Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, January 3, 1995 TAG: 9501040049
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: WINCHESTER LENGTH: Short
The woman, identified in her court papers only as ``Jane Roe,'' filed her original suit in September against the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stephens City, its former pastor and the bishop of the denomination's Virginia Synod.
She amended the suit to include the national church organization, which is based in Chicago.
The lawsuit alleges the Rev. William F. Hogan, then pastor of Trinity Evangelical, had sex with Roe while he was counseling her for marital problems from December 1990 through March 1993.
Hogan left the area and the woman's attorneys are trying to locate him. According to court papers, he is believed to be living in Charleston, S.C.
Roe says she established a relationship with Hogan that included him counseling her for sexual and family problems. The lawsuit alleges that Hogan convinced her to have sex with him at her home, his home and the church office. She says he asked her to read pornographic materials to show her that sex ``could be beautiful and that it did not have to be all bad.''
Telephone calls seeking comment from the church on Monday went unanswered.
- Associated Press
by CNB