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Author: Cajsa Lilliehook

1309: Russell Tusing

Child Molestation, Incest, Sexual Battery
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Russell Jon Tusing II was the pastor at extremely conservative Sovereign Grace Church of LaGrange in Troup County, Georgia. Like many extreme conservatives, he reflexively calls people who disagree with him unchristian and communist. When Aaron Bushnell, the Air Force serviceman set himself on fire in protest of Israel-Hamas war, he called him a godless communist. He was suspended in March 2024, after his arrest for molesting a 13-year-old girl. His daughter.

1308: Barry Fike

Solicitation of a Minor
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Barry Fike was a pastor at Fillmore Church of Christ and taught at Oaks Christian High School and Pepperdine University. He was arrested in July 2023 after being caught in a sting with a law enforcement officer posing as an underage girl. He sent lewd photos of himself and had sexual online conversations with someone he believed was a minor and arranged to meet for sex. He was charged with felony communicating with a child with the intent to commit a sexual act, and arranging a meeting with a minor for a lewd purpose. Fike. He pleaded not guilty at the time.

1307: Bill Lunn

Solicitation of a Minor
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Bill Lunn was the Emmy=winning news director at WTBS in Shrevesport, Louisiana. He has resigned after local police initiated an investigation into him for soliciting a minor. Some young men in Shreveport created a fake online profile of a 15-year-old girl and after exchanging text with Lunn, arranged a meeting for sex.

1306: Gabe LeBlanc

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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In 2014, Gabe Carl LeBlanc was hired as deputy sheriff in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, and promoted to lieutenant in 2021. In March 2024, he was placed on administrative leave after being informed of an investigation, and has since been arrested and charged with producing child sexual abuse material.

1305: Jeff Hill

Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Sexual Exploitation of a Child
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Jeffrey Allan Hill was a youth coach before his arrest in October, 2023, for sexual assaulting three children who have now come forward as adults. Hill was involved in working with children in the Greensboro, North Carolina, community for decades which led police to believe there may be many more victims. Unsurprisingly, he was charged…

1304: Alu Axelman

Child Molestation, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery
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Elliot “Alu” Axelman was a Republican candidate for New Hampshire State Legislature. Vivek Ramaswamy listed him as an endorser in the 2024 presidential primary. He is an advocate for New Hampshire Secession.

He has been arrested and charged with false imprisonment, two counts of simple assault, and four counts of sexual assault, all misdemeanors. The alleged incident happened at a Libertarian fair called Porcfest and the victim was just fourteen. She had been separated from her parents and her phone was dead. She ran into Axelman, a family friend. He texted her mother that he had found her, but then offered her alcohol, took her to a field, and would not let her leave, kissing her and grinding against her

1303: Leo Riley

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation
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In 2024, the police have five former altar boys who have come forward and the statute of limitations has changed to reflect the fact that most people do not report they were abused as children until far into adulthood. Only 8% of victims report within a year.

1302: Randy Saylor

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation
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Randy Saylor was an Associate Pastor at Living Word Church in Midland, Michigan, one of Trump-supporting televangelist Mark Barclay’s network.

He has been charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct with a person under the age of thirteen.

1301: Christopher Codding

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Grooming
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Christopher Matthew Codding, a youth pastor in Georgia was charged with child molestation in July, 2021. He had been about to adopt two young boys when a young man who was abused by Codding in his childhood came forward. Ironically, Codding taught child abuse prevention and youth protection classes at the church.