WEST VIRGINIA
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Posted: Friday, January 15, 2016
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph
BLUEFIELD — An investigation into the alleged activities of a Bluefield man charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse continued Thursday as one church issued a statement saying it was cooperating with police.
James Lilly, 24, was arrested Tuesday. He faces one charge of incest, one charge of second-degree sexual assault and 31 charges of first-degree sexual abuse, Detective K.L. Adams of the Bluefield Police Department said.
Adams stated after Lilly’s arrest that the victim was a juvenile female. He said the abuse began in 2009 when the victim was 9 to 10 years old, and continued until she was 16. The alleged abuse occurred in a home, and not at a church.
Lilly described himself as transgender, and said he is in the process of becoming a woman, according to Adams. Lilly has a degree in religion from a Virginia college and has worked at numerous churches including Episcopal churches in Bluefield and Bluefield, Va.
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