SAN DIEGO (CA)
The Associated Press/Daily Mail
March 7, 2018
By Iain Burns
– Both sides say that the two settlements, finalized last week, cannot be discussed
– The church was fined $4,000-a-day for failing to provide documents to a court
– Both plaintiffs say church elders knew of abuse as early as 1982 but covered it up
Two men who say they were sexually abused by a leader at Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations in San Diego in the 1980s and 1990s have settled lawsuits against the church’s governing body.
Both sides say the settlements, which were finalized last week, cannot be discussed.
A New York state appeals court in November upheld a $4,000-a-day penalty against Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York for failing to comply with a court order to hand over internal documents about knowledge of church leaders who had been accused of sexually abusing children.
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