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Former Oregon Christian Coalition head confesses to molesting family members

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Gay Rights Watch apparently has a scoop on the story of yet another fundie's fall from grace, and this is a steep drop off of a cliff -- a police report of former Oregon Christian Coalition head Lou Beres's admission of molesting family members, which he thought was sealed.

Now that he's being sued in civil court by one of his molestation victims, it's all coming out.
Beres claims in the police report that he "has sinned in the past". The investigating detective recorded the phone call with Lou Beres with his permission. During this phone call Beres made admissions to three separate victims at three different times. All involved underage females.
The descriptions in the report are graphic, and include Beres's fingers being inserted into privates, Vaseline, "licking all over", argh, it's enough to make you lose your meal. Beres, naturally, played the aggrieved "Good Christian"TM when he was accused, blaming it all on his political enemies:
Beres said on the Christian Coalition web site today, "I am grieved by the false allegations of my nephew, Richard Galat. I am attempting to determine the source of each claim."

Beres, who did immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press, is the former head of the Republican Party in Multnomah County, the Democratic stronghold that includes Portland.
What was that about the homos being the deviants in society? Will Daddy Dobson and Don Wildmon have a public comment on Beres?

::Crickets chirping::

Go check out the report at GRW, if you can stomach it.

Related:
* Christian Coalition leader accused of molesting generations of family members
* Christian Coalition head to "withdraw from political life" (Seattle Times)