MARTINSBURG (WV)
Local DVM
November 16, 2018
By Thao Ta
Tom Stollings said the accused, lived in his home for about two months.
The Mormon Church settled a sexual abuse case in Berkeley County nearly five months ago. Now, some families are speaking up with allegations that there were sexual abuse cover ups by an individual who has a history of sexual abuse.
It’s a case that rattled the Mormon Church community. Allegations of sexual abuse hidden for years by one of their own members at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Martinsburg .
“They stop at nothing to attack the parents,” said Tom Stollings, a former member of the church who is speaking up now.
Tom Stollings and Kelly H., are among the nine plaintiffs who sued the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Martinsburg, saying the church covered up years of sexual abuse, involving member Christopher Michael Jensen. They say the case was prolonged for nearly five years before a date for the civil trial was set in January in West Virginia.
“I felt like we were settled to shut up,” said Kelly H.
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