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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is being sued by a man who claims Murray
"raped and molested him" three decades ago, when the man was 15
years old.

The mayor held a brief news conference Friday to deny the
allegations.

"To be on the receiving end of such untrue allegations is very
painful for me. It is painful for my husband and for those who
are close to us," he told reporters. "I understand the person
making these accusations is troubled, and that makes me sad as
well."

The Seattle Times has investigated this claim in depth, along
with the stories of two other men who also say Murray abused
them when they were young. According to the Times report, too
much time has passed to file criminal charges, but the same is
not true for a civil suit.

Earlier in the week, the mayor's spokesman said the suit was
politically motivated. "It is not a coincidence that this
shakedown effort comes within weeks of the campaign filing
deadline," Jeff Reading said in a statement reported by The
Associated Press.

Murray, 61, is a progressive mayor, and has been serving in that
role since 2014. He had previously served in the state
legislature for 18 years, where he led a long campaign to
legalize same-sex marriage in Washington. As mayor, he pushed
through a measure to raise Seattle's minimum wage to $15 an hour.

"Things have never come easy to me in life but I have never
backed down and I will not back down now," Murray said in his
news conference. "I will continue to be mayor of this city. I
will continue to run for re-election."

He declined to take questions, saying this is now a matter for
the courts to resolve.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo- way/2017/04/08/523116134/lawsuit-alleges-seattle-mayor-ed-murray- raped-teen-30-years-ago
 

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Amused wrote

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is being sued by a man who claims
Murray "raped and molested him" three decades ago, when the
man was 15 years old.

Rightwing White Christians are always meddling with the little
boys.


Republican anti-abortion activist Neal Horsley admitted to
having sex with a mule

Republican supporter Pastor Ted Haggard, president of the 30-
million member National Association of Evangelicals, denounced
gays and illegal drugs but was later exposed as a gay Crystal
Meth user!

Republican Senator Larry Craig was arrested for lewd conduct in
the men's restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Airport

Republican Congressman Mark Foley abruptly resigned from
Congress after "sexually explicit" emails surfaced showing him
flirting with a 16-year old boy.

Republican aide Alan David Berlin was arrested on charges that
he wanted to engage in sex acts with a 15-year-old boy while
dressed in a panda costume.

Republican news producer Aaron Bruns was arrested on charges of
possessing child pornography.

Republican activist and former presidential campaign chairman
Jeffrey Claude Bartleson was arrested on charges of sexually
molesting a 5-year old boy.

Republican activist and former chairman of the Christian County
Republicans Royce Fessenden pleaded guilty to two counts of
first-degree child molestation and one count of second-degree
statutory sodomy.

Republican parole board officer and former legislator George C.
(Chris) Ortloff pleaded guilty to attempting to lure 11- and
12-year-old girls to have sex with him.

Republican legislative aide Robert R. Groezinger was arrested
for possessing child pornography.

Republican legislator Robert A. McKee pleaded guilty to
possessing child pornography.

Republican legislator Scott Muschany was charged with molesting
a 14-year old girl.

Republican chief of staff Eric Feltner pleaded guilty to
showing pornography to a 13-year old girl.

Republican presidential campaign official Matthew Joseph
Elliott was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child.

Republican Party Chairman Donald Fleischman was charged with
two counts of child enticement, two counts of contributing to
the delinquency of a child and a single charge of exposing
himself to a child.

Republican prosecutor John David Roy Atchison was arrested for
soliciting sex from a 5-year old girl, then killed himself
three weeks later. At the time of his arrest, Atchison was an
"assistant U.S. attorney" appointed by President Bush's
attorney general.

Republican city councilman John Bryan killed himself after
police began investigating allegations that he had molested
three girls, including two of his adopted daughters, ages 12
and 15.

Republican legislator Ted Klaudt was charged with raping girls
under the age of 16.

Republican city councilman Joseph Monteleone Jr. was found
guilty of fondling underage girls.

Republican congressional aide Jeffrey Nielsen was arrested for
having sex with a 14-year old boy.

Republican County Commissioner Patrick Lee McGuire surrendered
to police after allegedly molesting girls between the ages of 8
and 13.

Republican prosecutor Larry Corrigan was arrested for
soliciting sex from 13-year old girls.

Republican Mayor Jeffrey Kyle Randall was sentenced to 275 days
in jail for molesting two boys -- ages ten and 12 -- during a
six-year period.

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Amused wrote

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is being sued by a man who claims
Murray "raped and molested him" three decades ago, when the
man was 15 years old.

Rightwing White Christians are always meddling with the little
boys.


Republican anti-abortion activist Neal Horsley admitted to
having sex with a mule

Republican supporter Pastor Ted Haggard, president of the 30-
million member National Association of Evangelicals, denounced
gays and illegal drugs but was later exposed as a gay Crystal
Meth user!

Republican Senator Larry Craig was arrested for lewd conduct in
the men's restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Airport

Republican Congressman Mark Foley abruptly resigned from
Congress after "sexually explicit" emails surfaced showing him
flirting with a 16-year old boy.

Republican aide Alan David Berlin was arrested on charges that
he wanted to engage in sex acts with a 15-year-old boy while
dressed in a panda costume.

Republican news producer Aaron Bruns was arrested on charges of
possessing child pornography.

Republican activist and former presidential campaign chairman
Jeffrey Claude Bartleson was arrested on charges of sexually
molesting a 5-year old boy.

Republican activist and former chairman of the Christian County
Republicans Royce Fessenden pleaded guilty to two counts of
first-degree child molestation and one count of second-degree
statutory sodomy.

Republican parole board officer and former legislator George C.
(Chris) Ortloff pleaded guilty to attempting to lure 11- and
12-year-old girls to have sex with him.

Republican legislative aide Robert R. Groezinger was arrested
for possessing child pornography.

Republican legislator Robert A. McKee pleaded guilty to
possessing child pornography.

Republican legislator Scott Muschany was charged with molesting
a 14-year old girl.

Republican chief of staff Eric Feltner pleaded guilty to
showing pornography to a 13-year old girl.

Republican presidential campaign official Matthew Joseph
Elliott was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child.

Republican Party Chairman Donald Fleischman was charged with
two counts of child enticement, two counts of contributing to
the delinquency of a child and a single charge of exposing
himself to a child.

Republican prosecutor John David Roy Atchison was arrested for
soliciting sex from a 5-year old girl, then killed himself
three weeks later. At the time of his arrest, Atchison was an
"assistant U.S. attorney" appointed by President Bush's
attorney general.

Republican city councilman John Bryan killed himself after
police began investigating allegations that he had molested
three girls, including two of his adopted daughters, ages 12
and 15.

Republican legislator Ted Klaudt was charged with raping girls
under the age of 16.

Republican city councilman Joseph Monteleone Jr. was found
guilty of fondling underage girls.

Republican congressional aide Jeffrey Nielsen was arrested for
having sex with a 14-year old boy.

Republican County Commissioner Patrick Lee McGuire surrendered
to police after allegedly molesting girls between the ages of 8
and 13.

Republican prosecutor Larry Corrigan was arrested for
soliciting sex from 13-year old girls.

Republican Mayor Jeffrey Kyle Randall was sentenced to 275 days
in jail for molesting two boys -- ages ten and 12 -- during a
six-year period.

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