WEST VIRGINIA
Your4State
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Bejoy Joseph
BERKELEY COUNTY, W.Va. – A Berkeley county man is behind bars, and now several local families are suing the Mormon Church alleging that church officials could have stopped the sexual abuse of 12 children.
Christopher Jensen is serving a 35 to 75 year prison sentence in West Virginia’s prison. Earlier this year, Jensen was convicted of sexually abusing 12 children ages three to 12 between 2006 and 2012 in Berkeley County.
Now the families of his victims have filed a lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, saying the church covered up his actions.
“All of my clients are young children. The perpetrator who was an elder of a Mormon church, was held up by the Mormon church as somebody who was trustworthy, safe, was in fact a sexual predator of children,” said Tim Kosnoff, attorney for the victims’ families.
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