Moms for Liberty Chapter Worked With Sex Offender for Christian Outreach

Moms for Liberty, a national conservative group championing parental rights, partnered with a registered sex offender for outreach in the Philadelphia area.

Phillip Fisher Jr., a pastor and Republican ward leader who coordinated faith-based outreach for a local Moms for Liberty chapter, is a registered sex offender in Illinois, where he lived before he returned to his hometown of Philadelphia.

Fisher's 2012 felony conviction is a result of his guilty plea to aggravated sexual abuse of a 14-year-old boy when Fisher was 25. The charge was one of 12 against Fisher after a Chicago Police Department investigation. Fisher has denied any wrongdoing, alleging that he was the subject of "a railroad job" from a political action committee for Lyndon LaRouche, who was retaliating against Fisher for trying to leave the group. Newsweek reached out to the PAC via email for comment.

Fisher told The Philadelphia Inquirer that because he is a "known and respected pastor throughout the city," he helped connect Moms for Liberty's Philadelphia chapter with religious organizations in the area, including other pastors, a rabbi and an imam. He also volunteered at the Moms for Liberty summit during the summer in Philadelphia, where former President Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley delivered speeches.