NEW YORK — Yankees Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera and his wife, Clara, are accused of covering up the sexual abuse of a minor at their church and in their home, according to a lawsuit filed in New York.

The Yankees' great and his wife are at the center of a lawsuit around the cover up of alleged sexual abuse of a minor.

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