NEW YORK
WWNY-TV
August 7, 2020
By Diane Rutherford
A church named in a Lowville child sexual abuse lawsuit says it’s taking the allegations “very seriously.”
Earlier this week, a lawsuit was filed in State Supreme Court, claiming a former choir director at Lowville United Methodist Church sexually assaulted a teenager 40 years ago.
On Friday, the Upper New York Conference of the United Methodist Church, which is named as a defendant in the suit, issued the following statement:
“We are taking this very seriously and are investigating. When it comes to terrible acts like the ones that are being alleged, we, as United Methodists, support survivors and their families in their search for justice. We pray for healing for all such survivors.”
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