Missouri House Expels Rick Roeber, A Republican Accused Of Sexually Abusing His Children

Missouri House Expels Rick Roeber, A Republican Accused Of Sexually Abusing His Children

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April 24, 2021 By Jason Hancockmissouriindependent.com Roeber is only the second lawmaker to ever be expelled from the Missouri House Rick Roeber, a Lee’s Summit Republican accused by his adult children of sexual and physical abuse, was expelled from the Missouri House…

Missouri House Rejects Resignation Of Republican Accused Of Sexually Abusing His Children

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April 17, 2021 By Jason Hancockmissouriindependent.com By a unanimous vote, the House will allow the ethics investigation to continue The Missouri House refused to accept the resignation of Rep. Rick Roeber on Thursday, with a bipartisan group of lawmakers arguing that the…

Republican accused of abusing his children denied membership in House GOP caucus

admin December 14, 2020

By Jason Hancockmissouriindependent.comDecember 14, 2020Printed with permission Rick Roeber, the Republican elected to the Missouri House while facing allegations by his adult children that he physically and sexually abused them when they were young, will not be allowed to caucus with his…

Letter to the Editor: Rick Roeber

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Letter to the Editor ~ OPINION October 31, 2020 Letter to Editor, I was sexually abused as a child. So were three of my siblings. And I’m appalled that a credibly accused child molester, Rick Roeber, still insists on running for public…

Bi-partisan Declaration Calling For Rick Roeber to Withdraw

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Oct. 16, 2020 We the members of the Missouri General Assembly take any allegation of child abuse very seriously. Abuse of any kind is never acceptable and will be met by a zerotolerance policy by the Legislature. We believe in forgiveness and…

Letter to the Editor from Keri Ingle

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Opinion ~ Letter to the Editor ~ By Keri Ingle October 3, 2020 It’s impossible for me to read the allegations made in the Kansas City Star article and not think of the countless child and adult survivors I worked with when…

Missouri Democratic Party Statement On KC Star Editorial On Rick Roeber

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After the editorial printed in the Kansas City Star detailing claims of alleged abuses made by children and the former spouse of candidate Rick Roeber, Missouri Democratic Party Acting Chair Clem Smith released the following statement: “The alleged acts of abuse are…