COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman filed a lawsuit against Faith Life Church along with its founders and their son, who she claimed sexually abused and raped her throughout her childhood, Franklin County court records state.

The New Albany megachurch, led by Gary Thomas Keesee Sr. and Drenda Keesee, has been at the center of a sex abuse investigation that stemmed from allegations in December.

The lawsuit, which included a demand for a trial by a jury, was filed on Thursday in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.

The plaintiff, named with the initials “O.W.” as a pseudonym, is described as a 29-year-old woman. Drenda and Keesee Sr. are named as defendants as well as Gary Thomas Keesee Jr. , who currently faces sexual abuse charges involving minor females — including the woman, the lawsuit

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