Woman wins lawsuit against church and pastor over alleged sexual abuse as a child | WJLA

A woman who says she was the victim of repeated sexual abuse by a pastor when she was 13 and 14 is speaking out to ABC7 -- and now that pastor's church has been ordered to pay $656,000 in damages for pain and suffering.

The alleged victim, who asked us to call her by her first name of Angel, says the sexual abuse happened in 2008. She says "Apostle" Jean Auguste took an interest in her from the time she and her mother joined Abundant Harvest Church, then in Clinton, Maryland when she was 12 years old.

When she was 13, Angel says Auguste invited her and her mother to live with him and his family. Angel says her mother had just left an abusive relationship.

Woman wins lawsuit against church and pastor over alleged sexual abuse as a child | WJLA