CHICAGO (IL)
Courthouse News Service
By JACK BOUBOUSHIAN
CHICAGO (CN) – After a Methodist church elder sexually abused a girl, other church leaders called her a “home wrecker” who was “worse than a prostitute because at least prostitutes get paid,” the girl claims in court.
Jane Doe and her mother sued East Side United Methodist Church; her alleged abuser Salvador Alvarez; church leaders and/or employees Zaki Zaki, Ayla Zaki, Richard Martinez and Sandi Martinez; The Zone Youth and Community Center, G2G Church, and the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church, in Cook County Court.
Doe joined the East Side Methodist Church and its youth program in 2010. The youth program was run by Salvador Alvarez, a “designated religious leader/elder and authority figure,” according to the complaint.
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