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The Jehovah’s Witnesses not only have a history of sexual abuse, but a history of covering up, and even facilitating sexual abuse by church members. A very reclusive and secretive denomination, the Jehovah’s Witnesses have been accused of protecting predators and the public perception of the church over the safety of children and sexual abuse victims.

Conti refused to initially settle her case seeking damages against Watchtower, her congregation, and a fellow Jehovah's Witness for sexual abuse and negligence. The case went to trial. In a headline-making decision, a California jury awarded her $28 million, the largest verdict against the organization at the time.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California jury has awarded $28 million in damages to a woman who said the Jehovah’s Witnesses allowed an adult member of a Fremont, Calif., church to molest her when she was a child.

Alameda County jurors awarded $7 million in compensatory damages on Wednesday and an additional $21 million in punitive damages on Thursday to the plaintiff, Candace Conti, said Rick Simons, her lawyer.

“This is the largest jury verdict for a single victim in a religious child abuse case in the country,” Mr. Simons said.

In her lawsuit, Ms. Conti, 26, said that in 1995 and 1996, when she was 9 and 10 years old and a member of the North Fremont Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, she was repeatedly molested by a fellow congregant, Jonathan Kendrick.

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