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Faith Life Church Leaders Suggest 'another Side' To Story Amid Sexual Abuse Claims Against Son

By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Gary Thomas "Tom" Keesee (L) and his parents Gary (R) and Drenda Keesee (C). | YouTube/ Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson Faith Life Church founders Gary and Drenda Keesee suggest there is "another side" to the story regarding recent allegations of sexual abuse against their son Gary Thomas

By LeoNardo Blair, Senior Reporter

Gary Thomas “Tom” Keesee (L) and his parents Gary (R) and Drenda Keesee (C). | YouTube/ Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson

Faith Life Church founders Gary and Drenda Keesee counsel there is “one other facet” to the legend referring to most modern allegations of sexual abuse in opposition to their son Gary Thomas “Tom” Keesee as the Licking County Sheriff’s Place of job in Ohio has taken on the investigation of claims that accept as true with rocked the multi-campus megachurch in Ohio.

“All hell is breaking loose accessible … but truth will prevail,” Gary Keesee said for the period of 1 in all three services at the church’s New Albany space on Sunday, constant with a Knox Pages document. “There’s one other facet. And the truth will attain out.” 

Whereas no legitimate charges were filed in opposition to Tom Keesee, allegations in opposition to him contained in paperwork from the Ohio Felony expert Total’s Place of job cited by the guidelines outlet encompass assault and attempted assault, putrid relationships with younger ladies, putrid texting and “grooming.”

The sexual abuse allegations in opposition to Tom Keesee also encompass one from his sister, Kirsten McKinney, and assorted worn individuals of Faith Life Church, where he had served as chief media officer till he resigned from the pickle final August, constant with LinkedIn.

Talking at her church on Sunday, Dendra Keesee, recently elected as a Knox County commissioner, asked God to forgive “other folks who wretchedness us.”

“Folks that know us know what they advise are no longer proper,” she said, constant with Knox Pages.

Katie Tabor, an authorized expert for the church, previously acknowledged in an announcement that there had been “serious allegations pertaining to past habits inviting a member of our church leaders’ family.”

“We desire to enlighten our deepest compassion for folk who accept as true with attain forward and for someone who has experienced wretchedness,” she said. “We search files from the courage it takes to talk out. We again someone impacted to see relevant enhance and to document concerns to the correct authorities.”

A document of sexual abuse in opposition to Tom Keesee inviting a juvenile became filed final Christmas Eve with the Knox County Sheriff’s Place of job, constant with WBNS 10. It is alleged that the abuse took pickle at two locations contained in the county.

A change.org petition created by Janis Comstock-Jones calling for Dendra Keesee’s resignation as county commissioner has accrued proper over 700 signatures as of Wednesday night. It accuses her of being intelligent by “retaining adults accused of sexual abuse and pickle of business child abuse.”

“Drenda Keesee, presently serving as a Commissioner for Knox County, Ohio, has develop into a topic of controversy attributable to her involvement in serious allegations of retaining adults accused of sexual abuse and pickle of business child abuse. One such alleged abuser is alleged to be a discontinuance member of the family who has focused no longer simplest one other member of the family but also just a few younger feminine victims,” the petition says.

“Faith Life Church, beneath Keesee’s oversight, has also been implicated in the hide-united states of americaof these mistaken acts, as evidenced by local files coverage and intensive YouTube discussions. The gravity of those accusations means that Keesee also can merely be unfit for office. As concerned residents of Knox County, we ought to always are trying for a get, proper, and to blame neighborhood. We therefore question the instantaneous resignation of Commissioner Drenda Keesee.”

Despite the controversy surrounding the church, some individuals appreciate Marcus Fuller of Grove Metropolis, who has been worshiping with the congregation “off and on” since 2011, advise they conception to stay dedicated to the church till the allegations are settled. 

“Till I secure out some onerous details, I’m proper going to avoid losing persevering with to realize again right here,” he educated Knox Pages, calling the claims a “family topic.”

“Some stuff, we don’t desire to know,” he said. “Whoever’s eager — let it be between them and let God think.” 

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