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Three Sue Whitesboro Church, 3 Leaders for Sexual Abuse

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Three men have filed $10 million civil suits against a Whitesboro church for sexual abuse.

By Christopher South

COURT HOUSE – Three men have filed separate $10 million civil lawsuits against the Bethel Commandment Church of the Living God of New Jersey in Whitesboro, against men who were in church leadership and against Middle Township, for what they said were years of sexual and physical abuse when they were minors.

Pedro Luis Lopez, 41, of Cape May Court House, Ernell Norman Priester Jr., 47, of East Orange, and William Adams Jr., 42, of Columbia, Maryland, have each filed a civil lawsuit under their own names and listed themselves as the “self-represented plaintiff” in the suits, which name as defendants the Bethel Commandment Church of the Living God, Coast of Judea Inc., Bishop Charles A. Farrow Sr., pastor, and Vincent A. Watkins Sr., deacon. Lopez and Adams further named Watkins’ brother, Deacon Kallaad Watkins Cepada, formerly known as Clyde Watkins.

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