Posted on 09/15/2017 8:39:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigned from his position Wednesday afternoon after a fifth accusation of child abuse came to light, this time from his own family.
"While the allegations against me are not true, it is important that my personal issues do not affect the ability of our city government to conduct the public's business. ... It is best for the city if I step aside. To the people of this special city and to my dedicated staff, I am sorry for this painful situation," Murray said in a statement.
The Seattle Times reported on Tuesday that the latest accusations against Murray stemmed from a younger cousin, who said the now former mayor molested him in New York in the 1970s.
Murray, who is gay and married to another man, has been accused on five occasions of having sexually abused teenagers before entering politics.
The politician has maintained his innocence since the accusations first began to emerge in April, and until this week refused calls for him to resign.
City Council member Tim Burgess said that mounting pressure has finally taken its toll, however.
"The accumulation of these accusations and now coming from a family member just made it essential that he resign," Burgess added.
Murray has argued that his progressive political record and gay-rights advocacy has made him a target for people looking to damage his career, The Washington Post reports, and he has blamed the latest allegations from his cousin as stemming from "bad blood between two estranged wings of the family."
The former mayor dropped his re-election bid in May after four men claimed they had been abused by him when they were teenagers. A lawsuit earlier in April accused Murray of having "repeatedly criminally raped and molested" a man when he was a homeless 15-year-old
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Multiply this guy by how many more.
As every trial attorney knows, when you have to argue that every single witness but your client is lying, the result is a foregone conclusion.
“As every trial attorney knows, when you have to argue that every single witness but your client is lying, the result is a foregone conclusion.”
Exceptions: BJ Clinton and Bill Cosby.
“It’s just about love.”
Just homosexuals reproducing the way they always have.
Why has he not been arrested yet? Have we become so PC when it comes to gays they are immune to criminal prosecution?
But but I am told we need to believe all accusations of sexual misconduct.
Wrong gender and wrong orientation at play, here.
Are pervert politician sex-criminals more prevalent than the national average? The question can be asked of teachers and priests. Most do their jobs. Some are the scum of society.
There is a reason God does not condone bung bandits and this is a good example.
That is the question. If five had the nerve to speak up, then how many more haven’t? Sick perv.
Is this disgusting faggot involved in any political party? For some odd reason the article doesn’t seem to mention one. Or did I miss it?
There’s a direct connection between homosexuality and pedophilia; it is how they breed, since they lack a womb.
One or two Republicans spout pro-nazi rhetoric and all white conservatives are racist white supremacists. Several Democrat office holders use their official status to molest children, or operate prostitution rings, or send photos of their genitals via the Internet and they’re misunderstood champions of the “people” and of course no one could or would say that all Democrats are perverts.
How the hell can anybody vote for somebody that looks like that
Too much hocum-pokum.
Four wasn’t enough for him to resign. He resigned only after five accusations, some of his relatives now blaming the cousin. Have charges yet been filed against Murray?
Bye...don’t come back...
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