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1502: Joe Campbell

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.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape

1490: Krystal Hurd

Krystal Hurd was a Sanibel, Florida, city employee who worked as a camp counselor at Sanibel Recreation Center. She was trusted with the community’s children and exploited that trust. Four of her victims have come forward and police suspect there may be more.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Grooming, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery

1488: Andrew Paul Johnson

Andrew Paul Johnson is an insurrectionist from Tennessee who was pardoned by Trump. He has since been arrested in Tennessee and extradited to Florida to face charges of child sexual abuse. He is currently in custody without bail in Hernando County Jail. His charges include lewd and lascivious child molestation of a child under 12, lewd and lascivious child molestation of a child between 12 and 16, lewd and lascivious exhibition, and transmission of material harmful to a minor, and cruelty to children.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Sexual Abuse Material

1478: Dustin Weir

Dustin Weir is the Sheriff of Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He began as a deputy in 2001 and became sheriff in 2021 after the death of the previous sheriff. All across the country, law enforcement officers are encouraged to participate in the “Shop With a Cop” program that provides back-to-school clothes and supplies or Christmas gifts to low-income children. Weir is accused of lewd behavior with the 15-year-old girl who was operating the photo booth at the event. He’s been charged with corruption of a minor.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Child Indecency, Improper Conduct or Comments

1471: Les Hughey

Les Hughey is the founder of Highlands Church in Scottsdale, Arizona. Highlands is a megachurch with around fifty staff. Before founding Highlands, he was a youth pastor at Scottsdale Bible Church and the First Baptist Church in Modesto, California. He left his position in Modesto after several allegations of sexual abuse of the girls and young women at the church emerged. The church sent him off without disclosing his actions to the congregation. He resigned from Highlands.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Indecent Exposure, Organizational Cover-Up, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misconduct

1464: Nick Fountain

Nick Fountain was a Shippack Township Supervisor in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. After he was appointed to the Board in 2013, he won re-election and has been vice-chair for twelve years. He ran unsuccessfully for the Pennsylvania House in 2018 and Senate in 2022. He is also the owner of two daycare centers. He was charged with soliciting a minor and soliciting child sexual abuse material from a fourteen-year-old child in Maryland.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Endangerment, Child Exploitation, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material

1449: Gregg Hayden

Gregg Hayden is a retired lieutenant at the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina. He was also the School Safety and Security Supervisor for Anderson School District Five. He was appointed to the Anderson County School District One Board in where he served from April to August, 2025, when he resigned after his arrest for criminal sexual conduct with minors. He also resigned from his position at Anderson Five.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery

1448: Hector Carranza

Hector Carranza was a Gresham, Oregon, police officer. He was placed on administrative leave in November 2024 after a complaint that accused him of criminal conduct. The City asked for an outside investigation which resulted in Carranza’s arrest in July. He resigned in September. There were 56 separate charges against him including 1 of 3rd-degree rape, 12 counts of 3rd-degree sodomy, 24 counts of 2nd-degree sex abuse, 5 counts of using a child in display of sexually explicit conduct, 5 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse, 5 counts of luring a minor, and 1 count of attempting to use a child in display of sexually explicit conduct.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Child Exploitation, Child Indecency, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Sexual Assault, Sexual Exploitation of a Child

1447: Ami Medlin

Ami Medlin was a teacher at Corinth Holders High School in Wendell, North Carolina. Together with her husband, she groomed and pursued inappropriate relationships with students. Initially, the couple was charged with indecent liberties with a student, first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and sexual servitude.

G.O.P. F-Ups: Child Exploitation, Child Indecency, Grooming