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1346: Zachary Joseph Radcliff

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Grooming

Zachary Joseph Radcliff is a Christian musician, a church leaders, and a CPAC worship leader has been charged with eleven felony counts of sexually abusing children. He was a church leader at Oakwood Church, in Augusta Township, Michigan, but they have deleted all reference to him from their website, even deleting their initial statement expressing shock and dismay about the charges.

1340: Andy Santana

Child Rape

Andy Santana was the campaign manager of mayoral candidate Alex Otaola, a Cuban influencer who unsuccessfully challenged current Mayor Daniella Levine Cava in the Republican primary.

He has been charged with rape of a child, a boy of seventeen. The teenager reported to police that Santana kissed him and groped him in May, their interactions escalating to oral and anal sex. He produced pictures and video to back up his allegations.

1319: Jonathan Elwing

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Sexual Abuse

Jonathan Edward Elwing was the pastor of Palm View Baptist Church in Manatee County, Florida for the past five years. He has been serving as pastor in various places since 2003. He has been charged with eighteen felonies related to his possession, distribution, and manufacture of child sexual abuse material. He filmed himself sexually abusing a child under the age of twelve.

1315: Thomas Deane

Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material

Thomas Louis Deane was a History/Social Studies teacher and lacrosse coach at Canterbury School, a private school in Ft. Myers, Florida. In February, 2022, a woman reported her son was the victim of a sex crime.

Police investigated and found evidence showing Deane had found the minor on Grindr and then communicating on SnapChat, arranged to meet the child in person. He was arrested in April, 2022, and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior on a victim under the age of 16 and a second charge of lewd and lascivious behavior on a victim between the ages of 12 and 16. A month later, he was rearrested, charged with 28 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.

1313: Robert Morris

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Robert Morris was until recently the pastor of Gateway, a Dallas megachurch. He was also a spiritual advisor to Donald Trump and an influential Trump booster.

He recently confessed “When I was in my early 20s, I was involved in inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady in a home where I was staying.”

The young lady was twelve. He did not have an affair with her. He raped her and continued the sexual abuse for four and a half years. She described the abuse herself:

1301: Christopher Codding

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Grooming

Christopher Matthew Codding, a youth pastor in Georgia was charged with child molestation in July, 2021. He had been about to adopt two young boys when a young man who was abused by Codding in his childhood came forward. Ironically, Codding taught child abuse prevention and youth protection classes at the church.