A WHSV broadcast news report on the settlement, announced 2 April 2018 by Berkeley County Circuit Judge Christopher C. Wilkes, of a West Virginia lawsuit filed in 2013 by plaintiffs who said they were abused by a young ward missionary between the ages of three and twelve. The church and its co-defendants were released from all claims; the terms of the settlement itself were not made public, and the parties were barred from discussing it further. The article notes the case had reached the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals during its five-year course.
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Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: a regional ABC-affiliate broadcast newsroom's contemporaneous account of the settlement announcement, naming the presiding circuit judge and the 2013 filing date, corroborated by FLOODLIT's independent case timeline. NotesTier 2: the source for Judge Wilkes's name and the 2 April 2018 settlement announcement, cross checked against FLOODLIT's independent case timeline for the amount and the case's procedural history.
Citation
PublisherWHSV
Publication Year2018
URLhttps://www.whsv.com/content/news/Settlement-reached-in-suit-alleging-Mormons-overlooked-abuse-478549413.html
Source Typenews
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Associated With
This source names West Virginia directly: "Wilkes, of a West Virginia lawsuit filed in 2013 by plaintiffs who said they were abused by a young ward missionary between the ages of three and twelve."
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
Well-attested
10Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
Connected
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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