OKLAHOMA
Tulsa World
Sun May 11, 2014
By SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff Writer
A Tulsa County District Court jury awarded $2 million Friday to the family of a toddler who was sexually abused at a local church-affiliated day care center.
The jury found that Kirk of the Hills Church acted with reckless disregard for the safety of children by not telling staff at another church-affiliated day care center that a previous employee was being investigated for abuse of a baby, according to an attorney for the family.
Kirk of the Hills officials knew Meredith Allison Howard, 41, was working for the day care center at John Knox Presbyterian Church but did not share information about the abuse investigation, the attorney, Patrick Carr, said.
“If John Knox had known that information, they would never have hired Meredith Howard,” he said.
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