CALIFORNIA
Newser
By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff
Posted Jun 15, 2012
(Newser) – A California jury says the Jehovah’s Witnesses must shoulder part of the blame for the alleged molestation of a girl by one of its members. The jury’s verdict orders the religious group to pay a record $21 million in punitive damages to the victim, now 26, reports MSNBC. It also has to pay a portion of the $7 million in compensatory damages awarded earlier. “This is the first case I know of where a church has been hit with liability involving a rank-and-file member,” says an attorney for the congregation. He plans to appeal.
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