791: Kevin Madden
Child Sexual Abuse Material
Kevin Madden was an Evangelical pastor in Arkansas. He was arrested for sexual indecency with a child, engaging in sex explicit conduct for use in a visual medium.
Month: April 2023
790: David Walker
Child Molestation, Child Rape
David Walker is a former youth pastor who has preached at Church Alive International in Cleveland and at The Dwelling Place Family Worship Center in North Olmsted. He was also a math teacher and coach at Cleveland Christian Academy. But in 2020, he and his wife were indicted for sexual abuse of a minor girl.
789: Shane Richardson
Child Molestation
Shane Richardson was a youth pastor in North Carolina before moving to Pennsylvania. He was convicted in Pennsylvania of sexually abusing two minor girls. He gained the family’s trust by taking them in when they were in need, and then he abused the girls over the course of three years.
788: Jeffrey Cashe
Enabling, Pro-Rape Judge, Rape Culture
Jeffrey Cashe is a Family Court Judge in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. In 2022, he sparked national outrage when he gave ordered a woman to pay child support to her rapist.
787: Travis Huse
Child Molestation, Solicitation of a Minor
Travis Huse was a United Pentecostal pastor at Apostolic Worship Center and the former Evergreen Christian Academy in Langlade County, Wisconsin where he is alleged to have sexually assaulted several underage girls. His father, Scott Huse, was arrested at the same time for similar crimes. Travis Huse was charged with 31 felony counts: 23 charges of sexual assault of a child younger than thirteen, one count of a child younger than sixteen, six counts of child enticement, and one count of sexual assault of a child by a school staff member. If he were to be convicted on all charges and get the maximum sentence, he would get 1091 years.
786: Scott Huse
Child Indecency, Child Molestation
Scott Huse’s charges stem from events between 1990 and 1995 involving two teenage girls. With the first victim, he he was charged with one count of child enticement, four counts of sexual assault of a child younger than 13, and six counts of second degree sexual assault of a child. With the other child, he was charged with one count of second degree sexual assault.
785: Jimmy Ray Neal
Child Sexual Abuse Material
Jimmy Ray Neal was a Putnam County, Tennessee commissioner until he resigned in July 2022. He was arrested in May, 2022 for possession of child sex abuse material. The US Attorney alleges he was the administrator of a CSAM sharing group on Kik, a popular app for pedophiles. His trial has been postponed to August 2023.
784: Matthew Chappell
Improper Conduct or Comments, Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images, Sexual Harassment
Matthew Chappell was a candidate in the Republican primary for Virginia House District 11 and came in third with 18.5% of the votes in the first round. Ranked choice voting dropped him out in the fourth and final round. He got 18.5% of ballots even though his past sexual misconduct as a police officer in Georgia was revealed before the election.
783: John William Lovelace
Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Battery
John William Lovelace was the pastor at Faith Baptist Church in Ayden, North Carolina. In a joint investigation, Winterville Police four counts of 2nd degree forcible sex and three counts of sexual battery while Pitt County Sheriff’s office charged him with two counts of statutory sex offense with a child less than 15 and indecent liberties with a minor. Bail was set at $12.4 million.
782: Tony Cutler
Child Molestation
Tony Cutler was the director of the Sault Ste. Marie Downtown Development Association, a teacher, and an unsuccessful candidate for Michigan State House of Representatives. He was charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor, a boy who was sixteen at the time. He moved to get his case dismissed, but the judge refused. However, she did reduce the charges from 2nd to 4th degree, from felonies to misdemeanors.