"West Tied to Sex Abuse in '70s, Using Office to Lure Young Men" - Bill Morlin - Spokesman Review

Allegations shadow politician throughout his career

Byline: Bill Morlin; 2005-05-05; The Spokesman-Review; 

Report: The Jim West Investigation - Spokane Spokesman-Review

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"For a quarter century, the man who is now Spokane's mayor has used positions of public trust – as a sheriff's deputy, Boy Scout leader and powerful politician – to develop sexual relationships with boys and young men.One man, Robert J. Galliher, claims in a court deposition that Jim West molested him in the mid-1970s when he was a boy and West was a Spokane County sheriff's deputy and Boy Scout leader. . ."

Description:Spokesman Review reporter Bill Morlin exposes sexual abuse of young men by Spokane's Mayor, Jim West.

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