Jonathan Young trial: Girls testify against Sunday school teacher, saying he sexually abused them

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>> MEANTIME, IN THE LAST 30

MINUTES, COURT WRAPPED UP FOR

THE DAY IN THE ABUSE CASE OF A

JOHNSTON COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL

TEACHER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING

US HERE ON WRAL NEWS AT 5.30.

I'M DAN HAGGERTY AND I'M LENA

TILLETT. 3 VICTIMS TOOK THE

STAND TODAY. THIS IS A CASE

WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING SINCE IT

BROKE IN 2018 WHEN JONATHAN

YOUNG WAS ARRESTED. WRAL'S

DEBRA MORGAN IS HERE NOW TO

TELL US WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT.

>> ALINA, TODAY FOR WITNESSES

WERE CALLED TO TESTIFY. 3 OF

THEM WERE GIRLS WHO SAID THEY

WERE ABUSED BY JONATHAN YOUNG,

WHO IS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER

AT FIRST BORN BAPTIST CHURCH.

IN BENSON, ONE SAID THE ABUSE

HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE OF

SEVERAL YEARS, STARTING WHEN

SHE WAS 9 YEARS OLD AND

CONTINUED UNTIL SHE WAS 11

YEARS OLD. THE WITNESS TOLD THE

JURY SOME OF THE INCIDENTS

HAPPENED INSIDE THAT CHURCH

IN THE LAST HOUR. HER SISTER

WAS CALLED TO THE STAND

TESTIFYING YOUNG ALSO ABUSED

HER. THE SECOND VICTIM TO

TESTIFY SAID YOUNG ABUSED HER

DURING THE SUMMER OF 2003 WHEN

SHE WAS ONLY 9 YEARS OLD.

SHE TOLD THE COURTROOM THE

ABUSE HAPPENED WHILE SHE RODE

FOUR-WHEELERS WITH YOUNG AND

CONTINUED WHEN THEY WOULD PLAY

HIDE AND SEEK WITH HER

SIBLINGS. THE WITNESS TOLD THE

COURTROOM SHE TRIED TO AVOID

YOUNG AFTER THAT. HER FAMILY

STAYED WITH THE CHURCH UNTIL

SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD. SOME

FORMER CHURCH MEMBERS SAY THE

CHURCH LEADERS KNEW ABOUT THE

ABUSE, BUT DID NOTHING TO STOP

IT. CHURCH LEADERS DENY KNOWING

WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THE