Tennessee church tried to hide bathroom rape of 3-year-old, family says

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After a family filed a $37.5 million lawsuit against a Brentwood church for negligence in the sexual assault of their 3-year-old son, the church has issued a response.

According to a lawsuit filed Monday, the family's son was raped by a male teenage volunteer in a bathroom of Fellowship Bible Church of Williamson County during church on Aug. 24, 2014. The teenager pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual battery.

The lawsuit alleges the church urged the family to not pursue charges and asked them to attend another church campus.

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