SEATTLE — Two families are suing the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints (LDS), claiming that the church knowingly allowed a high priest with convictions for child sexual abuse to have continued access to children in Seattle.
These two families say that their 4-year-old and 5-year-old were sexually abused by that high priest in the 80s.
“Despite Defendants’ knowledge, the Defendants failed to take reasonable steps to protect Plaintiffs from the danger of being sexually abused by [high priest]. As a result, High Priest [name] was able to use his positions with Defendants to sexually abuse Plaintiffs,” the suit read.
KIRO 7 is not naming the high priest because some of his victims were family members. Naming him could identify them.
The suit alleges that the LDS Church knew of the danger and risk the high priest posed to children as early as 1984, but still allowed him…
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