Sexual abuse victims sue city church
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ASHEVILLE - For years, three family members to bear Clement sexual abuse committed by their ministers of church music. Leonard Smith was in a prison sentence of more than 14 years in prison for crimes Nov. 29, spanned 20 years. Alvin Clement, which has evolved into a state Reiter Guilford County, registered with four costume and Sylvia Does John Clement, guardian for a minor John Doe. The family of David Clement said the spokesman for the local church knew what happened, and the state and national offices of the Church of God in Christ knew of Smith’s, but the crime allows him to continue in his church and the court of employment. “This is a long process,” said David Clement. “While we have not yet contacted the state and national offices and was removed with compressed air, planes, we do not. ” The costs of Appeal, the church, the state and the appointment of office “knew or should have known, about the long history of child abuse and sexual harassment by his dedicated staff, defendant Leonard Smith,” and that it is “not to take action, Smith To ‘S behaviors and attitudes.” The civil action because of claims of the battery, deliberate infliction of suffering and emotional neglect, and calls for a minimum of $ 10000 for each of the claimants, attorneys’ fees and other aid organizations, such that the court is reasonable and appropriate. ” Because of Good Friday, church officials could not be reached for comment. |