Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Wesley A. Brobeck was a youth pastor at Freedom Fellowship in White Pine, Tennessee. When the church found out that he had pursued a “relationship” with a minor, they fired him and informed the police.
John C. Sapp was a youth pastor at the conservative Maranatha Fellowship church in Dover, Delaware. They ascribe to the anti-gay, anti-choice Conservative Mennonite Statement of Practice. In February, 2020, he confessed that he was raping a minor in the congregation. But only because she had told someone about it.
Jordan J. Williams worked at VineLife church in Brooksville, Florida. He was a teen youth leader there. Police received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about an account that was suspected of possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) which they identified as belonging to Williams.
James Vincent Henry was the pastor of Crossroads Assembly of God Church in Delight, Arkansas. Prior to that, he served as youth pastor at several churches. He was also a foster parent to 76 children over four years.
On September 25, 2024, the Arkansas State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received two tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. They carried out a search of his electronic devices and social media. He was arrested on October 15th and charged with one hundred counts of possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.
James Robert Murphey worked for over twenty years as youth pastor at Oak View Baptist Church in High Point, North Carolina. To their credit, the church went to the police and suspended Murphey as soon as they learned of allegations that he had sexually battered a minor.
Patrick Stephen Miller was the Assistant Director of Children’s Ministry at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2016, he was arrested and charged with sexually abusing an elementary school student. In a negotiated plea, Miller pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge. He received a suspended sentence and was not required to register as a sex offender.
Ryan Don Ivy was a youth minister at Bluff Dale Baptist Church and an employee at Bluff Dale Independent School District was accused of online solicitation involving text messages he sent to a 13-year-old middle school student. Incredibly, despite being shown the text messages he sent including text acknowledging he could go to jail for what he was doing, eleven of twelve juries wanted to acquit him. One juror, thankfully, held firm and the trial ended in a mistrial.
Luke Cunningham served as youth pastor at Turning Point Community Church in Lubbock, Texas, and, more recently, at Lakeside Baptist Church in Granbury, Texas. That is where he was working when he was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a minor. Lakeside’s pastor contacted his previous employers to let them know he was being investigated and had been arrested. He was terminated.
Christopher Matthew Codding, a youth pastor in Georgia was charged with child molestation in July, 2021. He had been about to adopt two young boys when a young man who was abused by Codding in his childhood came forward. Ironically, Codding taught child abuse prevention and youth protection classes at the church.
Patrick Stephen Miller, a former Immanuel Baptist Church youth minister, was originally charged with second-degree sexual assault for allegedly abusing an elementary school child. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment in January 2022. In the plea agreement, he was given a suspended sentence with credit for his nineteen days he was in jail. Now he wants his record expunged.