King, a prominent member of the republican party and former official at the franklin community federal credit union in omaha. The credit union provided lower socioeconomic loans, to people who arent as well off. Amand mentioned it in the comments to my post about masha. Omaha, lawrence king, boystown, sexual abuse, white house 1989. Dedicated to the children who have been, or will be, abused because of the franklin coverup. Mysteriously cancelled documentary tackles the franklin. Many thanks to tim tate for contributing this piece about the making of his documentary about the franklin scandal, conspiracy of silence. The franklin coverup by john decamp educateyourself. The franklin credit union scandal how the 1% conspiracy. Tim tate on the making of the franklin scandal documentary conspiracy of silence.
Franklin johnstown federal credit union is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience in accordance with ada standards and guidelines. Franklin mint federal credit union has provided financial products and services to its members in the greater philadelphia region and beyond since 1970. Featuring intrepid investigator john decamp, a highly decorated vietnam war veteran and 16year nebraska state senator. Is the franklin coverup scandal of child sextrafficking. To download a pirated copy of yorkshire televisions documentary of the franklin case, conspiracy of silence, and to read how it was kept off american television. The franklin credit union sex scandal mike cane 2008. During the 1980s, many of the children, such as alisha owen and paul bonacci, said that they had been used as drug couriers to bring cocaine in from the west coast for alan baer, larry king not larry king of cnn talk radio fame.
The franklin credit union sex scandal the indefatigable matthew st. A central figure in the franklin credit union scandal has asked for postconviction relief. Franklinoil region credit union is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience in accordance with ada standards and guidelines. Now most everyone who knows the name johnny gosch also knows of a scandal and coverup to follow called the franklin credit union scandal but the question for me became what does a boy kidnapped in west des moines iowa have anything to do with a savings and loan in omaha. This was the biggest pedophile scandal in the history of the u. While the courts ruled that the entire case was a carefully crafted hoax, theres plenty evidence to. Scanned image of full front page washington times article available here. Reporters for this newspaper examined hundreds of creditcard vouchers, drawn on both corporate and personal cards and made payable to the escort service operated by the homosexual ring.
Volumes could be written on the franklin credit union scandal. This documentary revealed that religious leaders and. While the courts ruled that the entire case was a carefully crafted hoax, theres plenty evidence to suggest otherwise. If you are using a screen reader or other auxiliary aid and are having. However, whatever caused it, it has sold well over 110,000 one hundred ten thousand copies.
What ultimately happened, and how the book got its name, the franklin scandal, is lawrence king was the manager of a credit union, the franklin credit union. Last night i watched the documentary, conspiracy of silence, available here via this twisty menu route. Although the film was never shown on television, a rough edit is available on youtube. As of 2019, there have been no arrests made and the case is now considered cold, but remains open his mother, noreen gosch, claimed that. The franklin sex scandal took place during the reaganbush 1 administration who were republicans. The franklin credit union scandal how the 1% including politicians created a massive satanic child prostitution ring the precursor to pizzagate this is not fake news.
In 1988, the raid and closure of the franklin federal credit union in omaha, nebraska revealed a child sex trafficking ring, mainly boys and, later, girls from boys town, nebraska, that included prominent members of society and government officials as the perpetrators. In 1993, discovery channel filmed a documentary on the franklin scandal but it never came out, it was pulled for some mysterious reason, but was released years later and can be seen online. It is about the franklin credit union scandal in omaha ne during the 80s. Online services franklin first federal credit union.
Hopefully, it will do some good for some and give courage to others to fight back and tell the truth. The scandal centered around the franklin community federal credit union, which was created to serve a poor black. The scandal centered around the actions of lawrence e. The allegations centered on the actions of lawrence e. The franklin scandal is the first book to tell the complete tale of a power elite pedophile ring in the us and also of the coverup of its heinous crimes. Thats a fact in court of law, although he never was convicted of it, only of the financial fraud charges connected to franklin credit union. There is no disputing that lawrence king ran a child prostitution ring. The franklin child prostitution ring allegations were a series of highprofile accusations and legal actions between 1988 and 1991 surrounding an alleged child sex ring serving prominent citizens of omaha, nebraska, as well as highlevel u.
