CHICAGO (IL)
Chicago Sun-Times
October 8, 2005
BY STEVE PATTERSON Staff Reporter
A South Side pastor charged with molesting a young church member for several years is now being sued by his alleged victim.
The Rev. Bennie Chapman is the target of a suit filed Friday in Cook County Circuit Court seeking unspecified damages due to years of sexual abuse.
The victim says she came in contact with Chapman because his wife, Elaine, was her baby-sitter.
Chapman founded and is pastor of Holy Bethel Christian Church, 909 E. 75th St., where the girl and her family were members.
Chapman, 66, is charged with predatory criminal sexual assault for allegedly molesting the girl from 1997, when she was 11, through 2000, when she was 14, the lawsuit says.