MISSOURI
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Jessica Bock jbock@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8228
A second woman has filed a lawsuit against the president of the Missouri State Board of Education alleging sexual misconduct while in his position as a pastor at a church in Kansas City.
The suit, filed Wednesday in Jackson County Circuit Court, accuses the Rev. Stan Archie of child sexual abuse, defamation and therapy malpractice that began after the woman, then 15 years old, began seeing him about 2006 for counseling at the church. It also names Archie’s church, Christian Fellowship Baptist Church, as negligent.
Archie has denied all claims, saying that disgruntled members of his church are trying to hurt his reputation and get money from the church. He has been on the state board since 2006, and began his term as president this month.
The women in both suits are not named in court documents, but referred to in each case separately as “Jane Doe.”
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