Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Dori Contreras of the 13th Court of Appeals in Texas regarding a matter of public concern surrounding Richard Galvan.
Watched the Harvey Weinstein documentary called “Untouchable” last night. I highly suggest it. It was and eye opening documentary for me. All of the assaults were preventable, if more people would have stood up and spoke out against it.
Standing idly by or quietly (ESPECIALLY after the court has already deemed an assault criminal, and a matter of public concern), is enabling, and empowering criminals like Richard Galvan and Harvey Weinstein to continue to commit assaults against other innocent victims. Richard Galvan had enough warning signs (publicly documented) to keep him away from ANY type of leadership over young women.
Do you know why Richard Galvan (and many sex predators like Weinstein) are able to sexually assault these girls? Because churches, schools, organizations, and people ignored the warning signs.
Calvary Christian School in Harlingen, Texas knew about Richard Galvans prostitution arrest by doing a background check and still allowed him to coach the girls basketball team.
Bill and Anne Moore (pastors of Livingway Family Church in Brownsville/Harlingen) refused to ever hear the truth about Richards assault, and instead threatened to sue us for speaking out and blocked us on social media.
The RGV Fellowship of Christian Athletes (in which Galvan was on the board, as well as a minister) ignored our warnings, and blocked us on social media.
Legends Junior Tour has ignored every attempt made to warn them about Richard Galvans actions, in an attempt to protect young female golfers from him by warning their parents.
LTISDSchools has blocked us from multiple school ran accounts for our attempts to notify them of The Galvans criminal behavior. They have ignored it, and done nothing (that we have been told) to prevent Richard from having access to young girls at the school, nor have they made any attempts to warn parents who’s daughters may be in close proximity to the Galvans.
Then we have friends and acquaintances of the Galvans. Some have told us “be careful he’s a shark”, some have told us “I always knew something was off with him”, most have said they never liked Richard or Sonia. Some have decided to stay manipulated by the Galvans and allow their daughters to be around them… I assume out of fear. No matter why, it’s undeniably asinine as a parent to allow Richard anywhere close to a young women.
This behavior only continues when people do and say nothing. Richard Galvan (like Weinstein) preyed on weakness and used their perceived power to sexually abuse women. The truth is, the characteristics of a predator are all very similar. Harvey Weinstein used his power to coerce girls to have sex with them and he would help their career, while Richard said it would heal Hannah spiritually. The warning signs are the same. We must speak out against it. Click video below to see some clips that stood out.
Taken from “Untouchable” The documentary about Harvey Weinstein.
This website was created to expose the vile sexual acts of Richard Galvan, as well as he and Sonia Galvan’s malicious attempts to silence and bully the victim of his assault through a lawsuit. Between being arrested for prostitution, raping a 17 year old girl, admitting it, and then suing the victim and her husband for speaking out after admitting it, we want to know if there are other stories regarding Richard and Sonia Galvan that are similar in nature. If you have any concerns, complaints, or know anyone who has been abused or harassed in any way by Richard Galvan, we would love to hear from you. Has Richard Galvan sexually assaulted you? Has Richard or Sonia Galvan tried to bully, scam, or harass you? Please send us email toexposerichardgalvan@gmail.com
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The South Texas Fellowship of Christian Athletes was notified about Richard Galvan’s prior sexual deviant behavior, as well as Bill Moore and Anne Moore of Livingway Family Church in Brownsville, TX. Richard Galvan served on the board for the FCA and was a member of Livingway Family Church, who according to the Melissa Barrera-Sosa (executive assistant to Bill and Anne Moore) was “a very active member”. The South Texas FCA blocked Blaine from being able to send messages via FB, nor would they speak to him over the phone about the serious allegations. He attempted to reach Nathan Jones (Multi Area Director) and Catherine Bain (Administrative Assistant). Bain also seems to run their FB page, and assumptively is who blocked Blaine from being able to send messages. The National FCA did take the matters serious enough and spoke to the Crews’s Attorney, but none of the leaders at the local level would.
