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Bishop Walker Sex Lawsuit Dismissed
By Bob Smietana
The Tennessean
December 14, 2012
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Bishop Joseph Walker III / Dipti Vaidya/The Tennessean/File |
A judge has dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed against Bishop Joseph Walker III of Mt.
Zion Baptist Church.
Former church member Valencia Batson had sued Walker, Mt. Zion and several other ministers earlier this year for alleged sexual abuse.
Church leaders have called the allegations ridiculous in the past.
Walkers attorneys argued that the statute of limitations had passed for most of Batsons claims and that some of the other claims in the suit were improperly filed.
Court documents show that the last time Walker and Batson had physical or verbal contact was in January 2005.
Any claim of sexual abuse had a one-year statute of limitations.
At a hearing Thursday morning, Davids