Lawsuit accuses Delaware church of hiding child sex abuse

DELAWARE
Delaware Public Media

By JAMES DAWSON

The Delaware Attorney General’s office is suing a Laurel Jehovah’s Witness congregation, saying its leaders covered up a child sexual abuse case.

According to civil court documents, leaders of the Laurel Delaware Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses did not report a sexual relationship between a teenage boy and Katheryn Harris Carmean White – both members of the church.

White admitted having sex with the boy to congregation elders in January of 2013. Leaders learned of the relationship a few days beforehand, but didn’t report it as required by law.

She was convicted in November of that year and sentenced to six years in prison.

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