Paul Pressler, former Texas judge and religious right leader, accused of sexually assaulting teen
Paul Pressler, former Texas judge and religious right leader, accused of sexually assaulting teen for years
by Emma Platoff, Texas Tribune
A former Texas state judge and lawmaker has been accused of sexually abusing a young man for several decades starting when the boy was just 14, according to a lawsuit filed in October in Harris County.
The lawsuit alleges that Paul Pressler, a former justice on the 14th Court of Appeals who served in the Texas state house from 195759, sexually assaulted Duane Rollins, his former bible study student, several times per month over a period of years. According to the filing, the abuse started in the late 1970s and continued less frequently after Rollins left Houston for college in 1983.
In a November court filing, Pressler generally and categorically [denied] each and every allegation in Rollins petition.
The abuse, which consisted of anal penetration, took place in Presslers master bedroom study, the suit alleges. According to the lawsuit, Pressler told Rollins he was special and that the sexual contact was their God-sanctioned secret.
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