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20: Randal David Ankeney

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Rape, Sexual Assault

Randal David Ankeny was a political activist and attorney in Colorado. He was a volunteer coordinator for Republican Governor Bill Owens’ reelection campaign. He also a regional representative for the Governor’s Economic Development Office. In 2001, he was convicted of attempted sexual assault of a 13-year-old and served two years in prison. In September 2006,…

18: Mark A. Grethen

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Once “Republican of the Year” and a big Republican donor, Mark A. Grethen was accused of sexually assaulting his children and convicted of Indecent Liberties with a Child by a Custodia, Forcible Sodomy, and Aggravated Sexual Battery. He raped his own children who were five and three at the time. He pleaded guilty to the…

16: Buz Lukens

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Misconduct, Solicitation of a Minor

Donald “Buz” Lukens was a Republican Representative to the U.S. House from Ohio. In fact, John Boehner replaced him in the Republican primary in 1990 when he refused to resign after a scandal. He had also served in the Ohio Senate. Although he was alleged to have had sex with a girl from when she…

14: Pastor Mike Hintz

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Pastor Mike Hintz signed on to a Nebraska anti-pornography campaign petition which is what one might expect from a religious leader. He was also singled out in a speech by then-President George W. Bush talking about how much Hintz and his wife benefited from his tax plan. Meanwhile, he was arrested for having sex with…

11: Philip Giordano

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Philip Giordano was the Mayor of Waterbury, CT and a one-time Republican Senate nominee and has since been convicted of raping children and sentenced to 37 years in prison. Just the headlines on the long series of stories about him at the New York Times will turn your stomach. The FBI was investigating Giordano for…

10: Edison Misla Aldarondo

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Edison Misla Aldarondo was the Republican Speaker of the House in Puerto Rico. He had been indicted for extortion and money laundering and was out on bail when he was accused of drugging his step-daughter and her friend who was staying over and then raping the friend. He was also accused of raping his stepdaughter…

8: Mark Pazuhanich

Child Molestation

Mark Pazuhanich of Pennsylvania was a District Attorney who had just been elected judge when he was charged with fondling a 10-year-old girl (his daughter) in the crowd of a concert. A woman witnessed it and told security, who detained Pazuhanich. He was charged with public drunkenness but later charged with indecent assault. His daughter…

7: David Swartz

Child Molestation, Child Rape

David Swartz, a Republican Richland County Commissioner, pleaded guilty to felony sex abuse involving two teens, though he began abusing them when they were six or eleven years old. He was sentenced to just eight years in prison. The Lantern Project: Ex-County Commissioner Admits Sexual Assault of Girl

5: Joseph Russell Dendy

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Joseph Russell Dendy was a Georgia Republican power broker. As Chairman of the Cobb County Republican Party, the home county of former Speaker Newt Gingrich, he networked with the Republican party greats, working on many campaigns, including for Mike Huckabee who is such good buddies with child molesters Ted Nugent and Josh Duggar. Meanwhile, Dendy…

4: Dennis Hastert

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Misconduct

When Dennis Hastert was a serial sexual predator according to the judge who sentences him to 15 months in prison. He abused children between the ages of 14 and 17 while he was their teacher and coach. This is the same man who as Speaker of the House oversaw the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He…