Houston GOP activist knew for years of child sex abuse claims against Southern Baptist leader

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Under oath, anti-gay activist Jared Woodfill said he was told in 2004 that Paul Pressler had sexually abused a minor. But Woodfill didn't cut ties with the Southern Baptist leader.

to support Rick Santorum over Mitt Romney in the upcoming presidential election.

Copies of the lawsuit did not refer to the incident as sexual assault. But as the case was being mediated, Woodfill said under oath last month, he was told by Rollins' then-attorney that Pressler had "been sexually inappropriate" with Rollins, had "done some things to him when he was a child" and "sexually abused ... when he was a child or in a youth group or something.

In the affidavit, which was made public this year, another college student says Pressler pressured him to get naked and then groped him at his Houston mansion. According to court records, the young man met Pressler through First Baptist Church of Houston and then was hired by Woodfill's law firm as Pressler's assistant. The Texas Tribune does not identify victims of alleged sexual assault without their consent.

He said Pressler then "quickly and without warning or invitation, grabbed my swim trunks and pulled them down far enough to expose my genitals and buttocks."

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