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498: Michael Tonne

Child Molestation

Michael Tonne was the associate children’s minister at The Village Church and staff at the Children’s Bible Camp. While at the camp, he allegedly raped an eleven-year-old girl. The Village Church was more concerned about protecting its reputation than the little girl. In the end, the prosecution declined to move forward with only the child’s…

497: Anthony Moore

Nonconsensual Recording, Organizational Cover-Up

Anthony Moore worked as a pastor at the Texas megachurch The Village Church in Fort Worth, Texas until 2017 when he was caught filming a youth pastor while showering. The man had noticed a phone wrapped in a towel on a window ledge by the shower. He looked at it and found several videos of himself showering. He reported it to the church and the church fired Moore. But they believed he could be restored.

494: Matt Gaetz

Child Molestation, Rape Culture, Solicitation of a Minor, Trafficking

Matt Gaetz is a current U.S. representative and a former Florida state representative representing the district where the dystopian planned-senior-community The Villages is located. He has been accused of creating a sex game where points are awarded for sleeping with women. He has also been accused of trafficking a minor child, paying her for sex with money, drugs, and alcohol.

493: Kelly Toppin

Sexual Harassment

Kelly Toppin was president of the Stow-Munroe Falls Board of Education and a Stow City Council candidate. In January 2020, he and the Board were sued for sexual harassment stemming from an incident where he placed hand on the backside of a employee and patted it as she was leaving the table at a restaurant when they were attending a School Boards Association Congress.

491: John Valdivia

Sexual Harassment

John Valdivia is the former mayor of San Bernadino, California, and was a candidate for California State House District 31 in the open primary until he dropped out. He was accused of sexual harassment by two former City employees. Then another. Then his top aide accused him of retaliation for refusing to create false evaluations of the women.

490: Jamie Berryhill

Rape Culture

Jamie Berryhill was a Republican primary candidate in Texas’ 11th Congressional district, an open seat with the retirement of Rep. Mike Conaway. With the endorsement of Texas Right to Life and the House Freedom Fund which is affiliated with the House Freedom Caucus, he was one of the more serious candidates. Until he wrote that immigrants entering America is like rape and that rape leaves a woman without value.

489: Dennis Nielsen

Familial Abuse & Violence

Dennis Nielsen is a gun shop owner and was a Republican primary candidate for District 11 in North Carolina’s state senate. He lost the primary. His wife also sought and got a restraining order against him for domestic violence. Trigger Warning: The News & Observer story is harrowing in terms of psychological abuse.