MISSOURI
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Jessica Bock jbock@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8228
The president-elect of the Missouri State Board of Education is defending himself against a civil lawsuit that accuses him of an inappropriate sexual relationship years ago with a former assistant and member of his Kansas City church.
The Rev. Stan Archie, who has been on the state board since 2006 and currently serves as vice president, is senior pastor at Christian Fellowship Baptist Church.
The woman, whom a judge allowed to hide her identity and proceed as “Jane Doe” in court documents, filed the lawsuit in January in Jackson County Circuit Court. The suit says Archie abused his position in the church to take advantage of the woman, who was vulnerable and depressed, and begin a sexual relationship as he gave her counseling, according to court documents. It also names his church in the suit, saying officials failed to protect her and others at the church by hiding previous reports of impropriety.
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