Clinton-Linked Pastor Arrested on Child Sex Charges
Corrigan Clay is the co-founder of the 'Apparent Project'
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A U.S. pastor linked to the Clintons, who adopted two orphans in Haiti, has been arrested on child sex abuse charges against one of his children, reports say.
Corrigan Clay is the co-founder of the “Apparent Project,” a non-profit charity organization established by his ex-partner Shelley Jean.
The group has been supported by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who also helped fund another of the pair’s entities, Papillion Enterprise, through Clinton Foundation grants.
Last year, child welfare authorities in Florida alleged that 43-year-old James Corrigan Clay “abused” and “sexually assaulted” one of his underage children.
On March 10, Clay was arrested by federal agents, according to an unsealed indictment.
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Both families of Shelley Jean and Corrigan Clay have not taken any public stance on the assault of one of their co-parented children.
This also included Shelly Jean, who was said to have hidden behind justice system instructions and avoided indication to whether she was aware of the abuse prior to the arrest.
But Jean said the children have only lived with her since her learning of the incidents, according to Ayibo Post.
As The National Post noted:
Clay, Jean, and CEO Marilyn Monaghan founded Apparent Project, designed to “establish childcare for working parents, quality early education, and job skills that provide opportunities for the poor in Haiti.”
As with Papillion Enterprise, the Apparent Project has been visited and supported by former president Bill Clinton, alongside various other celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Kim Kardashian, displayed in a now-deleted blog post from Clay in 2012:
“Donna Karan, The Gap, Macy’s, Chan Luu, and Disney have marketed our jewelry, and our celebrity clients have included Bill Clinton, Oprah, Rainn Wilson, Olivia Wilde, Maria Bello, Petra Nemcova, Ben Stiller, and Kim Kardashian.”
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Clay’s now-deleted post also included a 2016 letter from a deprived seventeen-year-old Haitian girl expressing her desire to “make love” with him in order to aid her sister with access to medical surgery.
Though Clay said he helped the teenage girl without the requirement of sexual deeds, he admitted to lingering on her proposal due to personal loneliness.
The Clinton Foundation has long touted its ties to Papillion and related groups over the past decade.
In 2016, it was announced that Papillion had “grown from less than 100 employees and approximately $150,000 in annual revenues when we first started working with her, including a Foundation investment of $150,000, to now over 300 employees and over $1.2 million a year in revenues.”
It was later alleged that close ties remain between the Clinton Foundation and Shelley Jean’s organizations.
Jean continues to attend Clinton Global Initiative meetings in New York.
Her ex-partner and co-founder Corrigan Clay faces up to thirty years in prison if convicted.
