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1153: Jim Pierson

Child Endangerment, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape

James Hugh Pierson was on the City Council of Flower Mound, TX. He served two years before resigning shortly before his arrest for continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, a first-degree felony, and indecency with a child/sexual contact, a second-degree felony. The child is a family member.

1150: Kenneth Seidens

Child Endangerment, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Battery

Kenneth Seidens is a city councilman in Alta Vista, Kansas. He is listed as a council member on the city’s website on September 19, 2023 even though he has been arrested for child sex crimes in early August. He was a deacon at Alta Vista High View Church, but he is no longer serving there. He was charged with aggravated sexual battery, aggravated criminal sodomy, contributing to a child’s misconduct, and distributing marijuana.

1146: Miracle Meadows

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Abuse, Child Endangerment, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Coercion, Custodial Negligence, Organizational Cover-Up, Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Torture

Miracle Meadows was a boarding school for troubled youth in Salem, West Virginia. It was under the aegis of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Founded in 1988, it operated until it was closed down in 2014.

A desperate student drank a cleaning product, was taken to the hospital where she begged for help. An investigation into the school began and the school’s education status was revoked.

1128: Tivo McCrary

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Endangerment, Child Indecency, Improper Conduct or Comments

Tivo McCrary was the Executive Pastor of Cornerstone Church in Marion, Illinois, was fired for committing sins against teenage members. They are working with law enforcement as well as reviewing their hiring practices and abuse prevention.

1072: Erickson Lee

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Endangerment, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Grooming, Sexual Battery

Erickson Lee was a police officer in Cornelius, South Carolina, and a youth leader at Morningstar Ministries, leading their Young Special Forces. Lee started the program and ran it. That was where he allegedly met and groomed the boys. He invited him to his home, provided alcohol, showed them pornographic movies and touched them without consent, according to the police. The boys were from 14 to 17 years old.

1066: John Brownlow

Child Endangerment, Child Indecency, Grooming, Nonconsensual Recording, Secret Photos or Recordings, Sexual Misconduct, Solicitation of a Minor, Stalking/Harassment

John Brownlow is the former Chief Financial Office of Westminster Academy, a school that follows the theology of Doug Wilson. He was arrested for stalking a minor online and in person, going so far as to break into his home to spy on his and get unlawful images of him. He would persuade the boy to engage in a sexual activity and then record it without his knowledge. This went on from 2020 to 2022.

1063: Jacob Desormeaux

Child Endangerment, Child Indecency

Jacob Desormeaux was a Lafayette, Louisiana, police officer. He was arrested in April, 2023, for allegedly showing a video with sexual content to two minors. He was suspended and his police authority revoked. Desormeaux was previously disciplined for turning off his body cam before a “tussle” with a civilian at a restaurant who had an “unauthorized cup.” He was suspended for twenty days without pay then. He turned off his body camera five times in 2020.

1050: Bryan Slaton

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Endangerment, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct

Bryan Slaton used to be a Baptist pastor. He also ran for the Republican nomination for the Texas House of Representatives. He lost the primary in 2016 and 2018, but won handily in 2020 after a relentlessly negative primary fight. In the House, he was a culture warrior, introducing a bill that would allow the…

1041: Fulton Brock

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Endangerment, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Enabling, Organizational Cover-Up, Sexual Abuse

Fulton Brock was a Maricopa County Supervisor. He is accused of using his influence with former Sherriff Joe Arpaio to protect his wife and daughter who were accused of sexually abusing a young boy for three years. Their daughter is alleged to have started abusing the boy when he was thirteen. He says they began grooming him when he was eleven.

1021: Harry Brar

Assault, Child Endangerment

Harshdeep “Harry” Brar was appointed the deputy director of Nassau County’s Office of Asian American Affairs. He was also, for a time, a campaign manager for George Santos’ Devolder Santos PAC and also employed by RISE NY PAC, a state PAC run by Santos’ sister. He was paid $72, 265.62 by RISE NY PAC in the 2022 Election Cycle.

In September 2022, he was arrested for choking a child of ten. The attack was alleged to have happened in July 2021. He was charged with charged with criminal obstruction of breathing/strangulation, assault and endangering the welfare of a child. He pleaded not guilty and was released without bond.