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69: John David Roy Atchison

Solicitation of a Minor

J. D. Roy Atchison was the U.S. Attorney for northern Florida when he flew to Michigan after e-mailing with a mother who was offering her five-year-old daughter to be sexually abused. He reassured the mother, “I’m always gentle and loving, not to worry, I’ve done it plenty” and told her to tell the child he…

44: Robin W. Vanderwall

Solicitation of a Minor

Robin Vanderwall was a conservative campus activist. He managed successful political campaign for two Republican candidates and was going to law school when he was arrested for soliciting sex from an underage boy who happened to be a Virginia Beach police officer. He was arrested when he went to the arranged meeting with the 14-year-old…

59: John Gosek

Sexual Harassment, Solicitation of a Minor

John Gosek, former Mayor of Oswego, NY, was reported by a woman who worked as a monitor at a local school. He had asked her to find young girls he could have sex with. He offered to give the girls cocaine, alcohol, and ecstasy. Instead of setting him up with girls, she set him up…

32: Kevin Coan

Child Sexual Abuse Material, Solicitation of a Minor, Uncategorized

Kevin Coan was St. Louis, Missouri’s top Republican election official when he was arrested for traveling to Illinois to meet up with a 14-year-old girl for sex. The girl turned out to be undercover law enforcement. While searching his computer, police also found child pornography. Dispatch-Argus: Police: Child Porn found on election official’s computer St.…

28: Rev. Craig Stephen White

Solicitation of a Minor

Rev. C. Stephen White, more commonly known as “Brother Stephen.” preached against Muslims, LGBTIQA people, and other things deemed sinful by the hardline evangelical right. He often focused on ministering to youth, organizing basketball games and even dressing up as Caleb the Clown. He also had an active campus ministry. He was arrested after asking…

24: Robert Bauman

Solicitation of a Minor, Trafficking

Robert Bauman was a Republican congressional representative from Maryland. In 1980 he was arrested and charged with solicitation of a minor, a sixteen-year-old boy. He was allowed to plead innocent and have the charges dismissed in a plea deal that required him to enter a court-supervised rehabilitation program. He blamed his problems on alcohol. He…

19: Ralph Shortey

Child Rape, Solicitation of a Minor, Trafficking

Ralph Shortey was an Oklahoma state senator and the state chair for the 2016 Donald Trump campaign. A culture warrior, he pushed the birther conspiracy about Obama and tried to pass a bill that would deny immigrants any civil rights. He was also sending and receiving child pornography and trafficking children. He met them online…

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…

57: Mark Seidensticker

Sexual Assault, Solicitation of a Minor

Mark Seidensticker, an aide to Republican Executive Councilor Raymond Burton of New Hampshire, is a repeat sex offender preying on young boys. Seidensticker worked for Burton for more than a decade and Burton was aware of his criminal record. He was arrested for offering beer and cigarettes to a fourteen-year-old boy while driving a car…

2: Roy Moore

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

Roy Moore was an Alabama judge who became famous for his theocratic defiance of the Constitutional separation of church and state, eventually resulting in his ouster from the Alabama Supreme Court twice. Of course, this notoriety resulted in him winning the Republican primary to replace Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions when he was appointed U.S. Attorney…