republican official / Christian school headmaster likes to punish kids (arrested twice)
Louisiana Republican official and pastor has stepped back from his post as headmaster of a Christian school after his second arrest in two months over alleged cruelty to children.
John Raymond, pastor of Slidell’s New Horizon church and an elected member of the St. Tammany Republican Parish Executive Committee, was arrested Monday by the Slidell Police Department and charged with second degree cruelty to juveniles.
The arrest stems from an incident at Lakeside Christian Academy, a kindergarten through 12th grade school that he founded and led. Raymond is accused of abusing a 4-year-old pre-K student on multiple occasions, including holding him upside down by the ankles and repeatedly whipping him on the buttocks.
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Last month, Raymond was arrested on three counts of cruelty to juveniles after he was reported for allegedly taping three students’ mouths shut as punishment for “excessive talking” the month before.
Since that arrest, other witnesses have come forward to report additional incidents, some dating as far back as 2017, according to a news release from the police department.
There were several reported incidents involving the pre-K student. Police said the child would sometimes have “tantrums” where he would cry and scream. To prevent the boy from doing so on one occasion, Raymond allegedly placed his hand over the child’s nose and mouth until he went limp.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/christian-school-headmaster-arrested-for-allegedly-whipping-4-year-old-child/ar-AAX8Aw5
