Bigamist Julia Bish is now in Nebraska---married to a church volunteer---where she is now known as Julia McGovern. Prior to McGovern, she married Judah and Hunt while married to Randy Bish.
There is also an outstanding warrant for her arrest in Pennsylvania because she failed to appear in court last year. It is unclear whether Pennsylvania will extradite her back to face charges, as they only usually do that in felony cases. Also, bigamy is classified as a misdemeanor in Pennsylvania.
Read more of Matthew Hansen's article in the Lincoln Journal Star.
DEAR Brian. I found this page while reseaching my own name yes my name is Brian L Bish I live in Melbourne AUSTRALIA. Its a sad story I feel sad for Randy she obviously is mentally unstable. I pray by now it has all settled down and you have some closure God Bless.
Posted by: Brian Bish | May 22, 2009 at 02:44 AM
There is no real justice anywhere is there?
Posted by: texanrose | March 30, 2006 at 11:38 AM
Amazing what some people will do to hide the wrongs that they do to others. Overjustification and blaming of the victims is a common thing: It is hard for children. I feel for those children of Mr. Bish. It is sad that Julia could have children and women out there that want children and know how to be a nurturing mother can't have them.
It breaks my heart over and over again to see so many callous people continue to get away with what they do to others. I should know I am a victim. It is so bad that victims are ostracized because we believed those that said they loved us. I cannot get over the heartache those children are going through. No child should be unloved by their mothers. I feel for them, for I know what it is like not to have a mother's love, but the important thing is this: they have the love of their family the Bishes, and that will help them heal. It won't let them get over the trauma their mother put them in. Good Luck to you Randy and to your children. My prayers are with you. This is a hard thing you are going through, and it won't be easy. The society that we live in appears to cater to the criminal mind and not the victims, that is why it is an uphill battle. God Bless.
Posted by: texanrose | March 30, 2006 at 12:22 AM
My name is Brian Bish. On Father’s Day 2004, I received a very upsetting phone call from my brother, Randy. He had just discovered that Julia, his wife of 14 years and mother of their five children, was not just his wife. He learned that, at that time, she was married to at least 2 other men. I can’t begin to tell you in a brief letter how devastating this has been to our family. I am pleased to say though, that Randy now has full custody of the children, and all of us are working to rebuild our lives.
Julia’s story has changed and she may be confused. The following facts, however, are undisputed
• Just last week, Julia told a reporter from the Lincoln Journal Star that “she didn’t know she was still married to Bish when she married Judah and Hunt.” If this is true, why did Julia attend almost every Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas dinner, and family function with my brother Randy from 1990-2003?
• Julia had four more children with my brother after 1994, which is when she claims she was no longer married to him. In addition, three of these children were thrown large baptism parties which were attended by both sides of our family.
• Julia told her five children that she was sick and dying of cancer. She also used this to explain her absences from the home to our family. Today we have no proof that Julia ever had cancer.
• Julia was still living in Pennsylvania with Randy Bish when she went to Las Vegas to marry Lawrence Judah in 2002 and Mark Hunt in 2004.
• Every year until 2003, Julia filed taxes with the US Government as Mrs. Julia Bish, wife of Randy Bish. This is nine years after she said she was divorced.
• On February 8, 2005, Julia appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, defending her actions as a bigamist, yet in March of 2006 she told the Journal Star that she “didn’t know she was still married to Bish”. Read the transcripts on www.cnn.com and you will see that her story keeps changing.
• Julia has failed to appear in court in Pennsylvania to clear the matter.
I sincerely hope Julia finds the help she needs, and the courage to face the consequences of her actions.
-Brian S. Bish
Posted by: Brian S. Bish | March 23, 2006 at 11:26 AM
I am Randy's father. My wife and I kept the 5 kids for 14 1/4 months. She filed false charges against Randy nd the court put his kids up for a foster home. We took them in. These kids could not sleep at night. They would wake up all hours crying and screaming. After dark they would not go outside or near a window. They thought she might be out there waiting to get them. I did see her and kevin siting in our driveway watching our house. We took them for counseling once a week. The whole time we had them she never tried to contact the kids at all. She once told me that she now has 5 kids and if she has anymore she would kill it. I see in the paper that she lost a child. It should be investigated. Her 2nd oldest son told me she tried to kill him 2 different times.T hey had applied for a divorce several years ago. They had 2 weeks to go and she come back home crying "Please take me back!" He took her back. She had lived with a nother person for almost a year and had a baby to the man. That is the one she has threatened to kill. Randy and Julia gt a large settlement for an accident at a motel. She took all that money and run. When that money was done she'd come back to Randy. Randy and the 5 kids have suffered greatly from her life style. It is about time she is punished for what she has done to her family. I feel sorry for the church members for what she has done.
Posted by: Duane Bish | March 18, 2006 at 03:17 PM
I have met the person in question and I had a funny feeling from the start about her. Why would anyone from Pennsylvania and Michigan move to a very small town in Nebraska. Most would move to the big city to find the job. I am glad she has been exposed and caught for her crimes. I am very sorry for the children that she has brought into this mess. This shows that this woman is not mature. What was she thinking that she could just up and ruin all of these lives?? And it is a very good thing that the church they attend have not granted them leadership roles, those are roles one must earn and neither one in my book have earned those roles.
Posted by: Russ Killion | March 17, 2006 at 11:31 PM
I'm the pastor of the church that Julia Bish has been attending with Kevin McGovern. Kevin is not a deacon. Both Kevin and Julia have been involved as volunteer helpers but neither have been granted leadership roles in our church.
Beyond that, it is hard to put our feelings into words at this time. In a small midwestern town you like to think you can trust folks and not need to interrogate newcomers.
Posted by: Tom Swartley | March 17, 2006 at 08:48 AM
Can we put her and Ed Hicks in a cage together?
The article really didn't say too much about how she treated her children, what a lousy mother she is, etc.
And I had to laugh at the "i thought it would die down" comment. Her and the new husband saying Randy Bish was 'out to ruin their lives' sounds a lot like the 'get over it' and 'scorned women' comments the female victims get. Unbelieveable. She shouldn't be out walking around free with the rest of humanity.
Posted by: Fighter | March 16, 2006 at 11:01 PM