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1107: Donald Lee Flanery

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Donald Lee Flanery was pastor of Family of Christ Church in Maynard. He sexually abused a child for two years starting when she was eleven. The news stories are horrific. He told the girl that what he was doing was Biblical. During the trial, Flanery’s daughter testified that he sexually abused her twice when she was fourteen.

1106: Jamie Flanery

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Grooming, Sexual Assault

Jamie Flanery, an Arkansas youth pastor, is accused of sexually assaulting a fifteen-year-old girl in 2012. The first time was when she at his house with her fellow students. The second, and more serious, happened when she was driving and he texted her to pull over. He got in her car and sexually assaulted her, she claims. He was charged with First Degree Sexual Assault.

1103: Steve Morgan

Child Rape, Organizational Cover-Up

Steve Morgan is the lead pastor at Joshua Church in Austin, Texas. He founded The Network, a collaboration of evangelical charismatic churches. Before that, though, he was convicted of raping a fifteen-year-old boy.

He was convicted in 1986. He served his time.

Steve Morgan is the lead pastor at Joshua Church in Austin, Texas. He founded The Network, a collaboration of evangelical charismatic churches. Before that, though, he was convicted of raping a fifteen-year-old boy.

He was convicted in 1986. He was offered diversion, a way to get a clean criminal record. .

But he never divulged his history to his congregation. He could tell this story as one of redemption through faith, but instead he hid it from people who brought their children to church with them.

1093: Daryl Stagg

Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Battery

He was arrested in June 2023, charged with twelve felonies in Grant Parish, Louisiana. The charges are three counts each of oral sexual battery, first degree rape, aggravated crimes against nature, and indecent behavior with juveniles. He is held on $950,000 bond.

1087: Christopher Fourcade

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Secret Photos or Recordings, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery

Christopher Fourcade was Director of Children’s Ministries at at First Christian Church in Norman, Oklahoma. He also was a foster care advocate and fostered several children. He was also Service Delivery Chair at the Fostering Futures Organization. He was Secret Santa.

1080: Michael Sperou

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Grooming, Organizational Cover-Up, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery

Michael Sperou was the pastor at North Clackamas Bible Community. Most people would call NCBC a church but they reject that term as inadequate to the meaning of their fellowship. They proudly announce and promote the teachings of Mike Sperou and he is all over their website despite his third-time conviction for raping children.

1077: Laverne Paul Fox

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Laverne Paul Fox was the principal of Faith Baptist Academy in Wildomar, California. Thirty years ago, he raped a 15-year-old girl who came forward as an adult. Fox was extradited from Pennsylvania to face trial in California. However, he pleaded guilty in a deal for 18 months prison, but the judge sentenced him to two years after hearing the victim’s statement.