Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Trevor Aaron Ranere was a Bannock County Sheriff’s Deputy. He is accused of sexual abusing a sixteen-year-old girl. According to the girl’s statement, she was working at an assisted living facility and called to report a prowler. Renare answered the call.
Patrick Stephen Miller was the Assistant Director of Children’s Ministry at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2016, he was arrested and charged with sexually abusing an elementary school student. In a negotiated plea, Miller pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge. He received a suspended sentence and was not required to register as a sex offender.
Martin “Marty” William Wallace owns Therapies, Inc. in Sheldon, Iowa, where he practiced as a mental health counselor and play therapist. He was arrested in May, 2024, after a thirteen-year-old child reported that Wallace had touched him inappropriately at least three times. Those details are in the news links below.
Jonathan Edward Elwing was the pastor of Palm View Baptist Church in Manatee County, Florida for the past five years. He has been serving as pastor in various places since 2003. He has been charged with eighteen felonies related to his possession, distribution, and manufacture of child sexual abuse material. He filmed himself sexually abusing a child under the age of twelve.
Ryan Don Ivy was a youth minister at Bluff Dale Baptist Church and an employee at Bluff Dale Independent School District was accused of online solicitation involving text messages he sent to a 13-year-old middle school student. Incredibly, despite being shown the text messages he sent including text acknowledging he could go to jail for what he was doing, eleven of twelve juries wanted to acquit him. One juror, thankfully, held firm and the trial ended in a mistrial.
In June, 2023, he was charged with six counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact. These charges allege the abuse continued over eleven years. In May, 2024, he was convicted on all six counts and has been sentenced to 42 years in prison, about half what the jury recommended. He is 79. He could get parole in 21 years when he is 100 years old.
He was was put on administrative leave by the school. According to reports, the student is eighteen. However, a teacher or coach is in a position of power and trust and abusing that power to pursue a student is a crime.
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.
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.
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.