The Jehovah’s Witnesses have settled nine lawsuits alleging church policies protected men who sexually abused children for many years.
Republished from NBC News www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21917798/
By Lisa Myers and Richard Greenberg, NBC News Investigative Unit
Frederick McLean is one of the most-wanted fugitives in the United States, charged with 17 counts of child sexual abuse in California.  Law enforcement sources say that when a victim’s family confronted McLean in 2004, he allegedly confessed.  But before he could be arrested, McLean fled.
Authorities identified at least eight victims that McLean allegedly abused over the course of …