lawsuit claims the camp and the church failed to follow protocol when hiring Eric DeVries and failed to take action when the allegations surfaced. According to the lawsuit, the assaults took place in Pennsylvania and Virginia between 2003 and 2005 when the plaintiffs were between 13 and 17 years old. DeVries is not listed as a defendant in the lawsuit.
“Between 2001-2005, VPC provided DeVries with a breeding ground of young girls who he psychologically and spiritually manipulated, groomed and ultimately sexually assaulted,” attorney Benjamin D. Andreozzi of Harrisburg wrote in the lawsuit.
Many of the sexual assaults occurred during church outings to the camp and Seven Springs Mountain Resort, according to the lawsuit.
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