Yankees Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera, wife Clara accused of covering up child sex abuse

Yankees Hall of Fame person Mariano Rivera and his wife, Clara, are accused of covering up the intersexual abuse of a insignificant astatine their religion and successful their home, according to a suit filed successful New York.

The ailment claims the mates hid the maltreatment of a young miss associated with their church, Refuge of Hope in New Rochelle, wherever 55-year-old Rivera is the pb pastor.

The suit, filed successful the Supreme Court of Westchester County, alleges the Riveras were negligent and did not enactment upon learning the miss was being sexually abused.

The young unfortunate was allegedly abused by an older insignificant girl, identified lone arsenic “MG,” during a 2018 summertime internship astatine the Ignite Life Center successful Gainesville, Fla. that was supported by the Riveras’ church.

Clara Rivera, who’s said to beryllium successful complaint of Refuge of Hope’s day-to-day operations, allegedly convinced the girl’s household to fto her be the internship successful Florida. According to the suit, the Riveras past covered up the maltreatment upon traveling to the summertime campy themselves.

Former New York Yankees pitcher and hallway of famer Mariano Rivera waves arsenic the assemblage arsenic helium leaves the tract with his woman Clara during a ceremonial earlier a shot crippled betwixt the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, Aug. 17, 2019, successful New York. (Mary Altaffer/AP)

“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 ailment states.

According to the lawsuit, the maltreatment continued astatine a barbecue hosted astatine the couple’s erstwhile location successful Rye, N.Y. aft the miss returned location from the internship.

Ruben Tavarez Jr., the big lad of Refuge of Hope Associate Pastor Ruben Tavarez Sr., is besides accused of abusing the miss successful August 2021.

The ailment besides points to abstracted instances of maltreatment astatine Ignite Life Center, wherever 2 sons of pastors and a erstwhile unpaid person been arrested for kid enactment crimes.