CALIFORNIA
10 News
[with video]
Steve Fiorina, Joe Little
Oct 31, 2014
SAN DIEGO – A $13.5 million judgment was handed down in San Diego Superior Court against Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, which oversees Jehovah’s Witnesses.
It is specific to allegations of abuse of a 7-year-old boy who attended the Spanish Congregation bible study at the Jehovah’s Witnesses church in Linda Vista.
Team 10 uncovered the story last year; Gonzalo Campos, a leader of those classes, admitted abusing children on a video deposition and avoided prosecution by fleeing to Mexico.
Attorney Irwin Zalkin said there are many victims protected by secrecy within the church.
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