Mariano Rivera, wife accused of covering up child sex abuse at own home, church

A caller suit successful New York alleges Mariano Rivera and his wife, Clara, of ignoring the intersexual maltreatment of a insignificant that occurred some astatine their location and a church.

The New York Yankees fable is the pastor of Refuge of Hope Church successful New Rochelle, astir 15 miles from wherever helium played.

However, "Jane Doe" says she was sexually abused by an older girl, known arsenic "MG," during a summertime internship successful 2018. MG was a insignificant astatine the clip of the alleged incidents.

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New York Yankees prima Mariano Rivera stands with his Hall of Fame plaque during a ceremonial successful his grant astatine Yankee Stadium connected August 17, 2019. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

The internship took spot astatine the Ignite Life Center successful Gainesville, Florida, which was affiliated with Rivera's church.

The suit says that the victim's parent informed Clara of the maltreatment and that Clara promised to analyse the matter. But they allegedly covered it up.

"Rather than instrumentality capable enactment to extremity the intersexual maltreatment of Jane Doe, the Riveras each separately isolated and intimidated Jane Doe to stay soundless astir her maltreatment by MG to debar causing occupation for Refuge of Hope and the Ignite Life Summer Internship," the suit reads.

The suit besides alleges that MG abused the unfortunate astatine the Rivera residence that summertime during a barbecue.

New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera throws successful the ninth inning against the Mariners, June 9, 2013, successful Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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"At each times relevant, [the Riveras] knew oregon should person known that MG was a hazard to sexually maltreatment children… earlier and during the clip of the barbecue," the suit reads.

"In bid to debar the imaginable ungraded of kid intersexual maltreatment successful its programs and different support [themselves] supra each else, the Riveras… assured [Doe's mother] that [Doe] was harmless and successful nary information astatine Ignite Life Center, contempt existent oregon constructive cognition that Doe remained susceptible to further acts of intersexual maltreatment by MG."

Several months later, successful January 2019, Rivera became the first, and inactive only, subordinate to beryllium unanimously elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Later that year, President Donald Trump, during his archetypal presidency, awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees waves to the assemblage aft breaking the vocation saves grounds connected Sept. 19, 2011, astatine Yankee Stadium. (Rob Tringali/MLB via Getty Images)

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Rivera, wide known arsenic the top person successful the past of baseball, is the sport's all-time saves person with 652. His 2.21 ERA is besides the lowest by immoderate pitcher with astatine slightest 500 innings since the live-ball epoch began successful 1920.

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