COLUMBIA, Mo.
A state House committee report released Monday called for a new Missouri lawmaker’s ouster over allegations that he physically and sexually abused his children years ago.
The Missouri House Ethics Committee found the claims against Lee’s Summit Republican Rep. Rick Roeber credible, according to the report.
His now-adult children testified to House investigators earlier this year that he sexually abused two of them at the ages of 5 and 9. Several of his children told investigators that he also frequently beat them with a belt, choked them and once drowned a litter of puppies.
One child who said Roeber was sexually abusive told investigators that “to have someone that you are trusting as your parent to treat you in that manner and to not treat you like a child.take(s) away your innocence.”
Report: Missouri lawmaker should be ousted for alleged abuse
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