Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Kamp Kanakuk is one of the largest Christian camps in the United States. They claim to serve over 12,000 children per year at their camp and its satellites. Over the years, they are alleged to have protected child molesters who worked for them.
Joe White is the son of the founders of Camp Kanakuk, one of the largest Christian camps in the United States, a camp that hosts about 12,000 children each year. He remains the Camp Kanakuk director despite his role in covering up and protecting child molesters who worked for him.
Pete Newman was a Camp Director at Camp Kanakuk, a Christian children’s camp in Branson, Missouri. Over the years, he abused his position to sexually abuse dozens of boys, some as young as nine. He pleaded guilty to sexually abusing six boys, but admitted to abusing at lead 13 more. The prosecutor estimated the actual number could be in the hundreds.
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.
Jeff Ford was a teacher when he had a sexual relationship with a student. The student was of age, but the relationship remains an abuse of power and teachers having sexual connections with students is unethical.
Since then, he founded a nonprofit called Man Up and Go which is attempting to reduce fatherlessness through their “Authentic Masculinity Program, which equips men both internationally and domestically to be protectors of and providers for their families.” This has let to his role on Governor DeSantis’ Florida Faith-Based and Community-Based Advisory Council.
Greg Locke is a Trump-loving internet pastor who pulls stunts like berating customer service people in Target over gender neutral bathrooms or having a meltdown because someone donated to Planned Parenthood in his name. Folks might remember him as the pastor who said there were witches in his church. He also said you cannot be a Christian and vote Democratic. His ex-wife shared abusive texts he sent her and alleged he was physically and emotionally abusive. His wife fled and lived in a women’s shelter. The print press is full of profiles of him that leave out his ex-wife’s claims and normalize his fanaticism.
John Robert Griffin was a pastor at Riverbend Community Church in Ormond Beach, Florida. He also was a professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach. He was arrested for possession of child sexual abuse material. Shortly before his arrest, he asked the state to reinstate him and his wife as foster parents.
According to FDLE, they got a cybertip from the National Center for Missing Children about someone uploading images of child sexual abuse. The IP was traced to Milam’s home. He was charged with two counts of promoting sexual performance of a child and 25 counts of possession of child pornography. They found multiple devices that belonged to Milam that contained child sexual abuse material, including images as you as three engaged in sex acts.
James Jackson is a priest at St. Mary’s Catholic Parish in Providence, Rhode Island. He is also a member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, a Catholic organization that rejected Vatican 2 and continues to preach the mass in Latin. They editorialized against Biden and against Ruth Bader Ginsburg the day after her death. He also is accused of collecting and distributing child sexual exploitation materials.
Naasón Joaquín García was the leader of an international megachurch called La Luz del Mundo, The Light of the World. La Luz del Mundo began in Mexico before expanding through the Americas. They are in over fifty counties and in every one of the United States states. He was a huge admirer of Donald Trump, calling him a true convert to a life of faith. He pleaded guilty to three felonies in a plea agreement that netted him sixteen years in prison. That amounts to less than one month per child he raped.