The same can be said of Pastors Bill and Anne Moore of Livingway Family Church in Brownsville, TX who not only refused to speak about the matters, but their executive assistant Melissa Barrera- Sosa filed a sworn affidavit attempting to assist the Galvans by claiming Blaine went from “cordial to upset” when he was notified the pastors wouldn’t speak to him. That would be a normal emotion if an attempt to speak to the head pastors of a church (that assumptively has many young women who attend) refused to speak to you about matters that may protect said young women. It should have been at the very least a simple phone call from the pastors to hear the truth of these allegations for themselves. Instead, Bill Moore and Anne Moore not only refused to speak to the Crews’s or their attorney about the sexaul assault (which was criminal in nature), they seem to have allowed their assistant to assist Richard Galvan and Sonia Galvan by filing an affidavit (shown below). Oddly enough, when the Crews’s attorney called Living Way Family Church and spoke to one of the church secretaries, she said Bill and Anne Moore weren’t familiar with the Galvans. This is a lie. Richard Galvan admitted in his depositions that Bill Moore called him and text him regarding this situation multiple times. Their assistant Melissa Barrera- Sosa also states in her affidavit that the Bill Moore and Anne Moore met with Richard Galvan and Sonia Galvan. The truth is it seems The Moore’s are trying to cover for a sexual predator, or simply ignoring the truth. Either way, they are failing to do what is necessary to protect the young women of their church. The church has also deleted several comments on their social media platforms regarding the information, and Anne Moore blocked Blaine on social media.
Ideally, when you call to notify a church or school organization about something as disturbing and criminal as what Richard Galvan did to a 17 year old girl they would take the matters extremely serious. When we send our young people to school, or church, we expect the leaders or anyone in authority to be properly vetted for the protection of the students and young people. Also, it should be expected that matters are taken seriously by leadership when an attempt to speak the truth about the sexual assault of a teenage girl occurs. Pastors Bill and Anne Moore should be ashamed of themselves, as well as the behavior of the South Texas FCA. Even after the 13th Court of Appeals Opinion stating it was a matter of public concern, as well as admissions by Richard and Sonia Galvan’s own depositions neither the Administration from the South Texas FCA nor Pastors Bill and Anne more have yet to respond or reach out to the Crews’s or their attorney for comments.
*UPDATE*
After two years of ignoring the facts Livingway sent Blaine a FB message. It speaks for itself. Following the message and “threat” they blocked Blaine from being able to respond, as did the Youth Pastor of Livingway – Ryan Moore. So, the 13th Court of Appeals has deemed the actions of Richard Galvan a matter of public concern, Richard and Sonia’s depositions have admissions of criminal behavior and lies, and Livingway Family Church believes since they didn’t know the Galvan’s when the events took place, it’s none of their business… and we should let it go. The church is supposed to be a place of protection. Also remember- they filed an affidavit in support of the Galvan’s, and now want to act like they’ve had no part in this. They are hiding the truth, and trying to brush it under a rug.
This is the reason sexual predators are able to get away with their actions. Churches like Livingway are clearly only concerned with one thing… and it’s not protecting their young women.
Transcripts from Richard Galvans deposition below in which he acknowledges Pastor Bill Moore took his phone call, as well as called him back after Blaine attempted to reach him regarding Richard’s sexual assault, and criminal behavior. Yet, The Moore’s tried to act like they didn’t really know the Galvans. Oddly enough, Richard admits he called and told Bill Moore that Blaine threatened his children (not true). Richard later admitted in his deposition that was a lie. So- both pastors Bill and Anne Moore know the truth, they just refuse to acknowledge it.
Why would Bill Moore speak to an admitted sexual predator, but not the person speaking the truth regarding the allegations in an attempt to warn him that there was a sexual deviant in his church? Shouldn’t a pastor be concerned enough about the young women in his congregation to at least pick up the phone and call someone trying to speak about something like this? Instead, he has still to this day refused to speak to the Crews’s.
I want this to be clear. I have no ill feelings towards any of Richard or Sonia Galvans children, nor is it their fault that their father is a predator, and their mother is a lying enabler. They are innocent parties. However, Livingway Family Church hired their daughter on staff, and decided it would be a good idea to use her for a video regarding fasting. It wouldn’t normally be an issue, but the fact that there is ANY attempt by this “church” to allow the words “growing up my parents (Richard and Sonia Galvan) did this with us” to be promoted publicly in some way to show them in a good light is abhorrent.
