GOP lawmaker charged with child molestation and rape

[Bjorn Against]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A former member of the South Dakota House was arrested Friday on charges of rape and other offenses against two girls who were his foster children, the second time in a year that the Legislature has been rocked by allegations of improper sexual conduct.

Ted A. Klaudt, R-Walker, was charged in both Hughes County, which includes the state Capitol, and Corson County, where he lives, according to Attorney General Larry Long.

Klaudt was charged with eight counts of second-degree rape, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of sexual contact with a child younger than 16, two counts of witness tampering and one count of stalking.

The girls told law officers that Klaudt touched their breasts and vaginal areas during what he called exams for a purported scheme to have them donate their eggs to make money, Long said. At least one of the alleged offenses involving one girl occurred when she was a page during a legislative session.

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/05/19/news/south_dakota/c28b4fde3796c223862572e00010b1b1.txt

[KansDem]

1. Is this the alleged sick f**k?

state sd

[tblue]

4. That photo must have been taken during his prime

[Ezlivin]

5. He was just looking for food

His hunger drove him to do it.

A couple of weeks in a Republican rehab ought to cure him.

[Faygo Kid]

2. Let's see if O'Reilly goes after a Republican. Hah.

What a scumbag. How does a guy like that even get foster children? Well, thank God they weren't taken in and nurtured by a gay couple, anyway.

[SpiralHawk]

3. O'Reilly? But he's a republicon sex deviant himself

As well as a republicon chickenhawk, like most of them...

What shame they bear...

[bluerum]

6. Oh my. What a goon. Classic rethuglickin. eom

[hippiechick]

7. Dupe thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x923656

[Divernan]

8. A comment from a reader of a local paper re educating kids about sex

Instead, we DO have to educate our kids. That is a tough thing to do in a society that sexualizes our children at younger and younger ages.

Regarding the girls not knowing re: egg donation, I guess my thought on that is I'm not surprised. When we live in a state where we don't educate kids about sex and only tell them to wait until marriage, we are priming the pump for sociopaths to manipulate. A person educated about his or her body does seem to have a greater sense of ownership, in my opinion.