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Thursday, January 17, 2013

SUMMARY OF AMENDED ABUSE LAWSUIT VS SGM

Here are the essentials of the yet untried complaint against Sovereign Grace Ministries, et al, below. No conclusions or judgments should be drawn at this time about the parties named therein.

Five pseudonymous plaintiffs are added to the original three.
  1. PAULA POE
  2. CARLA COE
  3. GRACE COE
  4. KAREN KOE
  5. KARL KOE 
The judge assigned to the case has been named: the Hon. Sharon V. Burrell.
Three institutional defendants are added to Sovereign Grace Ministries.
  1. Covenant Life Church, Inc.
  2. Covenant Life School, Inc.
  3. Sovereign Grace Church of Fairfax
Two individual defendants are added to existing eight.
  1. Mark Mullery
  2. Vince Hinders
A net total 28 charges are added (goes from 115 to 143).
Material issues added to the lawsuit:
  • The physical abuse of children
  • Sexual abuse occurred on church premises and at church events
  • Sexual predators were negligently hired as employees
  • PAULA POE repeatedly sexually assaulted by a pastor/teacher and children’s ministry worker
  • A pedophilia ring operated at Covenant Life Church and Covenant Life School
  • CARLA COE was repeatedly abused (not sexually) by Larry Tomczak and co-conspirators
  • KARL COE repeatedly sexually molested by the male son of a Church pastor.