There is a hidden epidemic that all Americans need to wake up to; crimes against children, whether physical, sexual or psychological.
Below, you will find a sizeable list of prominent Democratic and Republican politicians, lawyers, donors, and activists who have been publicly exposed or convicted for sexual crimes involving children.
Sadly, these are only the ones who have been caught.
Democrats
Jeffrey Epstein
Democratic donor and billionaire, Jeffrey Epstein, ran an underage child sex brothel and was convicted of soliciting underage girls for prostitution.
Anthony Weiner
Democratic New York Congressman, Anthony Weiner, plead guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor as part of a plea agreement for sexted and sending Twitter DMs to underage girls as young as 15.
Harvey Weinstein
Democratic donor, activist, and Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was criminally prosecuted and civilly sued for years of sexual abuse (that was well known “secret” in Hollywood) including underage sexual activities with aspiring female actresses. He was convicted in 2020 for rape in the third degree and sentenced to twenty three years in prison.
Asia Argento
Democratic activist and #metoo proponent, Asia Argento, settled a lawsuit for sexual harassment stemming from sexual activities with an underage actor.
Gary Becker
Democratic Mayor of Racine, Wisconsin, Gary Becker, was convicted of attempted child seduction, child pornography, and other child sex crimes.
Ed Murray
Democratic Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigned after multiple accusations of child sexual abuse were levied against him including by family members.
Jacob Schwartz
Democratic activist and aid to NYC Mayor De Blasio, Jacob Schwartz was arrested on possession of 3,000+ child pornographic images.
Russell Simmons
Democratic activist and actor, Russell Simmons, was sued based on an allegation of sexual assault where he coerced an underage model for sex.
Neil Goldschmidt
Democratic Governor of Oregon, Neil Goldschmidt, after being caught by a newspaper, publicly admitted to having a past sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl after the statute of limitations on the rape charges had expired.
Mel Reynolds
Democratic Illinois Congressman, Mel Reynolds resigned from Congress after he was convicted of statutory rape of a 16-year-old campaign volunteer.
Fred Richmond
Democratic New York Congressman, Fred Richmond, was arrested in Washington D.C. for soliciting sex from a 16-year-old boy.
Roman Polanski
Democratic activist, donor, and director, Roman Polanski, fled the country after pleading guilty to statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl. Democrats and Hollywood actors still defend him to this day, including, Whoopi Goldberg, Martin Scorcese, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Pedro Almodovar, Tilda Swinton and Monica Bellucci.
George Jacko
Democratic State Senator from Alaska, George Jacko, was found guilty of sexual harassment of an underage legislative page.
Andrew Myers
Democratic State Representative candidate for Colorado, Andrew Myers, was convicted for possession of child pornography and enticing children.
Gus Savage
Democratic Illinois Congressman, Gus Savage was investigated by the Democrat-controlled House Committee on Ethics for attempting to rape an underage female Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire. The Committee concluded that while the events did occur his apology was sufficient and took no further action.
Jared Fogle
Democratic activist, donor, and spokesperson for Subway, Jared Fogle, was convicted of distribution and receipt of child pornography and traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
Carl Carey
Democratic State Department official, Carl Carey, under Hillary Clinton’s state department, was arrested on ten counts of child porn possession.
James Cameron
Democratic Maine Assistant Attorney General, James Cameron, was sentenced to just over 15 years in federal prison for seven counts of child porn possession, receipt and transmission.
Daniel Rosen
Democratic State Department official, Daniel Rosen, under Hillary Clinton’s state department, was arrested and charged with allegedly soliciting sex from a minor over the internet.
James Cafferty
Democratic State Department official, James Cafferty, plead guilty to one count of transportation of child pornography.
Bernie Ward
Democratic radio host, Bernie Ward, plead guilty to one count of sending child pornography over the Internet.
Raymond Liddy
Democratic deputy attorney general from California, Raymond Liddy, was arrested for possession of child pornography.
Keith Farnham
Democratic Illinois State Representative, Keith Farnham, has resigned and was charged with possession of child pornography and has been accused of bragging at an online site about sexually molesting a 6-year-old girl.
