Texas Democrats Try To Drag State Rep. Lynn Stucky Into Christian Camp Scandal
Thursday, Texas Democratic Party officials accused Denton state Rep. Lynn Stucky of having ties to Missouri's Kanakuk Kamps, a Christian summer camp where multiple instances of child sex abuse have occurred.
Since 2002, Stucky has served on the board of directors for the Kanakuk Institute, which is an eight-month college graduate discipleship program for young adults, but the institute is an entirely separate entity, Stucky said in an emailed statement. He has no role in what goes on at the summer camps, he wrote.
“The sexual assault incidents that occurred are terrible,” Stucky wrote. “There is no other way to put it. I in no way shape or form condone that behavior. My role on the Kanakuk Institute Board had nothing to do with those incidents.”
As Election Day approaches, political races are intensifying nationally and statewide, with both sides ramping up targeted attacks. Yet as is the case with President Donald Trump’s leaked tax returns, the Kanakuk incident serves as a partisan Rorschach that shifts meaning depending on one’s party.
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