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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.

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[–] Biggles@lemmy.myserv.one 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Or, hear me out, the man is a hypocrite who preaches morality but has no problem using a preteen girl to gratify his sexual desires.

[–] fukurthumz420@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

religion strikes again. it's almost like the world would be a better place without it.

before you come with the 'shitty people can be anywhere', ask yourself would this person have been emboldened to act on their sociopathic desires without having religion to hide behind?

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago

the fact they didnt claim he was raped means he was likely awake therefore cannot claim any innocence from the situation.

basically the only way out of a situation like this is provably without reasonable doubt, that you were raped in a state where you werent conscious. and since they didnt argue it means you cannot justify it.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Shows you the everyone in Trumps circle are all terrible. Shit attracts flies

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

That might be one of the most demented defenses they could have come up with.

Damn, that 12 year old girl must've been a commie too, raised on those russian cold war era steroids!

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

The old switcharoo

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Yikes, it's a long ways down from that high horse.

[–] ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of that story of a father that murdered his daughters rapist in a small town and the whole town was like "I DIDN'T SEE NUFFIN" and I believe the father did not end up going to prison for it. Is a BIG, fuck around find out situation for pieces of human garbage like this. Don't think these boomer pedos/other idiots realize what quantum computing and all of the data centers across the world storing citizens data for decades means for THEM... Just requires some inspired algorithms and a police force that is willing to uh, NOT protect the baddies and do their jobs as detectives vs arresting brown people for drugz :|

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