Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Illinois imposes his moral judgment on Democratic politicians and on LGBTIQA couples who are Catholic. Yet, he covered up pedophile priests, protecting them and putting the children in his diocese at risk. He
George Roche III was president of Hillsdale College, one of the conservative colleges that pledges to return conservative values. He was a friend with the leading lights of conservative thought, including William F. Buckley and Steve Forbes. He was at the apex of his career when his daughter-in-law killed herself, Her death brought out his…
Republican Hewart Lee Bennett was a youth minister in West Palm Beach when he was arrested for soliciting a 15-year-old boy. Someone called the police, reporting a suspicious vehicle. He told the deputy he was there to talk to children about being gay, trying to put them on the right path, not to be gay.…
Rev. Stephen Aiken was the founder of the YouthQuest Christian counseling agency. Two girls who came to him for help were molested by him. He was charged with two counts of corrupting a minor and convicted. The jury deadlocked on indecent assault. His denials rested on his claim that as a religious leader he had…
Stephen David Rambler was the pastor of Wrightsville’s Church on the Rock, a successful growing ministry until he got into legal trouble on two fronts. The feds were investigating him for extortion, using the US mail no less. He placed ads in adult magazines soliciting photos that he then used to extort the person who…
John Allen Burt was an anti-abortion activist who ran “Our Father’s House” that began as a shelter for unwed mothers but evolved into a boarding school for troubled teenage girls. He was convicted of molesting a fifteen-year-old girl in his care and sentenced to eighteen years in prison, where he died. What is infuriating about…
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…
Beverly C. Russell Jr. was the stepfather of Susan Smith, the notorious woman who drowned her children. He was active in Republican politics and the Christian Coalition, the rightwing evangelical political association. He was also sexually abusing his stepdaughter Susan. She first tried to kill herself when she was thirteen. She told a school counselor…
Pastor Mike Hintz signed on to a Nebraska anti-pornography campaign petition which is what one might expect from a religious leader. He was also singled out in a speech by then-President George W. Bush talking about how much Hintz and his wife benefited from his tax plan. Meanwhile, he was arrested for having sex with…
Stephen Bates, until recently, was the pastor of the Bible Baptist Church. In that position, he endorsed Ted Cruz in 2015. According to investigators, he used the computer at that church parsonage to look at child pornography. When they arrested him, he was carrying two USB drives with child porn, videos portraying sex acts with…