ALABAMA
WHNT
[with video]
JULY 24, 2014, BY JOHNY FERNANDEZ
COLBERT COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – The Colbert County church that employed Jeffrey Dale Eddie is facing a lawsuit. The defendants in the suit are Jeffrey Dale Eddie, Highland Park Baptist Church, and Loving the Shoals United Appeal Fund, Inc., a non-for profit organization connected to the church.
Eddie used to be the children’s pastor. He pleaded guilty to sex abuse and sodomy charges earlier this year.
The 13-page lawsuit was filed Tuesday afternoon in federal court. The lawsuit against Eddie and the church is from a person who says Eddie began sexually abusing him in 2001.
At the time, the plaintiff was 11 years old. The suit states the abuse continued through November 2013. It also states the church provided little oversight, monitoring or supervision to Eddie as children’s pastor.
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