Eric Deaton
Claims to fame: Constitution Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Ohio, 2010; “family values” Teabagger; steward, Bear Creek Church of the Brethren, Dayton, Ohio; Cub Scout leader; husband; father of three; accused sexual molester
Video after the jump.

Probation hearing scheduled: Perez Blackmon, 42, newly elected pastor of Rosinvick Missionary Baptist Church, Blakely, Georgia, to determine if Blackmon’s new role as church leader violates the terms of his probation after his conviction of of statutory rape in 2005. Notes one vocal opponent, a court order specifying the conditions of Blackmon’s probation mandates that Blackmon “shall have no contact whether directly in person or indirectly through any means of communication or employment, volunteer activity or otherwise with any child under the age of 18,” and that pastoring a church violates this condition. Story:
Guilty: James Blaine, 61, former pastor, Good Shepherd Church, Greenfield, Ohio, after pleading guilty to one count of forgery and one count of aggravated theft, stemming from charges he embezzled more than $100,000 from his church. Blaine is scheduled for sentencing October 1st, at which time it is expected he will also be ordered to pay upwards of $200,000 in restitution. Story: 
Claims to fame: Christian evangelist; founder, Fort Bluff Christian camp, Dayton, Ohio (1974); founder, National Association of Christian Athletics (1980); “Karate for Christ” martial artist best known for slicing a watermelon in two across the stomach of a young Michael Jordan; alumnus, űber-Baptist Tennessee Temple University;
Sentenced: Michael Louis Anthony, 43, former youth minister, Calvary Chapel, Longview, Washington, to five years for a year-and-a-half sexual affair with a teenage girl, which began when she was 15. The girl told police she had had sex with Anthony “at least 200 times,” including in the lobby of the chapel. Anthony was caught by police with his half-clothed victim in a parked car. Anthony also said the girl’s parents “were aware of the relationship.” Anthony pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree rape of a child, third-degree child molestation and first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor under his supervision. He has “waived extradition to Oregon, where he faces another sex charge with the same victim.” Story:
Possible mediation: Allison Brant, 31, former Catholic school principal, St. Mary of the Woods Elementary, Whitesville, Kentucky, facing several charges of rape and sodomy stemming from a two-month-long sexual affair with 15-year-old boy, and for providing alcohol to minors. The state attorney is apparently open to mediation and settlement in lieu of a trial. Story: Conservative Babylon,
Dallas. Cancer.
Claims to fame: California state senator; radical Republican “family values” Anti-Gay; divorced father; drunk driver; self-loathing closet ‘mo; hypocrite to the max
This deserves its own entry (we’ll get to it), but we don’t want to delay such priceless news even long enough to ferret out the perfect Bible reading for this Mastermind of Evil, the one, the only Karl Rove:
That’s really about all the news there is: The 91-year-old founder of Oral Roberts University and melodramatic televangelist (who saw a 900-foot-tall Jesus and raised a child from the dead) took a fall at his California home yesterday, and he died today, December 15, 2009.


Claims to fame: High-profile (in the Christian world, anyway) Trinity Broadcasting Network personality; frequent guest, TBN’s “Behind the Scenes”; head pastor, Trinity Music City Church, main place of worship at
Captured: Robert Lee Adams, 46, pastor, Mount Calvary Tabernacle, Gastonia, North Carolina, thanks to an anonymous tip, and charged with three counts of first-degree statutory sex offense against a child (a five-year-old girl), as well as charges of statutory rape, first-degree sex offense with a child, taking indecent liberties with a child, and other sex offenses. Reportedly, neither Adams is cooperating with the investigation, giving police “the silent treatment.” Story: 


