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West Virginia judge orders victims to pay half of sex abuser’s legal fees in Mormon Church cover-up suit

TRAVIS GETTYS
17 APR 2015

West Virginia judge ordered sex abuse victims to pay half the attorney costs for the Mormon Church in a civil suit alleging that church officials covered up previous claims against their abuser.

Naturally, the victims and their families don’t wish to help the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints defend itself against their claims – so they have asked an appeals court to vacate the Berkeley County Circuit Court judge’s order, reported The Journal-News.

Christopher Michael Jensen, of Martinsburg, was convicted in February 2013 of one count of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of sexual abuse by a custodian, and he was sentenced to up to 75 years in prison.

The 23-year-old Jensen, who is the son of…