Harold Moody, Jr
Democratic spokesperson for the Arkansas Democratic Party, Harold Moody, Jr, was charged with distribution and possession of child pornography.
Philip Ahr
Democratic Radnor Township Board of Commissioners member, Philip Ahr, resigned from his position after being charged with possession of child pornography and abusing children between 2 and 6 years-old.
Charles Wade
Democratic activist and BLM organizer, Charles Wade, was arrested and charged with human trafficking and underage prostitution.
Mark Benavides
Democratic Texas attorney and activist, Mark Benavides, was charged with having sex with a minor, inducing a child under 18 to have sex and compelling prostitution of at least nine legal clients and possession of child pornography. He was found guilty on six counts of sex trafficking.
Joseph Morrissey
Democratic Virginia Delegate, Joseph Morrissey, was indicted on charges connected to his relationship with a 17-year-old girl and was charged with supervisory indecent liberties with a minor, electronic solicitation of a minor, possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.
Gerry Studds
Democratic Massachusetts Congressman, Gerry Studds, was censured by the House of Representatives after he admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old page.
Ricky Nelson
Democratic Former Mayor of Stillwater, New York, Ricky Nelson pled guilty to five counts of possession of child pornography of children less than 16 years of age.
Dale Kenyon
Democratic Mayor of Clayton, New York, Dale Kenyon, was indicted for sexual acts against a teenager.
Richard Keenan
Democratic Mayor of Hubbard, Ohio, Richard Keenan, was given a life sentence in prison for raping a 4-year-old girl after claiming “she initiated it”.
Kenneth Barrett
Democratic Mayor of Winston, Oregeon, Kenneth Barrett, was arrested for setting up a meeting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl who turned out to be a police officer.
Dwayne L. Schutt
Democratic Mayor of Randolph, Nebraska, Dwayne L. Schutt, was arrested and charged with four counts of felony third-degree sexual assault of a child and one count of intentional child abuse.
Anthony Silva
Democratic Mayor of Stockton, California, Anthony Silva, was charged with providing alcohol to young adults during a game of strip poker that included a 16-year-old boy at a camp for underprivileged children run by the mayor.
Donald H. Briggs
Democratic Mayor of Millbrook, New York, Donald H. Briggs, was arrested and charged with inappropriate sexual contact with a person younger than 17.
Stephen Jabbour
Democratic party leader for Victoria County, Texas, Stephen Jabbour, pled guilty to possession and receiving over half a million child pornographic images.
Terrence Patrick Bean
Democratic activist and fundraiser, Terrence Patrick Bean, was arrested on charges of sodomy and sex abuse in a case involving a 15-year-old boy and when the alleged victim declined to testify, and the judge dismissed the case.
Rodney Clell Mullins
Democratic Party Chairman for Davidson County, Tennessee, Rodney Clell Mullins, resigned amid child pornography allegations in 2005. Subsequently, he was arrested and convicted for possession and distribution of child pornography.
Andrew Douglas Reed
Democratic activist, Andrew Douglas Reed, pled guilty to a multiple counts of 2nd-degree sexual exploitation of a minor for producing child pornography.
David J. Roberts
Democratic official from Terre Haute, Indiana, David J. Roberts was sentenced to federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography including placing hidden cameras in the bedrooms and bathrooms at a home he shared with two minor female victims.
Christopher Wright
Democratic Mayor of Dawson, Georgia, Christopher Wright, was indicted on the charges of aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, rape, child molestation and statutory rape of an 11-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl.
Jeff Rosato
Democratic aide to Senator Barbara Boxer, Jeff Rosato, pled guilty to charges of trading in child pornography.
Republicans
Donald Rumsfeld
Republican and Defense Secretary of the United States, Donald Rumsfeld, was reported and investigated for authorizing the rape and torture of children in Iraqi prison Abu Ghraib. In 2004, he publicly accepted full responsibility for all acts committed during his tenure from 1975-1977 although no charges were pursued.
