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Law Practice

Oct. 26, 2007

Lawyer Sues Sect, Claims Sex Abuse

VICTORVILLE - A Berkeley attorney is suing an Apple Valley sect of the Jehovah's Witnesses, claiming the church turned a blind eye when her father, a minister to the congregation, molested her.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      VICTORVILLE - A Berkeley attorney is suing an Apple Valley sect of the Jehovah's Witnesses, claiming the church turned a blind eye when her father, a minister to the congregation, molested her.
      In her suit, filed in San Bernardino County's Victorville branch, 29-year-old civil lawyer Melanie D. Popper contends her father raped her n...

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