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1033: Gary Buckaloo

Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape

Gary Buckaloo was a teacher at Buffalo Independent School District and taught Life Sciences. He was also a youth pastor at First Baptist Church in Normangee, in Leon County, Texas.

In March, 2023, he was charged with one count of Indecency with a Child-Sexual Contact and one count of Sex Abuse of a Child Continuous. The victim was less than fourteen.

1027: Milton Martin III

Child Indecency, Child Rape

Milton Martin III was the pastor of the First Pentacostal Church in Chalmette, LA. In March, 2023, he was arrested for raping a child “on multiple occasions” between 2010 and 2013. The victim was between the ages of fourteen and seventeen. He was charged with sexual battery and carnal knowledge of a juvenile.

In April, 2023, he was arrested again after another victim came forward alleging they were raped by Martin in 1991. He was charged with indecent behavior with a juvenile.

1024: Dennis W. Laferty

Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Battery

Dennis Wayne Laferty has been a United Methodist pastor at six churches in Ohio since 2014. That may seem like a lot but five were part-time so it is not an indication of problem pastors being relocated. In March 2023, he was indicted sexually abusing one or more victims. The indictment is for five counts of sexual battery (felony), one count of gross sexual imposition with a victim under 13 (felony) , and one count of sexual imposition with a victim 13 or older but under 16 (misdemeanor). This is alleged to have happened between Nov. 30, 2019, and Jan. 30, 2023.

1: Donald Trump

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Rape, Coercion, Improper Conduct or Comments, Rape, Rape Culture, Retaliation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct

Donald Trump was the 45th president of the United States. He is also a serial sexual predator. He was found guilty of sexual assault in 2023. Twenty-six women have accused him of sexual assault. Trump claimed that he could sexually assault women without consequence in an Access Hollywood interview.

993: Gareth Reece Goode

Child Indecency, Child Molestation

Gareth Reece Goode was a music school owner and the Praise and Music Director at his fundamentalist church in Boerne, Texas. Their school uses the anti-science Abeka curriculum and they promote homophobia and misogyny. In January 2023, he was arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a child, indecency with a child and harassment.

967: Nick Provenzano

Child Indecency

Nick Provenzano was Deputy District Director for Illinois Republican Congressman Randy Hultgren until he was fired after being arrested for criminal sexual assault with a minor, a 17-year-old boy whom he met on Grindr. The boy said he told Hultgren he was seventeen, but Hultgren claimed the boy said he was 18 and that this was a consensual sexual encounter. Politico has the entire police report here. No charges were filed.

959: Santiago “Jimmy” Morales Jr.

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency

Santiago “Jimmy” Morales Jr. worked at San Marcos Baptist Academy, a boarding school for Baptist children. He was charged with having an improper relationship between an educator and a student. The student was seventeen so legally of the age of consent, but the law recognizes that people in positions of authority must not abuse that authority to sexually abuse their students. The student reported it to his dorm parents and counselor.

955: Ruben A. Garcia

Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Sexual Assault, Solicitation

Ruben A. Garcia was an associate pastor at Betania Baptist Church in Austin, Texas. He was arrested in 2017 for sexually assaulting two children. He was charged with two counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child by sexual contact. When he was arrested for one investigation, they discovered there was a warrant for his arrest for another investigation in another county into child sexual assault.