Illinois megachurch paid $3.25M to settle lawsuits over child sex abuse by church volunteer
CHICAGO - Willow Creek Community Church agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle lawsuits over the sexual abuse of two developmentally disabled boys by a church volunteer, court records show.
The second and largest of the settlements, for $1.75 million, was made in February, before the Chicago Tribune revealed unrelated claims that the evangelical megachurch's founder, the Rev. Bill Hybels, engaged in inappropriate conduct with women, eventually leading to
