cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17395041
Lawyers for Donald Trump’s former faith advisor Robert Morris accused a 12-year-old girl of initiating “inappropriate” sexual conduct with the ex-Dallas megachurch pastor, new documents have revealed.
Morris resigned in June after admitting to the incident. His accuser Cindy Clemishire previously claimed that the pastor had begun abusing her on Christmas Day in 1982.
Clemishire, now 52, said that Morris and his wife had been staying at her family home at the time when he asked her to come into his room, whereafter he told her to lay on his bed and then began touching her inappropriately.
She said the abuse had continued until 1987 when she told her parents.
However, 25 years after the incident, a lawyer for Morris – J Shelby Sharpe – claimed that it was the child who was actually to blame.
I came from a church that pulled this shit. Lead pastor was found out to have committed SA against a minor, and instead of owning up to it, the pastors would creep the age up each time they recounted the story, until they were basically claiming the victim was practically an 18yo.
Too bad for them, the charges are in the public record, and I can read.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Lawyers for Donald Trump’s former faith advisor Robert Morris accused a 12-year-old girl of initiating “inappropriate” sexual conduct with the ex-Dallas megachurch pastor, new documents have revealed.
Clemishire, now 52, said that Morris and his wife had been staying at her family home at the time when he asked her to come into his room, whereafter he told her to lay on his bed and then began touching her inappropriately.
Sharpe told NBC News that he had no recollection of a $25,000 settlement offer or NDA demand and that he no longer represents Morris.
In a statement put out before his resignation, Morris admitted the “inappropriate sexual behavior” but insisted that he had not had intercourse with the young girl.
On June 18, Gateway Church’s board of elders announced they’d accepted the resignation from Morris, and that it had hired a law firm to conduct an independent review to make sure they “have a complete understanding of the events” from 1982 to 1987.
The Gateway megachurch, based in the Dallas suburb of Southlake, was founded by Morris in 2000 and has multiple locations in the area and says over 100,000 people attend each weekend.
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Even if the kid did, it’s up to the adult in the situation to act responsibly.