Pastors Bill and Anne Moore have spent years completely silent regarding the truth, and in fact have never once publicly apologized for their lack of concern regarding a predator in their church. Now, it’s clear to say who’s side they are on, and it isn’t the side of truth.
The fact that they would allow a statement to be made by the daughter of a known predator (who the court had already deemed a matter of public concern) and her mother (who was caught in multiple counts of perjury in her deposition) is an attempt to suppress the truth and involvement surrounding the factual allegations made regarding the assault and subsequent lawsuit filed by the Galvans against Richards victim. This is not a real church.
Livingway Family Church posted the above video to their instagram page featuring Richard and Sonia Galvan’s daughter Elliana. Even after the courts determined Richard’s actions were a matter of public concern, they have yet to ever speak to The Crews’s, yet they will allow the daughter of a rapist to praise her parents for being Godly.
See below for the Affidavit of Melissa Barrera-Sosa, Executive Assistant for Livingway Family Church, as well as screenshots from the FCA showing they blocked Blaine from being able to send messages.
Clearly, Blaine was attempting to notify the pastors of Livingway Bill and Anne Moore. He became upset when they refused to speak about the matters. Why are Bill and Anne Moore, along with Melissa-Barerra Sosa attempting to assist a sexual predator?
Bill Moore posted a video to his instagram account about “cleaning your house”. He made comments about how we need to deal with all the things hidden, and make room for God. Well, immediately after posting this comment Blaine was blocked and the comment was deleted. This is the Moore’s M.O. They will tell you to clean your closet out, but block, and delete anyone who is exposing theirs. What do you expect though when the pastors of a church (after having the knowledge of the events) block the truth tellers, and follow the predators. The Galvan’s daughter speaking to students at Living Way Family Church in 2018 (around the time they were notified that Richard Galvan was a sexual predator). This was the very reason the church was called and expected to notify their church of a sexual predator in their midst. They failed to do so.Livingway Church keeps deleting comments and anything related to Richard and Sonia Galvan. Bill and Anne Moore have refused to acknowledge and address the fact that they have had a sexual predator in their church. Even after Richard has admitted it they still refuse to address it, and are only concerned with people not knowing about it. Richard and Sonia Galvan’s daughter is a member of the youth group there.
Showing Livingway Church in Brownsville keeps deleting comments to hide the truth. A church trying to protect a sexual predator. Is this what you would want from your pastors as parents of young women? Oddly enough Melissa-Barrera Sosa is the one singing in the picture.Shows the “message tab” removed, due to South Texas FCA blocking the ability to send messages from Blaine’s account. Showing the “send message” tab when logged into a different account. Showing they blocked messages coming from Blaine.
In 2007 and prior to her senior year of high school in Harlingen, TX, Hannah Crews (then Linn) suffered a break up with her high school sweet heart. Her youth pastor Richard Galvan hired her at his office, and began to counsel her. Richard told Hannah that the reason she was heartbroken was because of the physical attachment she had developed with her ex-boyfriend and “that the physical aspect of it caused her to be spiritually connected to her ex-boyfriend’s soul.” Richard explained to Hannah that the way to heal from her break up was through intimacy.
According to Hannah:
Richard would then bait me with his questions, asking, ‘so what do you think you need to do to move on from this pain?’ Richard made me think I needed to respond with ‘having sex,’ since he had just explained that sex brought healing. He then shook his head yes and told me that he would ‘help me out with this.’ Richard again told me that completing this physical act of sex would heal me spiritually, since the two (physical intimacy and spirituality) were tied together. He also convinced me that since I trusted him as my mentor, it was safest to go about it this way (having sex with him instead of someone else).
Nothing happened that day physically between us. It still took many more conversations to convince me that having sex with him (Richard) would help me heal. I even asked him during a later conversation, “But that means you would be taking my virginity,” of which he got angry with me, stepped close to my face, and said sternly, “No, I am not taking your virginity, you are giving it to me, because you are entrusting me to help you heal.” Since I had deep love and admiration for his wife Sonia, I would also ask him how it was okay to do this since he was married. He convinced me, over and over, that this act was a strictly physical action for a spiritual healing for me and me alone. But he also told me that she would never know about this, so I didn’t have to worry about this hurting her.
