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472: Donald Sanborn

Rape Culture

Donald Sanborn is a Catholic bishop who thinks women invite rape by how they dress. In a now-deleted post saved by the Wayback Machine, he complains that hems have gone higher and arms barer. He critiques the clothes of the 1920s and post-World War 2 clothing trends. He seems to long for a long lost…

463: Eric Dudley

Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misconduct

Eric Dudley was an Episcopal priest who left the church in 2005 because they promoted a gay man to the role of bishop. He then went on to found his own church, St.. Peter’s, in opposition to inclusion of LGBTIQA in the church. In 2018, he was forced out because he used his position to sexually abuse young men. In 2021, he opened a new church

453: Paul Edward Acton Bowen

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Solicitation of a Minor

Paul Edward Acton Bowen was a prominent Alabama Evangelical religious leader. He founded Acton Bowen Outreach which still has an active internet presence promoting rightwing and religious leaders and publishing three to four articles a month. He is also a convicted child molester serving time in prison. He was sentenced to consecutive maximum sentences, more than 1,000 years in prison.

446: Southern Baptist Convention

Organizational Cover-Up

The Southern Baptist Convention not only covered up for sexual predators among their fellowship, they often denigrated the survivors. They stonewalled and denied. In addition, predators were aided by the autonomy of individual churches and without sharing information with the Convention fellowship, congregations had no idea they were hiring predators. A few brave survivors took…

437: James Manning

Child Abuse, Sexual Harassment

James Manning is the pastor of ATLAH World Missionary Church which also operates two private religious schools, Great Tomorrow’s USA Elementary/Middle and Atlah High School.. Manning is a vicious homophobe advocating that gay people be stoned. He advocated that former President Obama be hanged. He claimed Starbucks puts semen in its coffee. He has been accused of abusing the children who attend his school.

432: Gary Wiggins

Child Abuse, Trafficking

Gary Wiggins ran an anti-gay “conversion” camp with his wife Meghan. They were both indicted for trafficking the children sent to their camp. The children were subject to physical abuse and forced labor. They had moved on to Illinois after the State of Texas shut down their Joshua Home. Texas followed the closing of their home in Missouri for child abuse allegations and in Alabama before that. They were extradited from Alabama to Texas.

430: Paxton Singer

Sexual Misconduct, Solicitation of a Minor

Paxton Singer was an anti-gay youth minister at Harvest Bible Chapel in Aurora, Illinois. He was convicted of disorderly conduct for sending text messages to a minor. He was originally accused of soliciting a minor but was acquitted of that while found guilty for texting him about his underwear and sleepovers, texts that alarmed the…

411: Jason Brothers

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Jason Brothers was a traveling Evangelist preacher who raped a child in 2012 but did not face justice until 2019 when he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and avoided all jail time. His lawyer, David Ralston (412) used his position as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives to delay the trial so long the prosecutor thought it unlikely witnesses would have clear memories.

He repeatedly raped a 14-year-old girl and got probation.