IDAHO
Southern Poverty Law Center
Bill Morlin
October 30, 2015
A long-haul trucker is under investigation in Idaho and Washington State on suspicion of sexually abusing at least 10 boys, including some while he was affiliated with a hard-core, anti-Semitic church.
Kevin G. Sloniker, 30, was arrested in Menomonie, Wis., and extradited to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where he was booked into the Kootenai County Jail on Oct. 9. Sloniker faces felony charges of rape and lewd conduct involving two underage boys, The Spokesman-Review reported this week.
Authorities say Sloniker, now in jail on a $1 million bond, is suspected of sexually abusing at least eight other boys over the past decade. Some of the alleged abuse occurred when Sloniker took the boys with him while traveling as a long-haul truck driver. He also is under investigation in Spokane County for allegedly sexually abusing and whipping a young boy at his parents’ home in Latah, Wash.
Sloniker became a truck driver after working as a counselor at Immaculate Conception Church in Post Falls, Idaho, which is part of the Society of Saint Pius X, and studying to become a church priest. Church officials have refused comment on the criminal case.
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