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Statesman
An ousted former pastor who is criminally charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child is now responsible for a lawsuit brought against his former East Austin church.
A mother who says her daughter was molested by former Rev. Henry Lee McGee is suing McGee, his wife and First Baptist Church on Heflin Lane. The mother says McGee, now 69, sexually molested her daughter beginning when she was 13 in June 2014 until October last year.
“Church administrators were suspicious of the relationship between Pastor McGee and the minor and approached him, but failed to report the abuse,” the lawsuit says.
When reached Monday, the church’s current pastor Rev. James Limuel, who knows McGee, declined to comment because he said he had not yet seen the lawsuit. Limuel said McGee was voted out as pastor of the church last fall. Round Rock police arrested McGee, who lives in Round Rock, in December.
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