Madisonville's Union Baptist Church files lawsuit against 5/3 Bank, accusing cemetery desecration
Attorney for Union Baptist Church John Stillpass said Fifth-Third Bank built an office above the United American Cemetery in 2003 and the draining system it chose pushes water into the cemetery -- displacing headstones and washing away graves.
and last updated 2021-06-04 21:44:09-04
CINCINNATI â One of the city's oldest African-American Baptist churches is taking on a major corporation.
Madisonville's Union Baptist Church filed a lawsuit against Fifth-Third Bank Thursday, accusing it of destroying a historic cemetery.
Standing water covers the main roadway through the cemetery and toppled headstones are visible among graves on sloping hillsides.