Conservative Babylon

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.

Claims to fame: Youth pastor and son of pastor Les Gill, Word of Life Church, Boyle, Alberta, Canada; convicted child molester

Because we could spend 24/7 tracking the sins of right-wing religionists (especially “youth pastors”) and never get caught up. Of the following, the more interesting cases will probably end up with their very own Conservative Babylon entries.

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: Albany Herald, September 1, 2010; sex offender registry page

Because we could spend 24/7 tracking the sins of right-wing religionists (especially “youth pastors”) and never get caught up. Of the following, the more interesting cases will probably end up with their very own Conservative Babylon entries.

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: Highland County Press, May 4, 2010; Brown News Service, August 12, 2010

Claims to fame: Former pastor, New Covenant Church, Clyde, North Carolina; perv; thief; klutz

Moral apex: In 2008, broke into a woman’s home, rummaged through her drawers, and stole an un-described “sex toy,” a container of personal lubricant, and a pair of the woman’s panties.

What’s even funnier: The woman came home and surprised Murray; he fled the scene by running outside, where he jumped over a railing, ran for the woods, and then fell and broke his leg.

Video after the jump…

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; suspected convicted groper (update after the jump)

Because we could spend 24/7 tracking the sins of right-wing religionists (especially “youth pastors”) and never get caught up. Of the following, the more interesting cases will probably end up with their very own Conservative Babylon entries.

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: KATU, April 28, 2010; TDN.com, August 24, 2010

Because we could spend 24/7 tracking the sins of right-wing religionists (especially “youth pastors”) and never get caught up. Of the following, the more interesting cases will probably end up with their very own Conservative Babylon entries.

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, October 12, 2009; December 8, 2009

Dallas. Cancer.

Details: USA Today, May 23, 2010

See also main ConBab entry: Donald “Buz” Lukens (R-Ohio)

Claims to fame: California state senator; radical Republican “family values” Anti-Gay; divorced father; drunk driver; self-loathing closet ‘mo; hypocrite to the max

Moral apex: Busted on a DUI after leaving a gay nightclub, March 6, 2010.

What’s worse than being a self-loathing closet ‘mo who’s consistently voted against equal rights for gays: Being a a self-loathing outed ‘mo who says he’s going to continue to vote against equal rights for gays.

Suggested Bible reading for Mr. Ashburn:

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

— Jeremiah 15:18

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:

Karl Rove granted divorce in Texas

December 29, 2009

Karl Rove, former senior adviser to President George W. Bush, has been granted a divorce in Texas after 24 years of marriage, a family spokesperson said. …

More at Politico.

Oh, and skinny Bush mouthpiece Dana Perino says we’re all supposed to “respect” the Roveses’ “privacy.”

Respect their privacy? After Rove “led the whole anti-gay marriage movement while protecting a family secret“?

Not on your sweet bippy, Dana. Not on K-K-K-Karl’s sweet bippy.

More to come.

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.

But, ConBab has never pegged The Oral as a flaming hypocrite before; why mention his death now?

Because it reminds us that we really need to write up his son, Richard, and Richie’s wife Lindsay, one of these days. Now there’s some major scandal.

And then, of course, there’s our favorite Oral Roberts story, about how Oral wheedled $9 million out of his followers after God threatened to kill him…

See:

Everything You Need to Know About the Oral Roberts Scandal… So Far, Lavender Newswire, October 9, 2007

Oral Roberts U Scandal: Exit Richie, Enter “Convicted Sexual Deviant”, Lavender Newswire, October 17, 2007

Because we could spend 24/7 tracking the sex crimes of right-wing religionists (especially “youth pastors”) and never get caught up. Of the following, the more interesting cases will probably end up with their very own Conservative Babylon entries.

Sentenced and facing new charges: Kenneth Graham Gibbs, 77, retired Anglican minister, St. John’s Anglican Church, Chapleau, Ontario, and St. Peter the Apostle, Elliot Lake, convicted in November, 2009, and sentenced December 3, 2009, to three and a half years for “indecently assaulting five now-grown women when they were girls” during the 1960s, and charged four days later with with two new counts of indecent assault against two other children. “The incidents are reported to have taken place in Chapleau, Ontario between 1965 and 1971, when one victim was a child and the other a young teen.” Story: SooToday.com, December 3, 2009; December 7, 2009

See all entries for John Ensign

A few of Ensign’s former aides have been slapped with subpoenas. Details: Politico.

See all entries for Steve Nunn

So, the daughter of Amanda Ross, the woman former gubernatorial candidate Steve Nunn allegedly shot to death in September, has filed a civil wrongful-death lawsuit against Nunn — and has also named Nunn’s daughter as co-defendant.

Seems Nunn “fraudulently transferred personal property in his house to his oldest daughter after the suit had been filed, and that she sold the items at auction.” [WKYT]

Meanwhile, Nunn’s lawyer says “he may have to withdraw as Nunn’s attorney if the judge won’t release funds from an escrow account to pay his legal expenses.” [Glasgow Daily Times]

See all entries for Mark Sanford

Continuing to milk her victimhood for all its worth (don’t get us wrong — we approve) — no doubt due to her book, slated for publication in May, 2010 — wronged wife of South Carolina governor and laughingstock Mark Sanford did an interview (scheduled to air Wednesday night) in which she told Barbara Walters “she wouldn’t have stood with Gov. Mark Sanford when he faced cameras to tell the world about his affair with an Argentine woman,” even if he’d asked her to.

Details: ABC News.

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 Paul Crouch’s Christian amusement park, Hendersonville, Tennessee; drunk driver; in the opinion of some, de facto killer

Moral apex: Flying low (at least 85mph) down the I-55 freeway in his TBN-owned BMW, Galiher smashed into another car, flipping it twice.

That was in April, 2009. In November, the driver of the other car, 70-year-old Vietnam vet David Rhodes, died.

Much more:

OC Weekly

Nashville Scene

Suggested Bible reading for Mr. Galiher:

Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.

— Isaiah 29:9-10

Because we could spend 24/7 tracking the sex crimes of right-wing religionists (especially “youth pastors”) and never get caught up. Of the following, the more interesting cases will probably end up with their very own Conservative Babylon entries.

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: Gaston Gazette, December 4, 2009

See all entries for Stephen & Melina McPherson

Details: Virginian-Pilot.

See all entries for Joshua O’Bannion

Know where he is? The Parma, Ohio, police would love to hear from you: (440) 887-7340.

Details: Cleveland.com.