John Lulay
Retired teacher has been found innocent of sexually abusing a young relative.
The verdict came Thursday from Judge Lynn Ashcroft, who criticized members of the two families involved.
He says they put the child in the middle and tried to get her to say what they believed or disbelieved, rather than putting her needs first.
The non-jury trial lasted three days. Lulay's defense lawyer said the child's mother coached her.
The 59-year-old Lulay was a middle school teacher in Sublimity from 1976 to 2003.
He cried at the verdict and told the Salem Statesman Journal he planned to see his grandchildren. He had been prohibited from being around children.
During his cross-examination of the mother, defense attorney Walter J. Todd tried to shore up what he said were earlier inconsistencies by the mother in statements she made to doctors and staff at a child-abuse assessment center in Salem, where the victim was taken, and in police interviews.
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