Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Phillip Fisher Jr. was a pastor at the Center of Universal Divinity, a Republican party ward leader, and the faith-based outreach coordinator for Moms for Liberty, the book-banning, anti-gay, hate group so beloved by Republican governors despite being a convicted and registered sex offender.
David Prince was the Oklahoma State Penitentiary when a review of state employees’ computers discovered he had been accessing Child Sexual Abuse Material on his work computer. He was discussing sexual acts with children. A search warrant also found Child Sexual Abuse Material on his personal phone.
On November 7th, 2023, he was arrested for sexual exploitation of a child. He was released on $250,000 bond the same day. The church released a public statement announcing that he had been suspended.
Ashley Crouse was pastor at New Vision Baptist Fellowship Church, in Granite Falls, North Carolina. After his arrest, the church terminated him.
An investigation began after the Sheriff’s ofice recived an anonymous tip that he had inappropriate contact with minor girls.
In their search, they found four child sexual exploitation videos depicting girls between 8 and 12 years old.
Three former leaders of International House of Prayer released a public statement on October 28th, 2023, that asked the organization to address the several long-standing allegations of sexual misconduct by Mike Bickle, what they referred to as the “collective and corroborating testimony of several victims.”
Ronald Van Overloop was the pastor at the anti-gay Grace Protestant Reformed Church in Tallmadge Township, Ottawa County, Michigan. He was also an influential leader in the Protestant Reformed Church with his sermons and articles featured in the denomination’s publications and websites.
Christopher M. Pruitt pastored a small congregation out of his Beaverton home until it recently moved to North Portland. Allegedly, he touched two girls without their consent on September 29th. He was arrested six days later on October 5, 2023.
Martin Burns is a pastor of Winamac Nazarene Church in Indiana. He has been charged with two criminal counts of battery after a surveillance video appeared on social media allegedly showing him kneeling on the chest of a 4-year-old boy at a church day care center. The child was hanging on his leg, making it difficult for him to walk. So, he kneeled on the four-year-old child’s chest until he began coughing and let go of him.
Tony Bunton was the pastor at Fairview Baptist Church in Statesville, NC. In August, 2021, he was arrested and charged with possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material. He was out on bail when an additional thirty charges led to his second arrest in October, 2021.
Alan Placa was Rudy Giuliani’s fraternity mate and has been his close friend ever since. He has been accused by two men of molesting them. When Placa was suspended after the first accusation, Giuliani pronounced his innocence and hire him at his firm, Giuliani Partners where he continues to work.