Former New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera and his wife Clara Rivera have been accused of covering up child sex abuse within their church, the Refuge of Hope.

Rivera and his wife aren't named in the lawsuit but it does accuse them of knowing about the alleged abuse at the camp.

A legal complaint accuses the Riveras of failing to take ‘sufficient action to end the sexual abuse’ of a minor

The Yankees pitcher and his wife are named in a suit that says a young girl was assaulted at properties connected to a church they helped found and at their home in Westchester County, N.Y.

The Riveras are accused of failing to protect the girl who was allegedly abused by two people while at the camp and at their home.

New York Yankees Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera and his wife, Clara, have been named in a lawsuit that alleges they covered up the sexual abuse of a minor — at a summer camp and their home. In a lawsuit filed on Jan.