Walker Railey (born June 25, 1947) is an American former religious minister who was the senior pastor of the Dallas-based First United Methodist Church.
[2][4] After studying for a year at the Vanderbilt Divinity School, Railey moved to Dallas to attend the Perkins Theological Seminary at Southern Methodist University (SMU).
[8] He frequently preached against racism, which apparently led to his receiving death threats from white supremacists; during his Easter sermon on April 19, 1987, Railey wore a bulletproof vest, based upon the advice of his security detail.
According to detective Stan McNear, who led the investigation of her case, Walker Railey was "oddly serene" at the hospital; he initially claimed that he had been at the Southern Methodist University library at the time of the assault, but later stated that he had actually been with his paramour, clinical psychologist Lucy Goodrich Papillon.
[18] Judge Pat McDowell presided over the trial,[17] which was relocated from Dallas to San Antonio in response to the extensive media coverage that it received.
[9] In October 1993, Railey gave an unpaid speech at a nursing home in Reseda, Los Angeles, in which he bemoaned that "every time a religious scandal hits the headlines, the stock of clergy goes down.
[8] Peggy Railey remained incapacitated for the rest of her life; on December 25, 2011, at the age of 63, she died in a nursing home in Tyler, Texas.