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By: Dan Ceppa Re: Another molesting xian Well, looks like yet another xian has more than abused his position of authority: From: The Peninsula Daily News 01/24/97 [edited for brevity] 'FRUGAL GOURMET' EMBROILED IN ABUSE CHARGES Seattle(AP)- Jeff Smith, the "Frugal Gourmet" has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting teenage boys since the 1970's. Smith [and his wife] denied the accusations. A 36 yr old man said Smith used alcohol, threats and physical force to get him to engae on sex when he was a 15 yr old high school student in a vocational education program at Smith's restaurant and catering business in Tacoma in 1976. The suit alleges that Patti Smith learned of her husband's "pedophilic compulsions" in the 1970's, when he was serving as an *ordained* *minister* and *chaplain* at the the University of Puget Sound. [As co-defendant] [s]he failed to take steps to protect minors. [my emphasis above * ] [the plaintiff's lawyers] said they would also sue Smith in behalf of a Pierce County youth who says that he was sexually assaulted by Smith at age 14 in 1992. "While in the course of hiring and directing his employees, Mr. Smith pursued a pattern and practice of grooming high school-age boys for sexual intercourse and sought and-or coerced sexual intercourse with them by the use of alcohol and other means, [the plaintiff] said. ---end--- I'll try to let you know how the suit goes.

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