Privette suspended as president of Christian Action League
July 19, 2007 20:10 EDT
SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) -- Coy Privette has been suspended from the presidency of the Christian Action League following his arrest for aiding and abetting prostitution.
The Reverend Mark Creech is the league's executive director. He says the group hasn't been able to reach Privette, and because the league is committed to the principle of due process, the board of directors decided to suspend Privette.
The Reverend David Hansley of Kinston will take over as president. Hansley was the league's vice president.
The S-B-I says the 74-year-old Privette is facing six counts of misdemeanor aiding and abetting prostitution by renting a hotel room and paying for sexual acts.
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COY PRIVETTE
Age: 74.
Residence: Kannapolis.
Occupation: Retired minister, North Kannapolis Baptist Church.
Elected offices: Cabarrus Board of County Commissioners, 1998-present; N.C. House of Representatives, 1984-92.
Accomplishments: Helped draft a mid-1980s N.C. law that cracked down on pornography and child prostitution; successfully pushed this year to have English adopted as the official language of Cabarrus County.
Family: Wife, Betty; four daughters; 11 grandchildren.
Education: Statesville High School, 1951; Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest University, 1955; Master of Divinity, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1958.
Civic organizations and other memberships: President, Christian Action League of North Carolina (suspended Thursday); executive committee, Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina.
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Fellow commissioners had not heard from Privette as of Thursday evening. He initially planned to meet with the county manager Thursday afternoon but changed his mind and left town, Chairman Bob Carruth said.
There is no law requiring a public official who's charged with a crime to resign. If Privette stepped down, a replacement would be chosen by the county's Republican Party, officials said.
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"Just as his pastor, I'm trying to reach out to him and his wife and let him know we still love him," Prather said.
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