Finally, after weeks and weeks of conversation and manipulation and coercion and convincing in Mr. Galvan’s office, at the beginning of volleyball season before school started in August of 2007, I agreed to meet Richard at the La Quinta hotel in Mercedes, TX. Richard was fearful of being discovered that day, and even thought a car across the street was a hired investigator that was possibly watching us. We went upstairs, I agreed to sexual acts, and lost my virginity that day. Afterwards, I had to go to school and travel with my team to play in the first volleyball tournament of the pre-season. I was still 17 years old. And that was the first and last time I agreed to do anything physical with Richard Galvan for the rest of my life.
Hannah’s mother found out and confronted Richard. Richard then went to Hannah’s parents house and admitted what had happened to Hannah’s mother.
In October 2018, Hannah told her husband Blaine the details of the events that occurred. After learning of Richard Galvan’s identity, Blaine became very upset and obtained Sonia Galvan’s cell phone number and texted her. Richard called him back almost immediately. Blaine was concerned that Richard may “still be associating himself with youth and placing himself in a position to take advantage of other young women under his authority.” According to Blaine, during his conversation with Richard, Richard acknowledged that the events Blaine recounted about Richard’s sexual relationship with Hannah were true. Blaine told Richard and Sonia Galvan that he was concerned about Richard being around young women and that people needed the information about his interactions with Hannah to determine whether Richard should be around their daughters.
Blaine then called Calvary Christian School (where Richard and Sonia Galvan’s children attended, and Richard Galvan had coached the girls basketball team) and The Living-Way Family Church in Brownsville, TX (where the Galvan’s attended church). Blaine attempted numerous times to reach Pastors Bill Moore and Anne Moore and inform them of Richard’s past sexual misconduct with teenagers, especially since Richard and Sonia’s daughter was in the youth group there. Bill Moore and Anne Moore refused to speak about the matter to the Crews’s or the Crews’s attorney, and instead allowed their executive assistant Melissa Barerra-Sosa to sign a sworn affidavit attempting to assist the Galvan’s by stating “Blaine went from cordial to upset” after she told him the pastors wouldn’t speak to him. Since Richard was on the board for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in South Texas, he also reached out to them as well as the National FCA.
In or around November 2018, Richard and Sonia Galvan (The Galvan’s) filed a lawsuit against the Crews’s for Defamation Per Se, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, Public Disclosure of Private Facts, and Civil Assault. The Crews’s filed a Motion to Dismiss via the Texas Anti-Slapp Statute on the grounds of freedom of speech in regards to a matters of public concern in which the trial court denied. They immediately appealed the decision and took it before the 13th Court of Appeals in Texas in which the Memorandum Opinion written by Chief Justice Dori Contreras reversed the judgement of the trial court, dismissing the Defamation per se cause of action. The Galvan’s have since nonsuited all of their remaining causes of action against the Crews’s.
On June 9th, 2020 the Crews’s were awarded mandatory fees and sanctions. Click here for more information. The Crews’s have filed a counter-suit for Malicious Prosecution and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. That claim is still pending jury trial set for February 2022.
A photo of Richard Galvan preaching to high school aged children during an FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) event. Though he and Sonia Galvan claim in their depositions neither of them held any kind of leadership role over young people.One of the biggest concerns for Blaine Crews was that Richard Galvan was associating himself with young girls in a position of authority- like this photo above which shows him coaching a girls basketball team. Blaine (a father of a daughter himself), could not allow the previous admitted behavior of Richard Galvan to go unrecognized. It is the sole reason he contacted the schools, churches, and FCA organizations. The parents of girls just like the ones above have the right to know about Richard Galvan and Sonia Galvan. The girls faces have been blacked out to protect their identity. Taken from The Valley Morning Star showing Richard Galvan involved with the HCISD (Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District). The opinion from the 13th Court of Appeals in Texas believes the public has the right to know about Richard Galvan’s sexual misconduct, as it pertains to a matter of public concern.
