An evangelical seminary in Dallas has settled a
fourth lawsuit claiming that it knowingly allowed a child molester to
graduate, enabling him to have access to boys he'd rape years later as a
North Texas pastor.
Dallas Theological Seminary required that Jon Gerrit Warnshuis undergo counseling before receiving his diploma in 1992 — but didn't report the allegation to law enforcement or tell future employers, according to the lawsuit.
Nearly a decade later, Warnshuis was convicted in Denton County for sexually abusing three boys. He is serving a 40-year prison sentence and will be eligible for parole in 2021.
His victims sued the seminary, as well as Oak Hills Community Evangelical Free Church in Argyle and Warnshuis, claiming that the school created dangerous conditions for future congregants by granting Warnshuis a diploma.
Dallas Theological Seminary settles latest lawsuit over graduate who sexually abused North Texas boys | Courts | Dallas News
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