Here's the story in the
Chicago Tribunehttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... story.htmlAnd from the
Sun-Timeshttps://chicago.suntimes.com/news/willo ... legations/There's a little contrast in the way the secular papers handled this compared to the Wartburg Watch. He denies, and the elders hired a law firm to conduct an investigation, which apparently turned up nothing. On the other hand, the accusations are similar, and from credible individuals. It boils down to their word against his, really. That being the case, he steps down from everything. Either way, the church becomes the loser, because there will be people who don't trust the elder's investigation, and those who are upset that there was even an investigation.
I think back on how things have changed. But I can't ever recall a time when it would have been appropriate to have someone of the opposite gender in your hotel room for any reason, or to ride together to a meeting, or to be alone together in an office or in the church building.