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Settlement Agreement Reached in Jehovah’s Witness Lawsuit

Posted in Sexual Abuse on Thursday, February 16, 2017.

Attorney Jeffrey P. Fritz settled a lawsuit on the fifth day of trial against the Jehovah’s Witness Church for a sexual abuse cover-up involving two members of the Spring Grove, PA congregation. Mr. Fritz represented a minor that was sexually assaulted over the course of two years, even after the parents of the minor alerted the church elders. The church elders did not contact the authorities. This lawsuit exposed some very troubling policies practiced by the Jehovah’s Witness Church regarding mandatory reporting laws in Pennsylvania. Read more.