Jury Awards $6 Million to Missouri Woman Who Accused Pastor of Raping Her

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB09FCWC8E.html

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A jury has awarded $6 million to a former choir director who claimed the Methodist Church did not protect her from a pastor she accused of raping her seven years ago.

Jurors ordered the West Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church to pay Teresa Norris $4 million in punitive damages and $2 million in compensatory damages.

"I'm really grateful to the jurors for listening to this whole thing and really making a statement to the conference that things need to change," Norris said after the jury announced its punitive judgment Wednesday. snip

A separate civil lawsuit has been filed against Finestead, who has left the denomination and now works as a pastor at First Baptist Church in Louisburg, Kan.

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[Maat]

1. Oh, he's was accepted by another church?

[NNN0LHI]

2. Baptist's must be more liberal concerning this type of thing?

:eyes:

[Maat]

3. I would have put it in a less discreet fashion ..

fits in with a certain kind of thinking (oh, smack my hand!). Sorry.

I admire your discretion.

[NNN0LHI]

6. I thank you for the compliment n/t

[Megahurtz]

4. What a fine example

of a "man of God":puke:
:sarcasm:

[Straight Shooter]

5. Is Little Boots and bushgang going to demand caps on rape trial awards?

Will they jump in and scream about out-of-control jury awards in rape trials?

I'd like to see some of those churches sued for f*cking with people's minds, too.