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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.

1040: Vance Peronto

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Molestation

Vance Peronto was an Alaska State Trooper until he was arrested for an attempt to sexually abuse a child. It started April 8th, 2018 when he pulled over a sixteen-year-old girl for driving without her headlights on. She didn’t get a ticket, but Peronto tracked her down on social media and began grooming her.

1037: Joshua Wine

Child Indecency, Child Molestation

Joshua Wine was a National Guard recruiter in Iowa. He has a long criminal history going back to 1999, though until he was charged with sexually abusing a child in March 2023, the charges were mostly for drinking, driving, and driving on a suspended license.

In March 2023, Wine was charged with abusing a child. He sexually abused a ten-year-old girl three times, at least, in 2022. You can follow the case here.

1035: William Morrissey

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation

William Morrissey was a school resource officer, a police officer in school, at Auburn High School, in Auburn, NY. In early 2022, he was arrested for sexual abuse and official misconduct. He was alleged to have groomed and sexually abused a 14-year-old girl who attended the school where he worked. He was also alleged to have asked the girl to lie.

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.

1032: Byron Wiscombe

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Nonconsensual Recording

Wiscombe is charged with lewd conduct with a minor and sexual battery of a child between 16 and 17 years of age, both punishable with up to life in prison, and video voyeurism, punishable with up to five years in prison. He was charged with misdemeanor sexual battery against both victims, with one of the charges forming a separate case.

1031: David Duffett

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Molestation, Child Rape

In February, 2023, he was arrested for felony sexual abuse of a minor by a person in authority. His father is the pastor of the church and is alleged to have protected him for years. The abuse is alleged to have happened fifteen years ago. The victim attended Bible Baptist Church. He began giving her gifts when she was fifteen. He began engaging in sex acts when she turned sixteen. Her family found out and put a stop to it. Duffett’s father is the pastor of the church and is alleged to have protected him.

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.