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Christian school teacher accused of having sex with student, 15

By JOE GAMM

(Bring on the Rapture and get these Xtian assholes off the planet!)

Warrenton - A former teacher at the North Coast Christian School in Hammond has been accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student.

Warrenton police officers arrested Jeremiah Gunner Scott, 26, of Warrenton. He was also a youth pastor for Warrenton First Baptist Church.

Scott is charged with eight counts of third-degree rape, a felony, and one count each of third-degree sodomy, a felony, contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor and sexual misconduct.

He faces from 90 days to four years in prison for the third-degree rape charges, according to Ron Brown, Clatsop County's chief deputy district attorney. Brown said results of Scott's psychosexual evaluation - should he agree to take one - or whether more victims come forward would be circumstances that sway the length of Scott's sentence, should he be found guilty.

Third-degree rape is not a Measure 11 offense, which would receive mandatory sentencing. The charge was third-degree rape because his alleged victim was 15 years old and sex was consensual, officials said.

Oregon law states that sex of any sort with 12- or 13-year-old victims is second-degree rape and sex with victims younger than 12 is first-degree rape, both Measure 11 crimes.

"We're looking to see if other young girls had similar experiences with Mr. Scott," Brown said. "That's going to be interesting, because the victim's family wonders what kind of supervision their daughter's been getting from the school."

He added that a lot of families send their children from southwest Washington to Astoria-area schools.

Warrenton Police Chief Bob Maxfield said the department received information from the Pacific County, Wash., Sheriff's Office about the case, and the two agencies began a joint investigation. WPD investigators were Officer Ray Ayers and Sgt. Cliff Bussert.

Warrenton police interviewed Scott and arrested him on the charges Aug. 1. Pacific County continues to investigate and is expected to charge him with two counts in connection with the case, Maxfield said.

"It's statutory rape. It was consensual, but her age makes it illegal," Maxfield said. "We've pretty much wrapped up this case."

http://www.dailyastorian.info

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Australian priest charged with sexual assault

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Australian police say they have arrested a Catholic priest and charged him with 30 counts of sexual assault related to abuse allegations dating back three decades.

The 65-year-old clergyman was arrested Thursday. He is accused of assaulting 18 boys between the ages of 11 and 17 during the 1970s and '80s while he served as the priest at a church in Newcastle, 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Sydney.

Police have declined to release the man's identity. They received a complaint about him in April and began investigating.

During a visit last month, Pope Benedict XVI apologized to victims of child sex abuse by Catholic clergy in Australia, describing their acts as "evil" and a grave betrayal that had brought great shame on the church.

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Friday, August 15 2008 @ 12:11 AM CDT