Ted Bundy
Renowned serial killer, Crime Prevention Advisory committeeman, and chairman of the Washington State Republican Party, Ted Bundy, was sentenced to death row for the abduction, rape, and murder of thirty young women/underaged girls. He was given the electric chair on January 24, 1989.
Tim Nolan
Republican chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Kentucky, Tim Nolan, pled guilty to child sex trafficking and on February 11, 2018 he was sentenced to serve twenty years in prison.
Ralph Allan Lee Shortey
Republican Former Oklahoma state Senator, Ralph Allan Lee Shortey, was indicted on four counts of human trafficking and child pornography. In November 2017, he pled guilty to one count of child sex trafficking in exchange for the dropping the other charges.
Howard Scott Heldreth
Republican anti-abortion activist, Howard Scott Heldreth, is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
Larry Dale Floyd
Republican constable, Larry Dale Floyd, of Denton, TX was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex from an 8-year-old girl.
Mark Pazuhanich
Republican judge, Mark Pazuhanich, pled no contest to fondling a 10-year-old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Bobby Stumbo
Republican party leader, Bobby Stumbo, was arrested for having sex with a 5-year-old boy.
John Collins
Republican councilman, John Collins, pled guilty to sexually molesting a 13 and 14-year-old girls.
Mark Seidensticker
Republican campaign worker, Mark Seidensticker, is a convicted child molester from Concord and Ogunquit, Maine.
Philip Giordano
Republican Mayor of Waterbury, Connecticut, Philip Giordano, is serving a thirty seven year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8-10-year old girls.
John Gosek
Republican Mayor of Oswego, New York, John Gosek, was sentenced to prison for soliciting sex from two 15-year-old girls.
David Swartz
Republican Ohio County Commissioner, David Swartz, pled guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was
sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Edison Misla Aldarondo
Republican legislator, Edison Misla Aldarondo, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
John Curtin
Republican Monroe County Committeeman, John Curtin, was charged with molesting a teenage boy.
Dennis Lynn Rader (BTK)
Republican boy scout leader, zoning supervisor, and serial killer Dennis Lynn Rader, pled guilty for performing a sexual act on an 11-year-old girl he murdered.
Nicholas Morency
Republican anti-abortion activist, Nicholas Morency, pled guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
Tom Shortridge
Republican campaign consultant from Los Angeles, California, Tom Shortride, was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year-old girl.
Strom Thurmond
Republican Senator from South Carolina, and notable racist, Strom Thurmond, had sex with a 15-year-old black girl which produced a child.
Mike Hintz
Republican pastor whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, Mike Hintz, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.
Peter N. Dibble
Republican legislator from Stonington, Connecticut, Peter N. Dibble, pled no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with an underaged girl from ages 10-13.
Carey Lee Cramer
Republican advertising consultant, Carey Lee Cramer, who appeared in an ad blasting Al gore, was convicted for molesting his 9-year-old stepdaughter in Tucson, Arizona.
Lawrence E. King, Jr.
Republican activist from Omaha, Nebraska, Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Craig J. Spence
Republican lobbyist, journalist, and socialite, Craig Spence, committed suicide in 1989 in the wake of a Washington Times exposé reporting on his involvement in a prostitution ring and in blackmail involving underaged boys.
Donald “Buz” Lukens
Republican Congressman, Donald Lukens, was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
Richard A. Delgaudio
Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio, was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos in Baltimore, Maryland.
Mark A. Grethen
Republican activist, Mark A. Grethen, was convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children. Grethen was found dead in his cell in August, 2021 due to an apparent homicide by his cellmate at Lawrenceville Correctional Center.
Randal David Ankeney
Republican activist, Randal Davis Ankeney, pled guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child in Larimer County, Colorado.
Daniel Bever Crane
Republican Congressman, Daniel Bever Crane, had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
Beverly C. Russell
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader, Beverly Russell, admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
Ronald C. Kline
Republican judge for the Orange County, California Superior Court, Ronald Kline, was placed under house arrest for child molestation.
Robert Bauman
Republican Congressman and anti-gay activist, Robert Bauman, was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.
Jeffrey Patti
Republican Sparta, New Jersey Committee Chairman and attorney, Jeffrey Patti, was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped. He currently runs a law firm called Patti & Patti.
