Police say Christian Coalition leader admits molesting girls

[Ian David]

Wed Aug 16, 9:19 PM ET

SUMMARY: Longtime Oregon Christian Coalition leader Lou Beres told police he sexually touched young girls, including his sister-in-law, court records show.


The longtime leader of the Oregon Christian Coalition and staunch opponent of gay rights admits in a newly released police report that he sexually touched three underage girls years ago, despite denials of such behavior to a newspaper.

Lou Beres denied sexual-molestation allegations when the Oregonian newspaper first reported them in October. But a Gresham (Ore.) Police Department report released as part of a lawsuit said Beres "readily admitted sexually touching" one girl when she was 13 or 14 years old.

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Last fall, Beres said he would withdraw from public life while he fought the allegations. However, as late as last week, records show that he signed a $50 check on the Oregon Christian Coalition checking account to renew the group's business registration with the state.

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The Oregon Christian Coalition shut its office last year and does not appear to have any paid staff. Tim Nashif of the anti-gay Oregon Family Council said the coalition is "not doing anything" in the state as far as he can see. Nashif noted that Beres, once active in Republican politics, got almost no support when he tried to win a seat on the
Republican National Committee. (AP)

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[opihimoimoi]

1. Another PERVIE??? OMG....and a PUB no less..Damn...are they all like this?

[Jed Dilligan]

2. The only surprising thing about this:

it was girls, not boys.

[Endangered Specie]

3. Definitly a top ten candidate here

:sick:

[maddezmom]

4. dupllicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2460043