Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Kelly Garret Ivey was a youth group leader at Rock Springs Church. On an underground web site called Slave Bay, he offered to sell information, location, and movements of a young girl from church in order for her to be kidnapped and trafficked. Shockingly, the church failed to notify its congregants who found out about this in the paper.
Kevin Ruditsky was a New Jersey police officer. At National Night Out – an event designed to foster good relations between police and the communities they serve – Ruditsky met a sixteen-year-old girl. After the event he began stalking her.
Kevin Tomafsky is a former aide to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Before that he spent eight years working on Republican campaigns. He also served in leadership of his county Republican club and worked for Assemblyman Tom Fiocchi.
He was arrested in August 2023 for allegedly paying to sexually abuse a child. The child’s father was also arrested but his name has been withheld to protect the child’s identity.
Jeremy Chesser was a Springfield, Ohio, firefighter. In August, 2023, he was arrested and charged with producing and distributing child sexual abuse material.
Ruby Franke is/was a mommy vlogger who had a YouTube channel with her husband called “8 Passengers.” In August, her twelve-year-old son ran to the neighbors’ house begging for food and water. The neighbor immediately called the police because the child was emaciated, had bruises and wounds and duct tape on his extremities. When police arrived they called for an ambulance to see to his care. They learned his ten-year-old sister was still tied up, held without food and water at home. The police entered the home, rescued the little girl and arrested Franke.
James Hugh Pierson was on the City Council of Flower Mound, TX. He served two years before resigning shortly before his arrest for continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, a first-degree felony, and indecency with a child/sexual contact, a second-degree felony. The child is a family member.
Steven Bradley Coward was a Latta, South Carolina, town councilmember until he was suspended by the governor after being indicted for domestic violence. He first won election to the town council in 2022 even though he had been arrested for domestic violence in September 2020. His ex-wife, who claims he grabbed her by the neck and pushed as well as pulling out a handgun. The assault is on video.
Robert James Jordan, Jr. is a city council member in Louisiana, Missouri. He remains listed as a city council member after his arrest for sexual misconduct. He was appointed in 2022 after another council member resigned.
Kenneth Seidens is a city councilman in Alta Vista, Kansas. He is listed as a council member on the city’s website on September 19, 2023 even though he has been arrested for child sex crimes in early August. He was a deacon at Alta Vista High View Church, but he is no longer serving there. He was charged with aggravated sexual battery, aggravated criminal sodomy, contributing to a child’s misconduct, and distributing marijuana.
Aaron Doyle Mirtsching was a youth pastor at Thrive Church and a kindergarten teacher at New Dimensions Charter School in North Carolina. In August, 2023, he was arrested for three counts of exploitation of a child through possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material. The material presented children between the ages of 8 to 10 being sexually abused. He was released with a $20,000 bond.