Woman alleges in new lawsuit she was sexually abused as a teen in 1990s at the Willow Creek megachurch

Woman alleges in new lawsuit she was sexually abused as a teen in 1990s at the Willow Creek megachurch

Church officials knew about it, never told police and allowed the man accused of the misconduct to keep working at the suburban evangelical congregation, the lawsuit says. It marks the latest troubling accusation to involve the church that previously settled claims of child sex abuse involving another man for more than $3 million.

Willow Creek sued for allegedly ignoring sexual harassment and assault

A Chicago-area woman is accusing Willow Creek Community Church leaders of looking the other way when she was sexually harassed and assaulted in the late 1990s. She was a teenager at the time, working in the suburban church’s car-repair ministry. Now in her mid-40s, the woman is suing the beleaguered megachurch that was once famous […]