Man faces hundreds of charges of sexual abuse of a disabled woman

CHICKAMAUGA, Georgia (WDEF) – A former church elder has been charged with hundreds of counts of sexual battery and exploitation of a disabled adult in northwest Georgia.

75- year old Dennis Laman faces the charges in Walker County.

A police report says the got the complaint at the end of May.

The victim is a 30 year old woman in Chickamauga with cerebral palsy who says she was touched inappropriately for a number of years.

The complaint against Laman was actually filed by a member of Highlands Presbyterian Church in LaFayette.

Laman faces 200 counts of exploitation and intimidation of disabled adults, 199 counts of sexual battery and one count of aggravated sexual battery.

 

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