Kentucky lawmaker Dan Johnson was found dead Wednesday, an official said, days after allegations surfaced that he had molested a member of his church when she was 17.
Bullitt County Coroner Dave Billings said the Republican state representative — and self-proclaimed “Pope” of his Louisville church — most likely killed himself. His body was found near a bridge on Greenwell Ford Road in Mount Washington, in a spot called the River Bottoms. He had a single gunshot wound to his head.
Officials discovered Johnson’s body after they were made aware of a concerning Facebook statement and tracked Johnson’s phone to his location, Billings said.
A gun was recovered at the scene, said Lt. Scotty McGaha of the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office.
More details will be released Thursday after an autopsy is done.
Wednesday afternoon, Johnson, 57, again denied the allegations against him in the now-deleted Facebook post, adding that “I cannot handle it any longer ... BUT HEAVEN IS MY HOME.”
How can we blame this on an evil liberal conspiracy? Is HAARP mind-controlling Republicans into thinking they're the Pope and molesting children, then causing them to commit suicide right before Christmas in the name of Gawd?
Oh, oh, oh. George Soros sent his lizardmen assassins to take him out because he was getting too close to the liberal fake news smear campaign's secrets. They posted the suicide note themselves to cover up. We need a 20-something unemployed hero living in mom's basement to blow the lid off this story, preferably in a YouTube video format.
Blake Nguyen
Sure
Alexander Parker
Fuck off and die faggot. Maybe the good congressman can poor coal down your shit eating hole. Also, SAGE!
Joshua Phillips
Good thing he killed himself.
Connor Stewart
Bring up NPR on bullying charges. They harassed him into suicidal behavior, resulting in his death
Hunter Davis
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Eli Torres
>please stop bullying the pedophiles
Liam Cox
Pedophiles magically stop being pedo if they are Christians and LOUDLY proclaim how being gay is wrong.
Eli Clark
Who are we to question the mysterious ways of the LORD
Daniel Bell
Pedophiles?
Cooper Taylor
That was an assassination.
Ryan Evans
Mental gymnastics
Noah Foster
Happens quite often. A friend of the family had the same thing said about him and he took his life. Turns out it was a lie but the damage was done.
Liam Gray
No disrespect to your family friend, but this guy was a real baddie. He got out because the rumors of the real bad stuff dropping soon were beginning to swirl. Also, he's a fucking nut.
youtube.com/watch?v=0b2fvZk82YI The guy in question is the dude with the rifle and the hat that says POPE in the center top, camera zooms in on him after a bit. That's not an acronym on his hat, either; he actually thinks he's the Pope of his little sect and can bring the dead back to life. He burned this church down for the insurance money and was arrested for arson, too.
Bonus: the guy in the Affliction shirt in the bottom row who just kind of wiggles his lips the entire time and doesn't actually sing.
Julian Morales
>Affliction shirt in the bottom row UC fed
Christian King
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Dylan Robinson
I mean, we shouldn't be surprised. For most of human history, females of reproductive age (now off-limits because we're not fucking idiots anymore) have been desirable mates. Tens of thousands of years of hard-wired sexual attraction doesn't go away because we figured out 12yos can't consent last century. Just about everyone who denies they find some teenagers attractive is lying to themselves.
The key is to, you know, not fucking act on it, the same way you don't jump any pretty woman walking down the street. And not just because it's merely illegal, but because it's immoral as well. You'd think such a highly Christian nation as America wouldn't have such a problem with this basic fucking concept, but here we are.
Carter Lee
>Mental gymnastics >Pic is you.
Dominic Sanchez
>Mental gymnastics >Pic is you
Nathaniel Phillips
This >Tens of thousands of years of hard-wired sexual attraction doesn't go away because we figured out 12yos can't consent last century. >The key is to, you know, not fucking act on it, the same way you don't jump any pretty woman walking down the street
