This self-anointed ''pope'' evangelist pastor , drunk , alleged arsonist , liar , sexual predator , racist , Kentucky Lawmaker , who once posted on Facebook depicting the Obamas as monkeys has just snuffed himself. ''Heaven is my home''. He said. Kentucky Lawmaker And Self-Styled ‘Pope’ Kills Himself Amid Sexual Assault Investigation Rep. Dan Johnson had been accused of sexually abusing a 17-year-old friend of his daughter’s in 2012. Three days after the publication of an investigative report accusing Kentucky Rep. Dan Johnson of crimes and misconduct including the sexual assault of a then-teenager, the 57-year-old lawmaker from Bullitt County was found dead near a bridge in Mount Washington on Wednesday. The coroner has ruled his death a probable suicide. A gun was reportedly recovered near his body. On Wednesday afternoon, Johnson, a self-anointed “pope” of the nondenominational Heart of Fire Church, reiterated his denial of the allegations in a Facebook post and told his family members to “stay strong.” “Heaven is my home,” he wrote. The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (KyCIR) had published an expansive report on Monday accusing the Republican state representative of molesting a young woman, committing arson and lying to his congregation and constituents about his achievements. Maranda Richmond, now 21, told KyCIR that Johnson, who’d been her pastor and a close family friend, sexually abused her in 2012 when she was 17. She said she’d been spending the night with Johnson’s daughter when the pastor, apparently intoxicated, returned home and groped her breasts while she was sleeping on a sofa. “He stuck his tongue in her mouth. Then, he forced his hands down her pants, underneath her underwear, and penetrated her with his finger,” the report said. Richmond later reported the incident to police, but investigators closed the case months later without interviewing Johnson. In the aftermath of the KyCIR report, the Louisville Metro Police Department said this week that detectives had reopened the investigation. The Kentucky Capitol reverberated with calls for Johnson’s resignation this week. Mary Nishimuta, executive director of the Kentucky Democratic Party, had urged Johnson to step down immediately. Mac Brown, chairman of the Kentucky’s Republican Party, echoed this sentiment in a Monday statement. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...98be4b07ff75b003089?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Odd he would deny the allegations in his suicide note, especially being a man of faith. One would think he'd want to come clean if the allegations were true. Of course, there is the possibility that an innocent man was bullied and tormented into ending his life. Difficult to know what runs through a mans mind at the end. Something people might want to consider before celebrating the death of a political opponent. Ugly world we live in and this thread is a prime example.