Jesse Lee Peterson. Photo By Ryan Krebs, via Wikimedia Commons
Several men have come forward to say they had sexual relationships with or were propositioned by virulently anti-LGBTQ+ minister Jesse Lee Peterson, reports The Advocate.
The allegations have emerged through Church Militant, a far-right Catholic group and website, and a subsequent investigation by The Daily Beast. “Two of [Peterson’s] former male associates came out in June with on-the-record interviews saying they engaged in sexual activities with him, while other men say he propositioned them,” the Beast reports. “These allegations about the pastor — who in public is staunchly heterosexual — have ripped like an earthquake through the manosphere, prompting some of Peterson’s allies to abandon him and prompting one manosphere conference to ban him.”
The “manosphere” is a “hyper-masculine right-wing internet community,” the Beast explains, and Peterson is one of its biggest stars.
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