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Katie Hawkinson

Moms for Liberty coordinator and local politician revealed to be registered sex offender

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A coordinator with the right-wing organization Moms for Liberty is a registered sex offender, according to a report from The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Per the Inquirer, Phillip Fisher Jr, of Philadelphia, volunteered as an outreach coordinator with Moms for Liberty, a self-described “parental rights” organisation labelled an extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its “antigovernment” views and push against inclusion in schools. Fisher, a local pastor and Republican ward leader, was convicted in 2012 of aggravated sexual abuse of a 14-year-old boy in Chicago, Illinois, the Inquirer reported.

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