Abuse of Power or Authority – Republican Sexual Predators

1527: Paul Havsgaard

March 7, 2026Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Paul Havsgaard is a former pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship megachurch, a church closely associated with Turning Point USA, the arch-conservative organization founded by Charlie Kirk dedicated to recruiting college students to support MAGA candidates, particularly Trump. Erika Kirk kicked off a TPUSA national tour at Harvest Christian Fellowship in January, 2026.

He is alleged to have sexually abused and trafficked young children at orphanages the church operated in Romania. Twenty-two men and women allege they were physically and sexually abused while they were children under his care. They also allege Harvest Christian Fellowship failed to fulfill their duty to protect the children, waiting twenty years before telling the police about Havsgaard, despite being informed of the abuse my family members of the children, visitors to the orphanages, and other people.

1516: Manuel (Manny) Barraza

February 21, 2026Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Manuel Joseph Barraza was the former El Paso Criminal District Court Judge. He was elected in 2008 and even before being sworn in, he began soliciting bribes to use his position to influence cases.

In the case involving Jane Doe 1, he solicited a bribe of sex, promising to influence the outcome of her case.

1511: James Matthew Waltman

February 17, 2026Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

James Matthew Waltman was a police officer serving as a school resource officer. He was accused of raping a student in March 2024.

1510: Lori Chavez-Deremer

February 16, 2026Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Lori Chavez-Deremer was a former U.S. Representative from Oregon before her appointment as Trump’s Labor Secretary. After her first year in office, it was revealed the Inspector General was investigating her for abuse of power and pursuing a romantic relationship with a subordinate, a member of her security detail. In typical manner, he is the one placed on leave.

1509: Tabitha Brooks

February 16, 2026Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Tabitha Brooks was a teacher at Wapanucka, Oklahoma, until her arrest for allegedly raping a student. As soon as the school district learned of the “relationship” they contacted the Johnson County Sheriff and suspended her pending the outcome of the investigation and trial.

1505: David Courvelle

January 28, 2026Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

David Courvelle was an ICE detention officer working at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, Louisiana. He was observed leaving a janitorial closet with one of the women under his supervision and control, a Nicaraguan woman detained at the facility

He is accused of sexually abusing the woman several times over the course of four months

1502: Joe Campbell

January 3, 2026Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Joe Campbell was hired by Jim Bakker to work at his Morningside Church and given a show on his televangelist network. A well-known youth pastor and head of a children’s Bible camp. He was also known among some to be a serial child predator long protected by the Assemblies of God leadership and churches. Even though people came forward describing sexual abuse by him from the 1970s and 80s, it was not until 2025 that he was arrested after an Oklahoma grand jury indicted him with one count of first-degree rape and one count of lewd or indecent acts involving a child under 16. This is the tip of the iceberg.

1498: Hunter Chase Eubanks

January 2, 2026Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Hunter Chase Eubanks was a worship leader at Morningside Church in Tallahassee, Florida. He also led a church music internship program. He used his position to pursue an illegal “sexual relationship” with a minor. In other words, to rape a minor in the church and places around the city. He also asked her to send him pictures, in essence, asking for child sexual exploitation material. He pleaded guilty to the federal charge of sexual exploitation of a child and was sentenced to seventeen years in prison. He still faces state charges.

1496: James Fishback

December 29, 2025Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

James Fishback is a hedge fund manager who is running in the Republican primary for Florida governor, hoping to succeed Ron DeSantis. He seems to court controversy. Recently he called Rep. Byron Donalds a slave. Donalds is a Black man and one of his primary opponents. Donalds complained but Fishback said he had no right to do so because, I guess, Fishback didn’t know there was slavery in Belize, Panama, and Jamaica. He also initiated a secret relationship with a minor who he became engaged to when she became an adult. They later broke up and she has asked for injunction against him for stalking.

The court did not issue the injunction, because she was an adult when the alleged stalking occurred and there were defensible reasons for contact. However, the issue of his relationship with a minor was not litigated.

1493: Alisha Marie George

December 20, 2025Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Alisha Marie George was a middle-school teacher at a STEM-focused charter school in northern Utah. She also coached volleyball. She was charged with 22 criminal charges involving the grooming and sexual abuse of a former student who has since called her a monster. Other students have come forward so there may be additional charges.