An undisclosed source is reporting that new developments
have surfaced with another youth victim of sexual molestation coming forward
and expressing willingness to file complaints regarding an incident involving a
second area United Methodist Church.
Although details have yet to be disclosed, a statement obtained from
the victim's family says that the same church district leadership involved in
the Sheffield pedophile probe, tried to get the family to "hold off"
on addressing the molestation incidents which were officially reported months
ago.
Originally, at the time of the incidents, the victim,
reported being molested to that church's leaders while on a youth trip and was
told to "tough it out" regarding peer sexual harassment and sexually
explicit molestation incidents that were reported 5 years ago, when they
occurred.
The victim also reports that other youth were also violated
by sexual harassment and molestation incidents similar to the reported
complaint and that at least one of the perpetrators has been identified as an
employee of a local hospital.
As yet, the only identification of the second church is that
it is within the Florence Police jurisdiction.
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