Former Klan head on trial for alleged assaults on adopted sister

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - A former Ku Klux Klan leader sexually assaulted his 15-year-old adopted sister to punish her for sloppy housekeeping and rowdy behavior, the girl testified in court Thursday.

Defendant Gordon C. Young, 41, of Sharpsburg, pleaded innocent to the charges in Washington County Circuit Court. He is married, with an adolescent daughter and a 7-year-old son.

Defense attorney R. David Pembroke said in his opening statement that the evidence would contradict the state's case.

The alleged victim, now 16, said Young coerced her into performing oral sex on him twice in October in the basement of the...