Add To Watchlist

ROYAL-ORDER-OF-JESTERS

The Vine
NJ man who played Santa imprisoned for sex tourism
Source: Google

While acknowledging his crimes, he claimed that Internet chat postings in which he bragged about abusing other boys as young as 4 were the equivalent of playing a role and did not reflect his true personality. "I'm not that person," he said.

Two men face 6cm HALF years for overseas child sex - al.com
Source:

These guys admitted to going overseas to have sex with kids and their sentences might get reduced for testifying against the guy who organized the trips. Makes you wonder what's going on behind the scenes as this could happen to former fishing tour operator, Richard Schair.

The Next Right Thing

It's Sunday and I feel like preaching. Time for a little evangelical journalism. It's time to pray that a Brazilian federal judge does the next right thing, especially with Rio getting the Olympic nod.

Tax Returns Reveal Jesters Controlled by "Secret Order of Brothers in Blood," Jester Officer Links National Court to Fishing Tour Operator Indicted in Brazil Child Sex Case

I was puttering around the other night and got the urge to find the Jesters most recent tax returns. I found them on Guidestar and armed with a yellow highlighter, sticky notes and legal pad, began scanning the categories, dollars and answers reported.

Newsitorial: Schair's Failed Application for Habeas Corpus Confirms Indictment, Implicates Jesters

Disclaimer and Adult Content Warning: This is called a "newsitorial" because investigative journalism doesn't need to be dry, dull and boooring.

Editorial: Filings Fly Prior to Tills Sentencing for Jester Prostitution

Former Judge Ronald Tills is being sentenced tomorrow for pleading guilty to violating the Mann Act.

Richard W. Schair v Newsvine Dismissed as Brazilian Judge Accepts Rape & Underage Prostitution Case Against Him

Richard Schair's motion to dismiss was granted last Friday after defendant Newsvine moved his libel and defamation complaint against the MSNBC online subsidiary to federal court.

Former Potentate of Hampton Roads Shriners arrested on child porn charges
Source: WTKR

This former potentate does not appear to be a member of the Royal Order of Jesters, currently under federal investigation for child sex tourism.

Trowbridge sentenced, no prison time, in Jester Prostitution Investigation
Source: WIVB.com

Retired police captain John Trowbridge got off light for his part in the Buffalo Royal Order of Jester prostitution ring.

Shriner/Jester Court Updates, Brazilian Indictment & My Statement to the Buffalo News

Here are updates in two Shriner and Jester court cases, news that the owner of the fishing tour business who took members of the Royal Order of Jesters (ROJ) fishing on the Amazon has closed shop and has been indicted by Brazilian authorities as well as my reaction to a ROJ spoke …

Royal Order of Jester (ROJ) Resource & Poll

Editor's Note: This resource was created as a public service for those wanting to know more about the Shriners' secret sub-group, the Royal Order of Jesters.

Anguish of story can haunt journalists
Source: The Washington Times

This article addresses what I experienced as I read the depositions of those Brazilian Indian girls that described being lured into child sex tourism.

East West Shrine Game Loses Nearly $2 Million Over Four Years, Operating Illegally?

If you've followed this investigation the past two and a half years, you know my process. I get up before the sun, nuke a cup of coffee from the day before and start reading nonprofit tax returns or some other equally exciting documents.

Ashland, Kentucky Daily Independent reports N.Y. official convicted in Jester prostitution case
Source: Daily Independent (Ashland, KY)

A newspaper in Ashland, Kentucky picks up on their end of the FBI's investigation into the Royal Order of Jesters prostitution scandal.

ICE officer indicted on child-porn charge
Source: The Boston Globe

A federal immigration officer was arrested for allegedly having sex with an 11-year-old child, and photographing the acts, while on official business in Brazil.

No charges for Spitzer in probe of prostitution : Home: The Buffalo News
Source: The Buffalo News

This Buffalo News article about lack of prosecution in the Spitzer case mentions how Judge Ronald Tills pleaded guilty to violating the Mann Act for getting prostitutes to parties of the Royal Order of Jesters, the secret sub-group of the Shriners.

Editorial: Shriners Hustle Justin Timberlake, the PGA Tour and NASCAR's David Ragan?

Note: Updated with links 9/30/08. Celebrities who support charities have been in the news lately. Passionate philanthropist Paul Newman passed on last Saturday. MSNBC ran a story last Friday about celebrities and their charities. It explains:

Brazilian Amazon Travel Agency Signs Agreement to Fight Child Sex Tourism
Source: brazil mag dot com

Amazon Tours owner Philip Marsteller recently signed an agreement with ECPAT to fight child sex tourism.

Jester Confesses to Wife He Organized Prostitutes

Editor's Note: This is the third of three stories that links the Royal Order of Jesters to prostitution.

Trowbridge Sentencing Delayed as Jester Prostitution Investigation Links to Sex Trafficking

Editor's note: Insert Adult Disclaimer here. Twenty years ago, the Orlando Sentinel reported that whistleblowers had alerted them to how a Shriner circus ticket scam was reported to police who failed to investigate allegedly because they were also Shriners.

This area needs news. Click here to seed the vine