$2.3 Billion Awarded in Sex Abuse Lawsuit That Named Mormon Church

$2.3 Billion Awarded in Sex Abuse Lawsuit That Named Mormon Church
The Salt Lake Temple stands at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Oct. 5, 2019. Rick Bowmer/AP Photo
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RIVERSIDE, Calif.—A woman who was molested for years by her stepfather has been awarded $2.28 billion by a California jury in a lawsuit that also implicated her mother and the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which both parents were active, her attorneys announced.

The panel in Riverside County Superior Court awarded damages Tuesday to a woman described in court papers only as Jane Doe, who said she was sexually assaulted by her stepfather from age 5 until she was 14, according to an announcement by the law firm of Gary A. Dordick.