Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Ted Suhl is a health services executive who was convicted of bribing a state official to increase his Medicaid payments and sentenced to seven years in prison. His sentence was commuted by President Trump. He was the owner of Lord’s Ranch, a faith-based residential child-care facility. At least eight former residents are suing him alleging widespread, systemic physical and sexual abuse at the camp, abuse they claim Suhl was aware of and covered up.
Brad Benson was a Republican candidate for city council in Granbury, Texas. On the day before Election Day, the sheriff executed a search warrant, found child sexual exploitation material on his phone. He was arrested and charged with two counts of possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material. He came in third. Benson was a Deputy…
He was charged with several felonies after swerving into another land and striking a woman with his car and driving away. They had been dating. The tire blew out on his car while they were on their way to dinner. A fight broke out and she got out of the car. He was yelling at her to get in the car, turned and cross the center line in order to hit her. He knocked her down with the car, stopped the car, and got out and walked toward her. She said she scrambled to get away, afraid he might do more to harm her.
Thomas Garrett was a police detective in Milwaukie, Oregon. He was arrested for familial violence, attacking the mother of his child in front of her other children. He was accused of assault in the presence of children, a felony.
Thomas Alexander Garrett Jr. was a Republican representative from the 5th District of Virginia. He was pretty mad his wife, Flanna Sheridan, divorced him. He even filed a complaint saying she abandoned him “without just cause or provocation.”
He was in his room at the hotel when he was arrested after one of the two women in the room with him went to the lobby and called the police and claimed he sexually assaulted her.
Ashley Crouse was pastor at New Vision Baptist Fellowship Church, in Granite Falls, North Carolina. After his arrest, the church terminated him.
An investigation began after the Sheriff’s ofice recived an anonymous tip that he had inappropriate contact with minor girls.
In their search, they found four child sexual exploitation videos depicting girls between 8 and 12 years old.
John Justin McCall was a worship leader at Grace River Community Church until he was arrested in October 11, 2023, for trying to solicit a minor online. The pastor said they did a background check and interviewed former employers. He worked at Ark Encounter, a creationist theme park
While working at Heal and Hope, he demeaned a client and abused her by telling her to grab her breasts, shake them, and exclaim she was a “hot piece of ass.” He also pointed to her vagina and told her not to sleep around. He demeaned her employment, telling her to get a “real job.” He asked her about church attendance and ranted at her when she said she didn’t go to church. The claims were investigated by the the Tennessee Board of Professional Counselors, Marital and Family Therapists and Clinical Pastoral Therapists who revoked his license on October 6, 2023.
Corey White was the youth pastor at Redeemer Midland, a church that’s statement of beliefs spends more text on anti-gay rhetoric than on communion, Jesus, and salvation combined. He was arrested for possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material. They fired him after his arrest.