Baylor sues former seminary student over lewd e-mails

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A former Baylor University seminary student who lost his scholarship because he is gay is accused of sending lewd e-mails to employees and their families.

Baylor filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that beginning last fall, James Matthew Bass sent more than 1,000 e-mails containing pornographic images and messages. Baylor officials also obtained a restraining order Wednesday against Bass, prohibiting him from sending e-mails to Baylor officials and their families.


The lawsuit says many e-mails were sent under the names of Baylor employees or their family members, and one purported to be from an unidentified Baylor employee's child who implored the parent to stop committing sexual abuse. Some e-mails referred to sexual activities by Jesus Christ, and others contained racial epithets, according to the suit.

In the lawsuit, Baylor asks for unspecified damages caused by the e-mails and reimbursement for costs incurred from the school's efforts to track and limit the number of e-mails. The petition also asks the court to require Bass to produce his computer equipment for inspection by Baylor representatives, and to prohibit him from changing any data stored on that computer.