Franklin credit union scandal omg is this for real. King was eventually arrested and convicted of embezzlement charges. Rising republican star larry king, who founded the franklin credit union, was at the center of the scandal. Donate here to help fund this movie a carefully crafted hoax by combining original footage, news clips, lost scenes from a suppressed documentary, conspiracy of silence, telephone recordings, classified documents, and interviews with the victims who are now adults, a carefully crafted hoax builds on the mountain of existing evidence to present a portrait of johnny, paul, alisha and the rest. Owen was convicted of perjury in 1991 for telling stories of sex parties involving her. Former senator john decamp helped make a documentary called conspiracy of silence.
Testimony from one man, paul bonacci, who claims he was involved in the abduction, led back to the still very controversial scandal around the franklin credit union in omaha, nebraska, a. This documentary exposed a network of religious leaders and washington politicians who flew children to washington d. We are actively working to increase accessibility and usability of our website to everyone. You are now leaving franklin first federal credit unions web site and are going to a web site that is not operated by the credit union.
Tim tate on the making of the franklin scandal documentary. Son of commonwealth savings owner s e copple, businessman in his own right, an exchampion wrestler with no prior health problems and parents who lived into their late eighties and nineties. It was clear earlyon that the local media, especially the omaha worldherald, wanted to kill the story. For this reason, most americans have never heard of it. Former republican senator john decamp was involved in the production a documentary called conspiracy of silence it was to.
Franklin credit union sex scandalfull disclosure facebook. Franklin community credit union, and pedophilia, lawrence e. The story received some newspaper coverage but there was a tv news media blackout on the subject. The credit union board hired an investigator named garry caradori that uncovered a pedophile, drug, and child prostitution ring involving top financial and. When the nebraska legislature launched a probe into the affair, what initially looked.
Documentary about johnny gosch to premiere in utah. Conspiracy of silence is a 56 minute documentary film detailing an alleged child sex scandal that involved many children from nebraska institution, boys town and lawrence king, or lawrence larry. A documentary about the scandal, conspiracy of silence, was listed in the tv guide to air on the discovery channel in may of 1993 but was mysteriously pulled without notice at the last minute. Former republican senator john decamp was involved in the production a documentary called conspiracy of silence it was to air may 3, 1994 on the discovery channel. Likewise, certain politicians and highranking government officials in washington wanted the same thing. The nebraska state senates primary franklin committee investigator gary caradoris march 14, 1990 notes revealed that on the day of the federal agents raid on franklin credit union, a large amount of pornographic material was taken out of the credit union, including videos. Fleur shows new johnny gosch film des moines register. Conspiracy of silence was a documentary about child trafficking in the u. November 4, 1988 was when the fbi, irs and ncua national credit union administration raided the franklin community federal credit union and closed its doors for good. A federal grand jury and the national credit union association investigated in detail the financial misdeeds that caused the credit union to fail. King, director of the franklin community federal credit union fcfcu in omaha and a nationallyprominent political figure who was active in the republican party. In 1989, he accused republican party activist and businessman lawrence e.
Conspiracy of silence is a powerful, disturbing documentary revealing a nationwide child abuse and pedophilia ring that leads to the highest levels of government. I have never spent one penny advertising or promoting this book. Franklin credit union childsex scandal four months after the story broke, spence was found dead. Conspiracy of silence banned discovery channel documentary. The franklin scandal a story of powerbrokers child abuse. Bonacci was recruited into and entrapped by the franklin pedophile network at the age of 12. Well the feds raided the franklin credit union in 1988it hadnt been audited in over. A confidential informant for caradori and his investigative firm, copple was a key behindthescenes activist fighting the coverup of the franklin case. The shutdown of omaha, nebraskas franklin community federal credit union, raided by federal agencies in november 1988, sent shock waves all the way to washington, d. Research omaha, coverup of sexual abuse that reached elite business and government in nebraska.
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