Another well respected counselor is found to have a disgusting secret life. What a disturbing story. Thanks to Mercyneal over on the William Ayres thread for alerting me to this arrest:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016112055_scratchley05m.html
Well-known Seattle counselor jailed in attempted child-rape case
September 4, 2011
"A well-known Seattle counselor and head of a downtown drug-treatment center is being held without bail at the King County Jail after he was arrested for investigation of attempted child rape. David Scratchley, director of a Christian-based substance-abuse recovery center in Belltown, was booked into the jail early Friday.
He refused to attend his first court hearing on Saturday afternoon, where King County District Court Judge Arthur Chapman found probable cause to hold him on investigation of attempted rape of a child in the first degree and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes. Scratchley was ordered held without bail..."
and
A law-enforcement source close to the investigation said Scratchley had attempted suicide and was being held in the section of the jail for mentally ill inmates. Scratchley, 52, is suspected of attempting to rape a 10-year-old boy..."
and
"....Police were called to Scratchley's home at 3:30 p.m. Thursday after a woman told officers he invited her over "so they could both sexually assault a child," Seattle police Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said. Officers immediately responded to Scratchley's Belltown apartment building and found the boy...."
much more at link
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016112055_scratchley05m.html
Well-known Seattle counselor jailed in attempted child-rape case
September 4, 2011
"A well-known Seattle counselor and head of a downtown drug-treatment center is being held without bail at the King County Jail after he was arrested for investigation of attempted child rape. David Scratchley, director of a Christian-based substance-abuse recovery center in Belltown, was booked into the jail early Friday.
He refused to attend his first court hearing on Saturday afternoon, where King County District Court Judge Arthur Chapman found probable cause to hold him on investigation of attempted rape of a child in the first degree and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes. Scratchley was ordered held without bail..."
and
A law-enforcement source close to the investigation said Scratchley had attempted suicide and was being held in the section of the jail for mentally ill inmates. Scratchley, 52, is suspected of attempting to rape a 10-year-old boy..."
and
"....Police were called to Scratchley's home at 3:30 p.m. Thursday after a woman told officers he invited her over "so they could both sexually assault a child," Seattle police Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said. Officers immediately responded to Scratchley's Belltown apartment building and found the boy...."
much more at link