Report: Marion County judge’s sexist language made other judges feel unsafe, degraded

A Marion County judge left his colleagues fearing for their safety and anticipating retaliation after yelling sexist vulgarities, a state report shows.

Around two months ago, Channing Bennett’s behavior became the subject of a state inquiry after a social event at a judicial conference where Bennett made several local female judges feel traumatized and degraded, according to the document.

Salem Reporter received the document, a state threat assessment of Bennett, through a public records request…