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.