Marty Glickman
Republican activist, Marty Glickman, (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
Howard L. Brooks
Republican legislative aide from Los Angeles, California, Howard L. Brooks, was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
John W. Hathaway
Republican Senate candidate in Maine, John W. Hathaway, was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.
Stephen C. White
Republican preacher, Stephen C. White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to prison after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy from Philadelphia for permission to perform oral sex on him.
Jon Matthews
Republican talk show host, Jon Matthews, pled guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11-year-old girl.
Earl “Butch” Kimmerling
Republican anti-gay activist, Earl “Butch” Kimmerling, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year-old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
Kevin Coan
Republican election board official from St. Louis, Missouri, Kevin Coan, was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year-old girl.
Andrew Buhr
Republican politician and activist from Missouri, Andrew Buhr, was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 14-year-old boy in St. Louis.
Keith Westmoreland
Republican politician and businessman, Keith Westmoreland, was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).
John Allen Burt
Republican anti-abortion activist, John Allen Burt, was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year-old girl.
Keola Childs
Republican County Councilman in Hawaii, Keola Childs, pled guilty to molesting a male child.
John Butler
Republican activist, John Butler, was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
Richard Gardner
Republican candidate from Clark County, Nevada, Richard Gardner, admitted to molesting his two California-born daughters in 1988.
Jack W. Gardner
Republican Councilman and former Marine from Illinois, Jack W. Gardner, was convicted of molesting a 13-year-old girl.
Merrill Robert Barter
Republican County Commissioner, Merrill Robert Barter, pled guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr.
Republican City Councilman, Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pled no contest to raping a 15-year-old girl and served six months in prison.
Parker J. Bena
Republican activist from Virginia and Missouri, Parker J. Bena, pled guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to thirty months in federal prison and fined $18,000. According to online obituary information, he died on August 5th, 2023.
Larry Schwarz
Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.
Robin W. Vander Wall
Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate, Robin W. Vander Wall, was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet. He currently works for an organization called NARSOL (National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws).
Jon Rieder Grunseth
Republican businessman, Jon Rieder Grunseth, withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
Nicholas Elizondo
Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” from Bakersfield, California, Nicholas Elizondo, molested his 6-year-old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Russell Harding
Republican Former President of NYC Housing Development, Russell Harding, pled guilty to possession of child pornography on his computer.
Matthew Glavin
Republican activist from Georgia and Former President of Southeastern Legal Foundation, Matthew Glavin, was caught masturbating in public and fondling an undercover park ranger.
Paul Ingram
Republican Party leader of Thurston County, Washington and the Chief Civil Deputy of the Sheriff’s department, Washington, Paul Ingram, pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters in satanic rituals and served fourteen years in federal prison.
Richard A. Dasen Sr.
Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups and Kalispell, Montana businessman, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was convicted on six counts of prostitution, sexual abuse of children and promotion of prostitution.
Mark Harris
Republican city Councilman, Mark Harris, who was described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to twelve years in prison.
William A. Gillin
Republican and former alumni relations manager at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, William A. Gillin, was sentenced to two years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage boy and ordered to pay $11,200.
Paul Skiles
Republican owner of the now-closed B&K Christian Bookstore in Richland Township, Cambria County, Paul Skiles, was arrested alongside William Gillin and sentenced to two years in jail for sexually abusing a teenage boy and ordered to pay $11,200.
Patrick McPherson
Republican Douglas County, Nebraska election commissioner, Patrick McPherson, was arrested for fondling a 17-year-old girl.
Mark Adam Foley
Republican Congressman, Mark Adam Foley, resigned from Congress after sending sexually explicit emails to former male pages under the age of 18.
John Dennis Hastert
Republican Speaker of the House, John Dennis Hastert, was indicted on federal charges of structuring bank withdrawals after prosecutors alleged Hastert had molested at least four boys as young as 14 and attempted to compensate his victims and subsequently conceal the transactions. Hastert eventually admitted that he sexually abused the boys whom he had coached decades earlier, and was sentenced to fifteen months in prison.
