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934: Bill Gothard

Child Molestation, Organizational Cover-Up, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment

Bill Gothard founded the Institute in Basic Life Principles which some people call a conservative Christian cult. It has very strict gender roles that circumscribe women’s lives, forbidding higher education, choosing their spouse, ordering what clothing they wear, and prohibiting cutting their hair. The Duggars are part of this ministry.

923: Joshua Burton Henley

Child Molestation, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Sexual Abuse

He came back to Tennessee in June, 2021, to bring a young girl from his old church to assist at his new one. It was a ploy and he sexually assaulted her. He was arrested on the road back to Tennessee. The police then found child sexual abuse material on his phone as well as conversations with two other Tennessee teens. When interviewed, they confirmed he had sexually abused them as well.

921: Dustin Colony-Herrera

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Abuse

Dustin Colony-Herrera was the youth pastor at Yucaipa Christian Church in San Bernadino County, California back in 2004 when the first allegations of child sexual abuse were made. Meanwhile, he lived over the county line in Riverside County where some of the abuse is said to have occurred. So, some of the abuse was reported in one county and some in another and due to that, investigators had no idea of the scope of his abuse. To make things worse, when they began investigating, he moved to Medford, Oregon, and didn’t show up for his court date.

915: Thomas James Brackett

Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misconduct

Thomas James Brackett was a youth pastor at Tabernacle Christian Church in Baltimore County, Maryland, back in the Eighties. That is when he is alleged to have sexually abused two minors in his pastoral care. They were eight and ten at the time. He was twenty-one or twenty-two.

848: Dave Estenson

Extortion, Improper Conduct or Comments, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct

Dave Estenson was the Republican nominee for State Senate District 31 in Wisconsin, he lost in a close race. The incumbent Jeff Smith received 50.4% while Estenson received 49.5%. Republicans had hoped to gerrymander District 31 to take out Smith, but perhaps reports of Dave Estenson’s sexual misconduct while he was in law enforcement tarnished…

766: David Broadbent

Child Molestation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery, Sexual Misconduct

David Broadbent is a Republican party donor and a gynecologist in Utah. Ninety-four women filed a suit against him alleging sexual abuse. Some of them went to Dr. Broadbent for a premarital exam, a common health visit for Mormon Women. For many women, Broadbent was their first and only gynecologist so they had no experience…

732: Ravi Zacharias

Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment

Ravi Zacharias was the head of an international ministry. Originally a supporter of Marco Rubio for President, he switched to supporting Trump. When he died, Mike Pence spoke at his funeral. Allegations of sexual misconduct were made before his death, but it really blew up when Christianity Today released a report detailing his sexual harassment of women who work at massage parlors.