Seattle Mayor Ed Murray will resign effective at 5 pm Wednesday following allegations the Democrat lawmaker sexually abused his cousin Joseph Dyer. According to Seattle PI, “Murray announced plans to resign Wednesday hours after the allegations surfaced on Tuesday.”

Seattle PI reports:

A younger cousin of Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has become the fifth man to accuse the longtime politician of sexual abuse.

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“I am announcing my resignation as mayor, effective at 5 p.m. tomorrow,” Murray said in a statement. “While the allegations against me are not true, it is important that my personal issues do not affect the ability of our city government to conduct the public’s business.”

“I’m proud of all that I have accomplished over my 19 years in the Legislature, where I was able to pass what were at the time the largest transportation packages in state history, a landmark gay civil rights bill and a historic marriage equality bill.

Joseph Dyer, 54, said he was 13 years old when Murray sexually assaulted him for a year while they shared a bedroom in Dyer’s mother’s home on Long Island, New York in the 1970s.