Police
collared a Louisiana pastor, accused of raping a woman who suffers from mental
disabilities.
David
"Scott" Lemley, 43, pastor of Baton Rouge's New Harmony Baptist
Church, was arrested Saturday on charges of aggravated rape, The Advocate first
reported.
The victim,
a 20-year-old female, is described as having the mental capacity of a
7-year-old. Lemley allegedly conspired with the victim's father to have sex
with her, according to arrest records.
The father
-- who is not being named to protect the identity of the victim -- is suspected
of telling his daughter to have sex with the pastor because the pastor's wife
was ill and bed ridden. The father is in prison on multiple sex charges,
including aggravated rape.
The woman
told investigators that she and the pastor had sex on multiple occasions,
despite saying that she didn't want to, according to KATC.
Lemley
denied ever having sex with the woman when he was interviewed by police in late
2013. According to the warrant, he told investigators that the victim is
"known for making up stories for no reason.”
The pastor
agreed to take a lie detector test on Dec. 6 of last year, but never showed up,
the warrant states.
Kim Lemley,
the pastor's wife who also works at the church, denied the rape allegations.
“It's false
charges,” she said. Lemley is
being held on $75,000 bail.
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