A bishop at
one of the largest African-American Christian churches in the United
States has been accused of grooming and sexually assaulting a female
member of the denomination for more than 20 years.
Kimberly
Pollard, who is now 37, filed a $12.2-million lawsuit against the
Church of God in Christ (COGIC) and Bishop James L'Keith Jones, accusing
the church of allowing her to be sexually assaulted by the high-ranking
bishop for 20 years, according to court papers obtained exclusively by
DailyMail.com.