When a man of God meets a mentally challenged young woman who has the brain capacity of a seven-year-old, what ensues? It doesn’t appear to have been Christian love in the case of Baton Rouge pastor David “Scott” Lemley. Lemley allegedly decided to rape her on several occasions because his own wife had been sick and sexually unavailable.

Can it get worse? Yes: The victim’s own father offered her to Lemley, police say.

The pastor of a Baton Rouge Baptist church was arrested Saturday on accusations he raped a 20-year-old mentally disabled woman who agreed to have sex with the pastor at her father’s request, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office. David “Scott” Lemley, 43, pastor of New Harmony Baptist Church, on Antioch Road, was booked Saturday into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a count of aggravated rape. According to an arrest warrant, Lemley is accused of having sex with a 20-year-old woman “with the medical documentation mental capacity of a 7-year-old” after the woman’s father told the woman to have sex with Lemley because the pastor’s wife had been ill and bedridden. The woman’s father was arrested in November and remains in Parish Prison on a variety of sex counts, including aggravated rape. His name is being withheld to protect the identify of his daughter.

The cops also say that Lemley stole a vehicle, after he allegedly

… [gave] away a car — which he was supposed to be working on as a favor for someone — to a member of his church, who then sold the vehicle to a scrap metal company for about $250 in early February, arrest documents show.

The rape allegations stem from last year. Police didn’t take Lemley into custody until yesterday because he had promised to come in for a polygraph test. He didn’t arrive at the appointed time and date, nor did he call the police to offer an explanation or to reschedule.

As of last night, he remained in jail, his bail set for $75,000.



