MISSOURI
Berger’s Beat
August 10, 2012 11:57 am | Author: Jerry Berger
It’s not often that a candidate can portray his or her opposition as “soft” on child molesters. It’s even more rare when a Democrat can do that against a Republican. But that’s what incumbent Claire McCaskill, a former prosecutor, can now do with her challenger, Rep. Todd Akin. The Hill newspaper reports that Akin “voted against the creation of a national sex offender registry and against reauthorizing a program that assists runaway and homeless children.” He was one of just 52 in the first case and one of just 14 in the second case. Both measures passed by wide margins with strong bipartisan support. . .In the sweltering heat this week, at a sidewalk news conference outside the Millennium Hotel downtown (where 900 nuns were meeting), members of SNAP disclosed a previously private $16,000 settlement with a Catholic religious order. It stemmed from child sex abuse allegations against a local nun. A St. Louis area man says he was molested by Sr. Gretchen when he was in second grade at a north St. Louis county parochial school. The victim was repped by attorney Ken Chackes of Clayton.
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