• Criminal investigation reopened after alleged sexual abuse by a former pastor
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• California pastor charged with 8 counts relating to child sex abuse

• "We are devastated" — Church fires 'worship pastor director' who admitted hiding a camera in the restroom
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• Baptist pastor fatally shoots himself after accusation of child molestation

• Texas grand jury indicts Catholic priest on three felony sexual assault charges

• Minnesota man gets 33 years for fatally stabbing his wife during Bible study
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• Presbyterian pastor arrested, accused of groping man at Walmart, police say

• Victims sue Jefferson City Diocese for ‘shameless cover-up’ of sexual abuse
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• Texas pro-Trump evangelist says Harris used 'witchcraft' to win debate

• California pastor arrested, accused of abusing young brothers for years
        (archived link)

• Former teacher, church youth leader gets 31 years in prison for child sex crimes
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Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you).

There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself.

   
• Robert Beck
in county jail

• Mark Cole
blogger, Rivets on the Poster

• Kenneth Cope
actor, Doctor Who

• Valerie Cuccia
in county jail

• Joyce Dennison     (Archived link)
activist

• Michaela DePrince
ballerina

• Daniel Edwards     (Archived link)
in county jail

• Herbie Flowers
sessions bassist, "Walk on the Wild Side"

• Alberto Fujimori
Peruvian President, then imprisoned     (Archived link)

• Gary Gatewood
hunter     (Archived link)

• Pravin Gordhan
activist     (Archived link)

• Sharmaine Karine Hawes
in county jail     (Archived link)

• Zoey Hawkins
pit bulled     (Archived link)

• James Earl Jones
actor, The UFO Incident

• Ed Kranepool
baseballer, New York Mets     (Archived link)

• Stephen Peat
hockey player, Washington Capitals

• Michael Brandon Rivers
in county jail     (Archived link)

• Peter Renaday
voice actor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

• Saul Vasquez
in county jail     (Archived link)

• Masamitsu Yoshioka
attacked Pearl Harbor     (Archived link)

   
Previously dead

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The video made me cry and shake with rage.

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• Las Vegas police arrest pastor with guns, drugs in hotel room     (Archived link)

• Church youth group leader (an ex-cop) gets prison for child sex charges     (Archived link)

• Religious groups are spending billions to fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rights

• Philippines arrests a pastor wanted by the US for trafficking and child abuse after long manhunt

• At least 17 more people allege sexual violence by "humanitarian monk"

• Survivors say Blackrock College's apology for sexual abuse by pedophile priest felt like it was "written by AI"     (Archived link)

• Washington man alleges years of sexual abuse at Catholic school in Seattle     (Archived link)

• Nigerian officials warn people off church's bogus 'miracle' water

• Canadian priest charged with sexual assault

• Former Arkansas youth pastor accused of sex crimes pleads guilty to reduced charge, gets suspended sentence     (Archived link)

• Six decades later, victim of notorious predatory priest gets some justice — and peace

• Canadian authorities close their investigation into a Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children nearly 40 years ago, because he died in April

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I'm honestly surprised the number is so low.

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I was 98.6% sure that this guy had to be a Republican, and became more certain when all the coverage omitted any mention of his political party. With some Google Fu, though, I found this, from the: Texas State Directory.