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1018: Frank Pavone

Grooming, Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct

Frank Pavone founded Priests for Life, an anti-abortion group, and chaired Catholics for Trump. The Vatican laicized or defrocked him without appeal for blasphemous communications on social media and disobedience of his bishop. He placed an aborted fetus on the altar and made a video. He is also an election denier.

1005: Jaron Rosien

Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery

Jaron Rosien is Mayor of Washington, Iowa. He ran in the Republican primary for his Iowa state house district. He lost the primary. He is accused of sexually assaulting a man who was playing pool with friends in Rosien’s bar. There is video showing Rosien appearing to kiss the man while groping his genitalia.

1: Donald Trump

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Rape, Coercion, Improper Conduct or Comments, Rape, Rape Culture, Retaliation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct

Donald Trump was the 45th president of the United States. He is also a serial sexual predator. He was found guilty of sexual assault in 2023. Twenty-six women have accused him of sexual assault. Trump claimed that he could sexually assault women without consequence in an Access Hollywood interview.

991: Gerald Fairbanks

Child Molestation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery

Gerald Fairbanks was an Ada County Deputy for twenty years until he retired in 2011. Boise is in Ada County. In December 2022, he was arrested and charged with several counts of child sex abuse. The allegations involve two different children, both of whom were under twelve during the time they were allegedly abused.

984: Dustin Spillers

Child Molestation, Sexual Battery

Dustin Spillers was the PTA president as well as the youth pastor at the conservative Abba’s House church. He was involved in youth programs at two churches. In January 2023, he was arrested and charged with molesting two boys, specifically with three counts of sexual molestation and one count of sexual battery assault.

983: Brian Stout

Coercion, Intimidation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery

Brian Stout is a Republican Representative in the Oregon House. He ran for District 31 in 2018 and 2020 but lost to Democrat Brad Witt. After redistricting, the district was more Republican and he won in 2022 when Witt ran in a different district. However, one of his campaign volunteers alleged her sexually assaulted and threatened her and sought a protective order that was granted.

982: Michael Patterson

Child Endangerment, Familial Abuse & Violence, Improper Conduct or Comments, Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment

Michael Patterson was the City Manager of Florence, Colorado. He was arrested in November 2021 for four counts, including two counts of stalking-emotional distress, a Class 5 felony; sexual contact-no consent, a Class 1 misdemeanor; and providing alcohol to a minor, also a Class 1 misdemeanor. He was immediately terminated and ordered to stay off city property.

However, the council knew about a litany of complaints about his behavior in the office and had already settled three sexual harassment suits. They knew he had pleaded guilty to domestic violence in Oregon when they hired him. When word got out about this arrest, all but one council member resigned.

979: Rafael Cuevas

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery

Rafael Cuevas was the pastor of Temple of Prayer Assembly of God church, a church his father built with his own hands. In 2021, he was arrested and charged with sexually abusing a child under the age of twelve from 2017 to 2020. His official charges were two counts of sexual battery and six counts of lewd and lascivious molestation against a victim under 12 years old.

978: Joseph Kade Abbott

Child Molestation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery

Abbott was arrested in North Carolina in January, 2023, and brought to Blount County, Tennessee, for arraignment. The family originally went to the police in June. He was arrested for sexually abusing a fourteen-year-old girl. The charge of sexual battery by an authority figure is used against defendants who use their job or legal status to take advantage of their victim, or have parental or custodial authority.