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…