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KING COUNTY, Washington (ABC4) — A lawsuit has been filed against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claiming the Church knowingly permitted a convicted pedophile to have unfettered access to children resulting in the sexual exploitation and abuse of four boys, according to Dolman Law Group and Anapol Weiss.

The suit claims that the Church allowed convicted sex offender, David Herget, to prey on children in the Mountlake Ward, some of which were as young as 5 years old at the time of the events.

Previous conviction

The complaint

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