Two More Lawsuits Filed Against Morningstar Ministries for Alleged Mishandling of Sexual Abuse
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Two victims of alleged child sexual abuse by a MorningStar Ministries volunteer youth leader filed separate civil lawsuits this week, bringing the number of lawsuits alleging MorningStar leaders mishandled reports of sexual abuse to three. A similar lawsuit against Morningstar was filed last month.
On Thursday, Erickson Lee, the youth leader named in the civil lawsuits, failed to show for a court date in South Carolina for criminal sex-abuse charges with four victims, the Herald reported Friday. When Lee, a former cop, didn’t appear, the judge issued a warrant for Lee’s arrest, the Charlotte Observer reported Thursday.
Lee turned himself in Friday for a now nine-year prison sentence—an additional year from the original plea deal of eight years due to his missed court date Thursday, according to the Herald.
The civil suits allege that leaders of Morningstar mishandled decades of sexual abuse by other unnamed people prior to Lee’s alleged abuse of minors. The suits—filed by three of the four alleged victims in the criminal suit—accuse MorningStar founder and recently reinstated President Rick Joyner and other leaders of “grossly negligent and reckless conduct.”
“There is no telling how many others have occurred and were shut down by Morningstar and its leadership,” the two suits from filed this week both state.
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