The repo's strongest pastor-period controversy layer for Scott Bottoms remains retained Colorado reporting, not newly recovered sermon video or official hearing transcripts. A follow-up recovered current and archived Church at Briargate media-channel metadata, including archived Sounder podcast pages, but did not recover the specific older sermons underlying the reported 2017-2022 items. The campaign-finance controversy layer is stronger after recovery of the ED2026-01 complaint attachment; it remains an allegation / cure-process record, not proof of a final violation.
| Date | Venue / role | Source type | Confidence | Why controversial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 sermon, exact date not yet recovered | Church at Briargate pastor | secondary reporting summarizing sermon | medium | Reporting says Bottoms described homosexuality as a satanic deception; underlying sermon capture not retained in this pass. |
| 2019-01-27 | Church at Briargate pastor | secondary reporting summarizing sermon | medium | Reporting describes comments rejecting a social-persecution explanation for gay youth suicide risk; underlying sermon capture not retained. |
| 2020 sermon, exact date not yet recovered | Church at Briargate pastor | secondary reporting summarizing sermon | medium | Reporting says Bottoms repeated election-related conspiracy claims, including language around Jeffrey Epstein and the 2020 presidential election. |
| 2021-03 sermon, exact date not yet recovered | Church at Briargate pastor | secondary reporting summarizing sermon | medium | Reporting says Bottoms compared U.S. political / sexual corruption to Rome's decline and treated politics as inseparable from spiritual conflict. |
| 2021-08 sermon, exact date not yet recovered | Church at Briargate pastor | secondary reporting summarizing sermon | medium | Reporting says Bottoms made vaccine / mark-of-the-beast comparisons. |
| 2021-12-15 | Church at Briargate pastor | secondary reporting summarizing sermon | medium | Reporting says Bottoms used hostile language toward Islam and Hinduism; underlying sermon capture not retained. |
| 2022-05-22 | Church at Briargate pastor | secondary reporting summarizing sermon | medium | Reporting says Bottoms taught that sickness comes from Satan; controversial as spiritual-health framing. |
| 2022-09 sermon, exact date not yet recovered | Church at Briargate pastor | secondary reporting summarizing sermon | medium | Reporting says Bottoms discussed pop-culture or alien imagery as satanic mindset formation. |
| 2022-11-27 | Church at Briargate pastor, after Club Q attack | secondary reporting summarizing sermon | medium | Reporting says Bottoms rejected claims that Christian rhetoric contributes to anti-LGBTQ violence; underlying sermon capture not retained. |
| Date | Venue / role | Source type | Confidence | Why controversial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-06 | Church at Briargate pastor / near-candidate period | secondary reporting plus official committee date context | medium | Reporting links sermon language about Colorado abortion policy and church power to his near-immediate entry into the legislative race. |
| 2022 campaign period | HD15 candidate and pastor | secondary reporting | medium | Retained reporting covers statements about demons, transgender people, furries, and education politics. |
| Date | Venue / role | Source type | Confidence | Why controversial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 legislative session | Colorado legislator | secondary reporting plus official bill-page leads | medium-high | Reporting and official bill links place Bottoms behind personhood / anti-abortion legislation criticized as extreme because of implications for abortion patients and providers. |
| 2024-2025 reporting period | Colorado legislator | secondary reporting | medium | Retained reporting says Bottoms rejected evolution science and made disputed or baseless claims on age-of-consent / sexual policy issues. |
| 2026 legislative session | Colorado legislator | official bill page | high for bill sponsorship, interpretive caution for controversy | Official page lists bills on abortion-clinic regulation, minor sex-altering interventions, female sports, child trafficking penalties, and personally identifying features; most were postponed indefinitely on the reviewed page. |
| Date | Venue / role | Source type | Confidence | Why controversial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | TRACER complaint ED2026-01 |
official TRACER page and recovered attachment | high for existence, attachment text, allegations, and cure-deadline notice; no finding on final merits | Elections Division complaint against Bottoms, subject PROHIBITED CONTRIBUTIONS ALLEGED, status open on reviewed page, with a cure-deadline disposition. The recovered attachment alleges over-limit contributions, anonymous cash contributions, and incomplete contributor disclosures in 2025 RCEs. |