TENNESSEE
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By SAMANTHA HEARN
Published: December 2, 2015
After a family filed a lawsuit against Fellowship Bible Church on Monday for negligence in the rape of their 3-year-old child, the church has now commented on the issue in an email sent to its congregation.
The family, represented by Kathryn Barnett of Morgan & Morgan, filed the lawsuit after their 3-year-old was sexually assaulted and raped by a teenage volunteer at the church’s Brentwood campus last year. The teen has since appeared in court and plead guilty to aggravated sexual battery.
The complaint was filed with the Williamson County Circuit Court on Monday, Nov. 30 stating that Fellowship Bible Church was negligent and reckless in the handling of the incident, even going so far as to try and hide the incident from other church members.
The church is now saying that the allegations presented against them in the lawsuit are false, and that they immediately reported the incident to the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services as well as Brentwood Police when they were advised of the incident.
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