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MOMS for Liberty, a designated “extremist” group, found itself in deep doo-doo earlier this year when its Indiana chapter published a newsletter quoting Hitler as saying “He alone, who OWNS the youth, GAINS the future.”

The outfit is now back in the news after it was revealed that Fisher, its “faith coordinator”—inset above—is a registered sex offender.

Last Friday, after he was exposed, he was forced to resign as the Republican leader of Philadelphia’s 42nd Ward.

According to Rolling Stone, Moms for Liberty, which has chapters all over the United States, works tirelessly to eradicate LGBT+-related discussion in public schools.

Fisher was convicted in 2012 for aggravated sexual abuse of a 14-year-old boy, with the charging documents saying that Fisher, then 25, engaged and oral and anal sex with the boy.

Fisher supported Trump in 2020. While protesting outside of Chicago town hall meeting in 2009, Fisher held up a poster of then-President Barack Obama with a Hitler mustache.

The Philiadephia Inquirer reported that his criminal history came as a shock to Vince Fenerty, chair of Philadelphia’s Republican City Committee.

Fenerty said he was unaware of Fisher’s conviction until asked about it by The Inquirer last week. On Friday, he demanded and received Fisher’s resignation as leader of the 42nd Ward.

A national spokesperson for Moms for Liberty did not respond to a request for comment about Fisher’s criminal history.

Sheila Armstrong, another Republican ward leader who chairs the local Moms for Liberty chapter, said she was also surprised by the revelation.

Fisher is listed on Pennsylvania’s “Megan’s Law” website for registered sex offenders, maintained by the Pennsylvania State Police, in a file last updated in July. That includes some details about his conviction, annual photos he is required to submit, and his home address in Philadelphia.

Fisher has been an active participant in local and national politics in recent years.

For Moms for Liberty in Philadelphia, he said he helped connect the group with other pastors, a rabbi, and an imam.

Given that I am a known and respected pastor throughout the city, I have ties with different religious organizations from Philadelphia to Lancaster.

The national Moms for Liberty organization held a summit in Philadelphia this past summer, where denying transgender identity for children and removing books from school libraries were major themes.

The summit featured speeches from former President Donald Trump, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Fisher’s trial

Documents from the Cook County Clerk of Circuit Court show that a grand jury there indicted Fisher in January 2011 on 12 felony counts of sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Fisher waived his right to a jury trial 15 months later and was adjudicated guilty on one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor between the ages of 13 and 17.

He was sentenced to three years in prison and given credit for nearly 20 months he spent in jail waiting for his case to come to court, followed by two years of supervised release.

Fisher said he took the plea bargain to get out of the county jail, where he said he experienced violence from other prisoners.

While Fisher’s background came as a shock to people who work with him, he noted that the information was always publicly available.

I never went out of my way to hide anything. I’m in the database. It’s an easy search.

One that the despicable Moms for Liberty either did not bother to conduct, or did so and employed him anyway because he fit in so well with its hateful agenda.

Hat tip: Angela_K

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