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Tom LoBianco, Raconteur, reporter, author, 24sight News @24sight.news · Nov 14
The Survivors of Stormfront

Nathan Peternel’s discussions with teens about sex, youth group hazing culture, scarred a generation who left Indiana church decades ago

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The Survivors of Stormfront
Nathan Peternel’s discussions with teens about sex, youth group hazing culture, scarred a generation who left Indiana church decades ago
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December 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Indiana pastor Nathan Peternel regularly pried congregants about sex in pre-marital counseling, per documents

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith announces Christmas Eve services canceled at embattled Life Church

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Indiana pastor Nathan Peternel regularly pried congregants about sex in pre-marital counseling, per documents
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith announces Christmas Eve services canceled at embattled Life Church
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December 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Nathan Peternel says son hacked sex videos of him and wife while high

Head of Indiana lieutenant governor’s church does not address abuse reports, says he will continue leading church

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Peternel says son hacked sex videos of him and wife while high
Head of Indiana lieutenant governor’s church does not address abuse reports, says he will continue leading church
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December 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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#Pooligans! I'm on at 430p with the Julie Mason on SiriusXM 124 - tune in!
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Guess what? I've got @nkellyin.bsky.social on the show at 2p ET to talk about Indiana Redistricting

Boom

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(Here's a photo of us making the news happen in 2015)
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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dominicervolina.com Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · Nov 23
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.

“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"

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7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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@24sight.news Yes, SIR!
Awesome journalist Tom LoBianco appears on the only news station I can deal with.
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Nathan Peternel says he can’t be fired by church board, says state Pentecostal leaders can yank him

Embroiled Pentecostal leader and employer of Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith has rebuffed concerns about sex talk with teens, congregation

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Peternel says he can’t be fired by church board, says state Pentecostal leaders can yank him
Embroiled Pentecostal leader and employer of Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith has rebuffed concerns about sex talk with teens, congregation, but declined interview requests
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November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Indiana Lt. Gov. Beckwith, state director of Assemblies of God McAtee tell congregation to ignore Peternel sex abuse reports

Head of powerful Life Church pried teens about sex in graphic detail, Peternel son facing four felony counts of child pornography

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Indiana Lt. Gov. Beckwith, state director of Assemblies of God McAtee tell congregation to ignore Peternel sex abuse reports
Head of powerful Life Church pried teens about sex in graphic detail, Peternel son facing four felony counts of child pornography
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November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Indiana folks, please read this and share with family, friends etc
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Friends, if you’ve been reading my current reporting on the Life Church Indiana sex abuse scandal, highly recommend this important reporting from NBC News

(And look for an update on Indiana stuff tomorrow at www.24sight.news)

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November 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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The Survivors of Stormfront

Nathan Peternel’s discussions with teens about sex, youth group hazing culture, scarred a generation who left Indiana church decades ago

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The Survivors of Stormfront
Nathan Peternel’s discussions with teens about sex, youth group hazing culture, scarred a generation who left Indiana church decades ago
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November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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I was in the Anderson, Indiana courtroom Friday when Jonathan Peternel, son of top adviser and Beckwith employer Nathan Peternel, got a public defender in the bizarre, gruesome case rocking one of the state’s most politically connected churches

Here’s what I saw

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Beckwith adviser's son gets public defender as church scandal grows
A dispatch from the courtroom where the son of a politically powerful preacher is facing four felony charges of child sex abuse and exploitation
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November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Peternel pried teen girl about sex life in closed-door ‘counseling’, woman says

Adviser to Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith pressured pregnant 17-year-old Paige and fiancé with lurid questions in 2016, Paige tells 24sight News

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Peternel pried teen girl about sex life in closed-door ‘counseling’, woman says
Adviser to Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith pressured pregnant 17-year-old Paige and fiancé with lurid questions in 2016, Paige tells 24sight News
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November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Congress can’t expense things, begins feeling the heat in shutdown

“The charge cards ... are not working right now, ... to buy MailChimp account, Canva accounts, Twitter once a year, premium stuff like that,” the staffer said. “So that’s a problem.”

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Congressional offices grapple with frozen charge cards, lapsed subscriptions as shutdown drags on
'Some of your more junior staff are probably going to be feeling the heat'
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October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Well this Indiana redistricting sounds about as locked in as it was back when the White House started twisting arms months ago, accdg to my reporting

I’ll have some updates on that, and behind scenes on how I do reporting at Noon ET

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LIVE SOON: How I report highly sensitive stories
Starting Oct 28 at 12:00 PM EDT
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October 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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From @kenvogel.bsky.social's new book.
Inside Paul Manafort’s Comeback
The pardoned political consultant is helping foreign clients — by giving them a MAGA makeover
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October 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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This Life Church, Jonathan Peternel story has gotten lots of questions and comments, so Im doing a special Substack live at 12p tomorrow w/ a behind the scenes look at the reporting

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LIVE SOON: How I report highly sensitive stories
Starting Oct 28 at 12:00 PM EDT
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October 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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On the “disciple of Satan!” in Indiana’s redistricting fight

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Wimping the vote in Indiana
President Trump's social media army sees a specter blocking their path to total Hoosier domination
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October 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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#Pooligans !! Catch me at 445p ET today with Julie Mason!! It has been a minute, so count on some insanity
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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And it's official, Indiana is next up in the Trump-directed redistricting fight, starting one week from now

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Indiana governor calls special session to redraw state’s congressional boundaries for Trump
Indiana lawmakers have the sole power to draw new maps, and Republicans hold supermajorities in both chambers of the Indiana Legislature.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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This needs to be bigger news.
24sight.news Tom LoBianco, Raconteur, reporter, author, 24sight News @24sight.news · Oct 26
Pastor/Beckwith adviser speaks of son’s arrest on child porn charges for first time in Sunday video played to congregants

Nathan Peternel says video of him and wife having sex may have been bad judgment, but didn't say who made video

Qs directed to Peternel lawyer

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Beckwith adviser Peternel responds to son's child porn charges in Sunday video
The head of Life Church, Nathan Peternel, told congregants said video discovered of him and wife having sex may not have been wise, per person who saw video
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October 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said on Sunday that he will consider running for president after the 2026 midterm elections.
Newsom Says He Will Consider a 2028 Presidential Run After the Midterms
The California governor acknowledged in an interview Sunday on CBS that he would give the question serious thought after the 2026 elections.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Oh shit guys, I'm updating for clarity!!!! It was *not* the video of them having sex that was played before the whole congregation
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This refers to the video message to the congregation but it’s an entertaining read given that’s not super clear at first.
October 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM