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1237: Steven Smith

Organizational Cover-Up

Dr. Steven Smith is the lead pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. IBC is a member of the conservative Southern Baptist Conference and the author of several books. He is also accused of an organizational cover-up, not even informing the congregation why Patrick Andrew Miller left his job at IBC.

1236: Patrick Stephen Miller

Child Molestation

Patrick Stephen Miller, a former Immanuel Baptist Church youth minister, was originally charged with second-degree sexual assault for allegedly abusing an elementary school child. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment in January 2022. In the plea agreement, he was given a suspended sentence with credit for his nineteen days he was in jail. Now he wants his record expunged.

1234: Eric Spofford

Intimidation, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct

Eric Spofford was the founding CEO of Granite Recovery Centers (GRC) an addiction recovery company with several centers and multiple programs to treat addiction and maintain sobriety. He led from his own experience as an addict and built a successful program. He is also a generous Republican donor. He now identifies himself as an internet personality and gives speeches on business, investing, mental health, addiction recovery and more. He has been accused of sexual harassment and sexual harassment.

1233: Vance Peronto

Grooming, Solicitation of a Minor

Vance Peronto was a state trooper in Alaska. He pulled over a sixteen-year-old girl for driving without her headlights on on April 8, 2018. He didn’t give her a ticket. Later on, he contacted her on social media and began grooming her. On April 26th, the Alaska State Troopers were informed by her father that Peronto had inappropriate contact with the teen.

1232: Thomas Wall

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Incest

Thomas Wall was pastor of the conservative Pentecostal Fellowship Church in Lancaster, Kentucky. He also administered the Christian academy run by the church. He was originally arrested in January 2022, accused of sexually abusing a family member over forty years ago when the relative was under the age of twelve.

1231: Clarice Schillinger

Assault, Child Endangerment, Stalking/Harassment

Clarice Schillinger is an unsuccessful candidate for Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor and a conservative activist. Until her arrest for assault, she was a leader of a “parental rights” group campaigning against woke ideas such as accurate history and equal rights for everybody. She was arrested for assault, harassment, and providing alcohol to minors.

1230: Christopher Terranova

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Exploitation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Coercion, Extortion

Christopher Terranova was a New York Police Department. He was arrested in May and was suspended with pay in September. He then retired. He was ordered held without bail in December until a January hearing. He is accused of using coercion to pressure children to send him explicit pictures of themselves. For example, one of his alleged victims is a fifteen-year-old boy who was a victim in a robbery. Terranova is said to have used the police database to get the boy’s cellphone number, texted a nude picture of himself, and demanded one of the boy.