Louisiana Voice

This is the story of a monster—a Louisiana monster who carried out his “utterly evil” acts while hiding behind the facade of piety of a so-called man of God.

It’s about the SEVEN-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE of Pentecostal pastor Milton Otto Martin III of Chalmette in St. Bernard Parish, more readily known as the site of 1814’s Battle of New Orleans.

Martin was sentenced after being found guilty of indecent behavior with a juvenile but acquitted of carnal knowledge

While the nation’s attention is fixated on who is or isn’t in the Jeffrey Epstein files, society turns a blind eye to a child sex-abuse scandal that literally dwarfs anything Epstein and his high-rollers pals may have done.

This is not to diminish the scope or severity of the abuses of Epstein, et al, but to turn the gaze away from them at least long enough to look at the much bigger problem of child sex-abuse by members of the clergy.

And this is not just about the sordid story of the attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up activity by hundreds of priests—we’ve read about those. It’s about a much quieter pandemic of abuse by Protestant clergy and far too many cases of SEX ABUSE IN THE POLITICAL REALM outside the Epstein circle of friends.

This is the story of one of literally thousands of church officials who shield themselves behind the cloak of decency and goodness in order to inflict a lifetime of guilt, shame, and trauma on children who have been taught to trust them because they are servants of God.

Yes, 147 lawmakers in 44 states, but that’s miniscule when compared to the 1700 CATHOLIC PRIESTS and 700 SOUTHERN BAPTIST PREACHERS implicated in DOCUMENTED SEX-ABUSE CASES.

Typically, Martin blamed his victim, now 30 but at the time only 16, claiming he was unable to resist the temptation that she presented.

It’s a time-honored fallback strategy of ministers outed for have sexual relationships with young girls, especially in the Independent Fundamental Baptist Church, which is not far removed from the Pentecostal faith. Invariably, it falls upon the young victim to stand before the congregation and beg forgiveness for tempting the poor pastor. And just as frequently, the congregation rallies to the minister’s side while ostracizing the young female “sinner.”

In Martin’s case, he was said to have told her at the time he was molesting her that her “world would turn upside down” if she reported his crimes, which consisted of engaging in oral sex with her and conducting indecent behavior on her between the ages of 15 and 17.

Further evidence of the rampant hypocrisy among these disciples of God, in 2025 alone, 188 ANTI-LGBQ+ SO-CALLED “CHRISTIANS” had been accused of child abuse just through early November, a number that well may have exceeded 200 by year’s end.

And lest anyone think I’m taking dead aim only at Republicans, be assured that this sickness knows no political disposition; it wraps its tenacles around REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE.

That is what prompted me to write The Dinosaur Club, a book about child sex-trafficking throughout American society, politicians, law enforcement, Catholic, Protestant, adoption agencies, foster homes and group homes. It’s about a handful of retired newspaper reporters, all in their late 70s and early 80s who calling themselves the Dinosaurs, stumble upon a child sex-trafficking enterprise and after doing quick comb-overs, stocking up on Depends, Metamucil and blood pressure and heart medication, insert their hearing aids, grab their walkers and dentures, embark on one last writing assignment to expose the perpetrators.

The book will be out in a few weeks. The price of the book will be $30, including shipping. You may reserve your copy now by clicking HERE and scrolling down to the yellow DONATE button to pay by credit card or you may mail a check to Tom Aswell, 107 North College Street West, Denham Springs, Louisiana 70725.